Long Weekends 2027 in Maharashtra: Plan Your Trips

2027 is not generous with weekday holidays in Maharashtra. Of the 22 public holidays in the calendar, 3 fall on a Sunday and 7 on a Saturday. Still, there are several three-day weekends, and two or three more if you take one day of leave. The list below uses the Maharashtra public holiday list for 2027; for offices with a five-day week, every Saturday is already off.

Long weekends 2027

The best ones

The Diwali weekend is the longest without leave: Lakshmi Puja on Friday 29 October, Padwa on Saturday and Bhaubeej on Sunday. Add Thursday 28 October (Narak Chaturdashi) as leave and you get four days.

The week of 14 April has two holidays, Ambedkar Jayanti on Wednesday and Ram Navami on Thursday. One day of leave on Friday 16 April gives a five-day break from Wednesday to Sunday, and Mahavir Jayanti falls on that Sunday.

Republic Day on Tuesday 26 January makes a four-day weekend if you take Monday off. Good Friday on 26 March joins the fourth Saturday for bank staff, which is useful for anyone who works on a bank schedule.

Plan around festival dates

Travel during Ganeshotsav (4 to 14 September) and the Pandharpur wari (late June to mid-July) is heavy on the routes to the Konkan and to Pandharpur, and trains fill early. Ganesh Chaturthi is a Saturday this year, so the long Ganpati weekends depend on your family's custom. The festival dates are in Ganesh Chaturthi 2027 and Pandharpur wari 2027.

Ramzan Eid, Bakri Eid and Muharram depend on the moon, so check the state notification before booking around 10 March, 17 May and 16 June. Bank closures are in Bank holidays 2027, and every month's calendar is linked from the Marathi Calendar 2027 page.