📅 Complete Dry Days in Varanasi (2026)
About dry days in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh bar rules treat Republic Day, Ambedkar Jayanti, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti as dry days, with extra notified days. Holi on 4 March 2026 was notified across UP. District magistrates can still add local closures.
On declared dry days, licensed liquor shops and alcohol-serving venues generally cannot sell or serve alcohol.
Legal drinking age note: 21 in common guidance.
Official source: Uttar Pradesh Excise Department
- ✅ — Republic Day
- ✅ — Holi
- ✅ — Ambedkar Jayanti
- ✅ — Independence Day
- ✅ — Gandhi Jayanti