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Holidays to be observed in Embassy of India, Muscat during the year 2026

Embassy of India in Muscat works from 8:30 AM - 05:00PM from Sunday through Thursday barring on gazetted holidays (as in the table below) and over weekend (Friday and Saturday are weekend days in Oman). 

Holidays in 2026

No.

Holidays

Date

Day

1.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 2

Friday

2.

Dussehra

October 20

Tuesday

3.

Diwali (Deepawali)

November 8

Sunday

4.

National Day of Oman

November 18

Wednesday

Holidays to be observed in Embassy of India, Muscat during the year 2027

Holidays in 2027

Accession Day Oman

January 11

Monday

Republic Day

January 26

Tuesday

Id-ul-Fitr *

March 10

Wednesday

Holi

March 23

Tuesday

Ram Navmi

April 15

Thursday

Mahavir Jayanti

April 19

Monday

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

May 17

Monday

Buddha Purnima

May 20

Thursday

Muharram

June  16

Wednesday

Independence Day

August 15

Sunday

Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad * 

(Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

August 15

Sunday

Onam or Thiru Onam 

September 12

Sunday

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday

October 02

Saturday

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

October 09

Saturday

Guru Nanak's Birthday

November 14

Sunday

National Day of Oman

November 18

Thursday

Christmas Day

December 25

Saturday

*Subject to sighting of the moon as declared by local Government

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