Working Days Calculator India
About This Calculator
The working days calculator for India counts the business days between two dates using India's national holiday calendar. It takes the full span of days, removes Saturdays and Sundays, and then removes Indian national holidays that fall on a weekday.
This is useful for HR and payroll teams, businesses quoting delivery or service timelines, and anyone tracking notice periods, leave, or administrative deadlines in India. Because these are all measured in working days rather than calendar days, weekends and public holidays have to be taken out to get an accurate figure.
The result shows the total days in the range, the number of weekend days, the number of national holidays on weekdays, and the resulting working days. Both the start and end dates are included, and a reversed range is handled gracefully.
The holiday list covers India's three date-fixed national holidays — Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti — plus the main pan-India gazetted festivals whose dates move each year with the lunar and solar calendars: Holi, Ram Navami, the two Eids, Muharram, Janmashtami, Dussehra, Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Good Friday, Christmas, and more. Because bank holidays in India are set by the RBI and can also vary by state, treat this as a national baseline and confirm against your state's official list for anything critical.
Looking for a date rather than a day count — for example, what day 10 working days from today lands on? Use the Add Business Days Calculator instead; it doesn't yet have an India-holiday variant, but the calculation itself is the same shape.
To use it, choose a start date and an end date and press Count working days. For a bank/government-specific view, the Bank Working Days Calculator (India) applies the RBI's 2nd/4th-Saturday rule on top of the same holiday set; for other countries, the standard Working Days Calculator uses that country's holidays.
How It Works
- Enter a start date.
- Enter an end date.
- Click “Count working days”.
- View the business days, with weekends and holidays removed.
Formula & Methodology
The result is worked out as follows:
Working days = all days − weekends − public holidaysEach day in the range, including both endpoints, is checked. Saturdays and Sundays are removed, then Indian national holidays that fall on a weekday are removed. A holiday already on a weekend is not counted twice, leaving the working-day total.
Worked Examples
For A working week with no holidays, the result is 5 working days.
For A week including Republic Day (26 Jan, weekday), the result is 4 working days.
For Independence Day 2026 (15 Aug, a Saturday), the result is Not deducted — already a weekend.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Indian holidays are included?
The three national holidays (Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti) plus the main pan-India gazetted festivals — Holi, the Eids, Janmashtami, Dussehra, Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Good Friday, Christmas and more — for 2026–2028.
Does it count weekends?
No. Saturdays and Sundays are excluded, along with the holidays that fall on a weekday. A holiday that lands on a weekend is not deducted twice.
Are these the exact bank holidays for my state?
They are the national baseline. Bank holidays in India are published by the RBI and vary by state, and lunar festival dates can shift by a day, so confirm your state's official list for anything critical.