Long Weekends 2027 in India: Leave Plan, Trips from ₹8,999

The 2027 central government holiday list gives four ready-made three-day weekends (Good Friday, Mahavir Jayanti, Bakrid and Diwali) and four more that need just one day of leave (Republic Day, Holi, Ram Navami and Buddha Purnima); our short trips from Ahmedabad for those breaks start at ₹8,999 per person, and our trips abroad at ₹38,999 per person (prices checked 16 Oct 2026).

The Gujarat trips include AC road transport from Ahmedabad, stays, breakfast and dinner. The trips abroad include return flights from Ahmedabad, hotels with daily breakfast, transfers and the visa handled by us where one applies. GST and TCS are shown in your written quote.

Prices checked 16 Oct 2026 from our live trip pages. Holiday dates checked with the Department of Personnel and Training's office memorandum of 16 Jul 2026 on dopt.gov.in, and visa rules with each country's official site, in October 2026.

How many long weekends are there in 2027?

Eight, if your office follows the central government list and has Saturdays and Sundays off. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) published the 2027 list in its office memorandum dated 16 Jul 2026 (checked October 2026). Three things to know before you count:

• The full list of 17 gazetted holidays is for central government offices in Delhi and New Delhi. Central offices elsewhere keep 14 fixed holidays and choose 3 more from a list of 12, such as Holi, Janmashtami and Makar Sankranti.
• No substitute holiday is given when a holiday falls on a weekend. In 2027, five holiday dates do: Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi (both Sun 15 Aug), Gandhi Jayanti (Sat 2 Oct), Dussehra (Sat 9 Oct), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sun 14 Nov) and Christmas (Sat 25 Dec).
• Id-ul-Fitr, Bakrid, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi can move with the sighting of the moon.

State governments, banks and private companies publish their own lists, so check yours against the dates below.

Which 2027 holidays fall next to a weekend, month by month?

These eight holidays sit next to a weekend or one working day away from it. Dates and days are from the DoPT list.

The others fall mid-week: Id-ul-Fitr (Wed 10 Mar), Muharram (Wed 16 Jun) and Janmashtami (Wed 25 Aug). The DoPT order notes that some states mark Diwali a day early, on Naraka Chaturdasi, which is Thu 28 Oct in its restricted list.

How many days of leave turn a holiday into a longer break?

Two clusters do most of the work: Holi and Good Friday in one March week, and four holidays between mid-April and late May.

Holi and Ram Navami are fixed holidays only on the Delhi list; elsewhere they are among the optional ones, so confirm with your office before you plan around them.

Which short trips from Ahmedabad fit a 3-day weekend?

All three go by AC road from Ahmedabad.

• Statue of Unity: Gujarat Tourism lists it as closed on Mondays, so on the Mahavir Jayanti and Bakrid weekends go on the Saturday and Sunday. Our trip page adds that the viewing gallery is capped daily and sells out on weekends and holidays, so tell us your dates early.
• Rann of Kutch: the Republic Day and Uttarayan breaks fall in the season our trip page gives. Nights in December and January drop close to freezing, so carry a real jacket, and carry a government photo ID for the Rann permit, which is included.
• Somnath and Dwarka: pure vegetarian breakfasts and dinners; it fits the Republic Day and Ram Navami breaks.

For more ideas, see our weekend getaways from Ahmedabad and the Gujarat guide.

Which trips abroad fit a 4- or 5-day break?

Each of these includes return flights from Ahmedabad. Couple totals are before GST and TCS.

All five run 3 or 4 days, so each fits a 4-day break such as Republic Day, Ram Navami to Mahavir Jayanti, or Diwali with a day of leave. The two 9-day breaks leave room for a rest day either side. Children are priced in your quote.

How early should you plan each break, including visas?

The visa sets the timeline. What each official site said in October 2026:

• Sri Lanka: from 25 May 2026, Indians get the tourist ETA free of charge, valid for 30 days with double entry. It must still be obtained before arrival, at eta.gov.lk.
• Singapore: Indians need a visa, applied for through an authorised visa agent or a Singapore Overseas Mission, not at the airport (ica.gov.sg). Our Singapore trips include the visa, handled by us.
• Maldives: a tourist visa is granted on arrival, with confirmed return tickets and a prepaid booking. Every traveller, including children, files a free Traveller Declaration on the IMUGA portal within 96 hours before arrival (immigration.gov.mv). The pages we opened give no fee or length of stay, so check before booking.
• Georgia: Indian ordinary passports need a visa, and a decision takes 5 to 30 calendar days depending on the category (georgia.travel). Holders of a valid visa or residence permit from some other countries may enter without one under the Georgian government's Ordinance No. 256; the list changes, so check before booking.
• Turkey: an e-visa is available only to Indians holding a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit; everyone else applies at a Turkish embassy or consulate (Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Check the fee on the official e-visa site before paying.

For the Gujarat trips, carry a government photo ID; no visa is needed. Once your leave is approved, ask us to price the break; your quote shows flights and hotels for your exact dates.

What about Gujarat holidays such as Uttarayan?

Gujarat's own 2027 holiday list was not on the General Administration Department's website (gad.gujarat.gov.in) when we checked in October 2026, so check your office's list when it is issued. On the DoPT list, Makar Sankranti (Uttarayan) is a restricted holiday on Thu 14 Jan 2027, and Pongal and Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday share Fri 15 Jan, also restricted. For central offices outside Delhi, the state coordination committee can pick Makar Sankranti as one of the three optional holidays.

If you get Thu 14 Jan off and take Fri 15 Jan as leave or a restricted holiday, you have four days, Thu 14 to Sun 17 Jan. If you want to be home for the kites on the 14th, the 3-day Rann of Kutch trip fits Fri 15 to Sun 17 Jan.

For Diwali this year, see our Diwali trips 2026.

How we help

We plan long-weekend trips from Ahmedabad with transport, hotels and, for trips abroad, flights and visas in one written quote, with GST and TCS shown before you pay. Tell us which break you have and who is travelling, and we price it for those exact dates: start with a message.

Sources, checked October 2026: DoPT, Holidays in Central Government Offices during 2027, OM of 16 Jul 2026; Gujarat General Administration Department; Gujarat Tourism, Statue of Unity; Sri Lanka ETA; ICA Singapore, visa requirements; Maldives Immigration, tourist visa; Georgia Travel, visa; Legislative Herald of Georgia, Ordinance No. 256; Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visa information.

FAQs

How many long weekends are there in 2027? On the central government list, four three-day weekends need no leave (Good Friday 26 Mar, Mahavir Jayanti 19 Apr, Bakrid 17 May and Diwali 29 Oct), and four more need one day of leave (Republic Day, Holi, Ram Navami and Buddha Purnima), per the DoPT order of 16 Jul 2026.

When is Diwali in 2027? Friday 29 Oct 2027, according to the DoPT holiday list, which makes Fri 29 to Sun 31 Oct a three-day weekend. Some states mark it a day early, on Thu 28 Oct.

How many leaves do I need for the longest break in 2027? Three. Take Mon 22, Wed 24 and Thu 25 Mar around Holi and Good Friday for nine days off, or Tue 18, Wed 19 and Fri 21 May around Bakrid and Buddha Purnima.

Which holidays fall on a weekend in 2027? Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi (Sun 15 Aug), Gandhi Jayanti (Sat 2 Oct), Dussehra (Sat 9 Oct), Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sun 14 Nov) and Christmas (Sat 25 Dec). The DoPT order gives no substitute holiday for these.

What is the cheapest long-weekend trip from Ahmedabad? Our Statue of Unity trip, from ₹8,999 per person for 2 days by AC road (prices checked 16 Oct 2026). Abroad, Singapore and Sri Lanka start at ₹38,999 per person with return flights.

Is Uttarayan a holiday in 2027? On the central list, Makar Sankranti is a restricted holiday on Thu 14 Jan 2027. Gujarat's own 2027 list had not been published when we checked in October 2026, so confirm with your office.