List of Dry Days in Salem 2026
This is the list of dry days in Salem for 2026. Use it to plan around alcohol ban dates. For today, see is today a dry day in Salem.
About dry days in Salem, Tamil Nadu
This calendar follows published 2026 TASMAC holiday dates plus Tamil Nadu Assembly election closures (21–23 April and 4 May). Local collectors can still add extra dry days.
On declared dry days, licensed alcohol sale and service are generally restricted under applicable state rules.
Legal drinking age note: 21 in common guidance.
Official source: Government of Tamil Nadu, TASMAC
- ✅ : Pongal
- ✅ : Thiruvalluvar Day
- ✅ : Uzhavar Thirunal
- ✅ : Vallalar Memorial Day
- ✅ : Republic Day
- ✅ : Thai Poosam
- ✅ : Telugu New Year
- ✅ : Eid ul-Fitr
- ✅ : Mahavir Jayanti
- ✅ : Annual closing of accounts
- ✅ : Good Friday
- ✅ : Tamil New Year, Ambedkar Jayanti
- ✅ : Assembly election dry day
- ✅ : Assembly election dry day
- ✅ : Tamil Nadu Assembly polling day
- ✅ : May Day
- ✅ : Assembly election counting day
- ✅ : Bakrid, Eid-al-Adha
- ✅ : Muharram
- ✅ : Independence Day
- ✅ : Milad-un-Nabi
- ✅ : Gandhi Jayanti