Today, Saturday, 14 November 2026, is Children’s Day, the birth anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and along with it, the second day (Kharna) of Chhath Puja, a four-day festival of folk faith, is also being celebrated. Since it is Saturday and the festive season, the question that has been in the minds of lakhs of school students and parents since morning is whether schools are closed or open on 14th November? As per the notifications of the Education Department, no uniform national holiday has been declared on November 14 across the country. However, the situation in schools varies across states in the country due to regional festivals, mid-term vacations and orders from local administrations—while schools are closed in many parts of Rajasthan and Bihar, most schools in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR are open normally.
There is a holiday in most of the schools today in two major states of the country—Rajasthan and Bihar:
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Rajasthan: Mid-Term Vacation is going on from November 4 to November 15 in government and private schools across Rajasthan including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer and Bikaner. For this reason, today on 14th November (Saturday) all the schools in the state are completely closed and now regular classes will resume from Monday, 16th November 2026.
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Bihar: Due to the ongoing festive holidays in Bihar on the occasion of Diwali, Chitragupta Puja, Bhai Dooj and Mahaparva Chhath Puja, most of the government and private schools of the state are closed today on November 14. In many districts including Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Darbhanga, schools will open regularly only after Chhath festival.
The largest states of North India—Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR—have different arrangements in place today regarding the opening and closing of schools:
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Delhi-NCR (Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram): No common government order has been issued to keep schools closed today on 14 November in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram, so most of the schools are open. However, as air pollution in Delhi continues to remain at severe levels (AQI crossing 348), many schools have implemented hybrid mode (both online and offline options) for younger children. Furthermore, the Delhi government has declared Monday, 16 November 2026 as a public holiday on the occasion of Chhath Puja.
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Uttar Pradesh: There is no statewide holiday today, November 14, in schools in Uttar Pradesh including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur and special Children’s Day programs are being organized in schools. However, in private schools which have a holiday on the second Saturday of the month, today is a holiday. There will be holiday on 15th and 16th November in view of Chhath Puja in many districts of Purvanchal.
| State / Region | Status of schools today 14 November 2026 | Main reason for holiday/opening |
| Rajasthan | Closed | Due to the 12-day mid-term vacation running till November 15 |
| Bihar | Closed (Most schools) | Due to festive holidays of Diwali and Mahaparva Chhath Puja. |
| Delhi-NCR | Are open (hybrid mode in many schools) | No state holidays; Online option in some schools due to pollution |
| Uttar Pradesh | Are open (Second Saturday schools closed) | Children’s Day Programme; Private schools closed only on second Saturday holiday |
| Jharkhand and West Bengal | are open | Normal Saturday schedule; Chhath Puja holiday on 15-16 November |
| Haryana, Himachal and Uttarakhand | are open | No holiday declared by the state government on 14th November |
Since many private and missionary schools have a weekly holiday on the second Saturday of the month and in view of Chhath Puja and pollution, the district administration also issues orders at the local level, therefore, before sending children to school, please confirm the message issued on the official WhatsApp group, school app or notice board of your respective school.