Pick a festival below, or see the full list on Festival trip ideas.
Plan a trip around India’s big festival and holiday windows. Each landing pairs a planning window with destination guides, weekend corridors where they fit, and our budget + planner tools.
Republic Day 202624–26 January 2026 (Sat–Mon long weekend)Pongal 202614–17 January 2026 (Thai Pongal week)Holi 2026Planning window around 3–4 March 2026 (Holi / Dhulandi)Eid 2026Planning window around late March 2026 (Eid al-Fitr — moon-dependent)Onam 2026Planning window late August 2026 (Thiruvonam week)Diwali 2026Planning window around 8 November 2026 (Diwali / Lakshmi Puja week)Christmas week 202620–31 December 2026New Year 202628 December 2026 – 2 January 2027
Browse the festival calendar for month-by-month events from our live guides.