Pongal 2027
Friday, 15 January 2027 (in 67 days)
Rule: First day of the Tamil month Thai (Sun in Makara)
Other years: 2026: Thursday, 15 January · 2028: Saturday, 15 January · 2029: Sunday, 14 January
Holiday status
- Central Government offices
- Restricted holiday: employees may take it as one of their two.
- Banks (RBI)
- The RBI has not published its 2027 bank holiday list yet.
- Also known as
- Thai Pongal; Bhogi the day before, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal after.
Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, celebrated over four days: Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal. On Thai Pongal, the first day of the Tamil month Thai, families boil new rice with milk and jaggery in a clay pot until it overflows, an offering of thanks to the Sun.
Good to know
Thai Pongal is a public holiday in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where banks close under the RBI list (in 2026 Chennai banks closed on 15, 16 and 17 January). For Central Government offices it is one of the 12 optional holidays and a restricted holiday in Delhi.
Source: Tamil Nadu Government holiday list and RBI Chennai (2026); DoPT restricted list (2027); later years calculated