Republic Day
India · January 26 · Fiscal month FM10 · Quarter Q4
- Country
- India
- Date
- January 26
- Falls in fiscal month
- FM10 of India fiscal year
- Falls in fiscal quarter
- Q4
- Source
- Government of India gazette
About Republic Day
National holiday commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950.
Where it lands in your fiscal year
For organisations operating on the India fiscal calendar, Republic Day falls in fiscal month 10 (FM10), inside quarter Q4. Treat the date as a non-working day in payroll calendars, exclude it from business-day counts when scheduling close milestones or accrual postings, and check vendor terms for any "next business day" payment clauses that would shift settlement.
If the holiday falls on a weekend, observance rules vary: the United States federal government observes the nearest preceding Friday or following Monday; the United Kingdom typically grants a substitute weekday. Check the country's official observance rules before locking payroll runs.
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Republic Day reduces the working-day count for FM10 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a month-end, expect downstream impact on accruals (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments usually settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when origin and destination both observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of how to fold observance dates into the close calendar.
Open the calendar
See this holiday highlighted in context on the printable monthly template:
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Year-by-year observance
Pick a specific year to see the actual weekday, weekend-observance shift (if any), and where the holiday lands inside that year's fiscal quarter:
Other holidays in India
- August 15 — Independence Day
- October 2 — Gandhi Jayanti
- December 25 — Christmas