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is today a dry day in Maharashtra?
today · Thu, 22 Oct
partly 🚧
Council-poll ban, all day
tomorrow · Fri, 23 Oct
partly
Council-poll ban, until 4 pm
next dry day
Fri, 23 Oct
Council-poll ban, until 4 pm · in 1d
Partly. Pune: council-poll ban, all day on Thu, 22 Oct 2026. Mumbai, Nashik, Thane, Nagpur are open. All day. Pune district collector order as reported by DCN News. Next dry day: Fri, 23 Oct (Council-poll ban, until 4 pm, local only), in 1 day.
Maharashtra's State Excise Department sets 8 statutory dry days, Gandhi Jayanti and Kartiki Ekadashi among them, and district collectors add closures for elections and local events. Mumbai and Pune follow the state list plus any collector orders. Several other festival dry days are reported by the press, but the reports don't agree with each other, so those are marked "reported" below.
cities: dry day today in Mumbai · dry day today in Pune · dry day today in Nashik · dry day today in Thane · dry day today in Nagpur
upcoming dry days in Maharashtra
Council-poll ban, all day · Pune · details
All day. Pune district collector order as reported by DCN News.
source: DCN News: Pune collector order, liquor curbs 21 to 23 Oct 2026
Council-poll ban, until 4 pm · Pune · details
Until 4 pm (polling hours). Pune district collector order as reported by DCN News.
source: DCN News: Pune collector order, liquor curbs 21 to 23 Oct 2026
Council-poll ban, 8 am to 4 pm · Nagpur
Polling for the Nagpur Division Graduates' seat is 23 Oct, 8 am to 4 pm (ECI). Reports say the Bombay High Court (Nagpur bench) quashed the collector's longer ban and limited it to polling hours, with no ban on counting day, 27 Oct.
source: Election Commission of India: press note on the Council polls (poll 23 Oct 2026, 8 am to 4 pm; Nagpur Division Graduates' seat included) · The Live Nagpur: High Court limits Nagpur dry day to 23 Oct, 8 am to 4 pm · Lokmat (Marathi): Nagpur liquor ban only on polling day, HC order
Counting-day ban, till counting ends · Pune · details
Expected: the Maharashtra excise list closes shops on counting day. No official Pune notice for 27 Oct seen yet.
Kartiki Ekadashi · Maharashtra
Kartiki Ekadashi is on the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days. Date: Fri 20 Nov 2026. We have not seen a 2026 notice naming the date, so it is marked expected.
source: Maharashtra State Excise: standing list of dry days for retail licensees (official site, archived copy) · NDTV Marathi: Maharashtra's 8 statutory dry days (excise dept.)
Republic Day · Maharashtra
On the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days (fixed date). We have not seen a notice for this specific year.
Martyrs' Day · Maharashtra
On the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days (fixed date). We have not seen a notice for this specific year.
Maharashtra Day · Maharashtra
On the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days (fixed date). We have not seen a notice for this specific year.
Independence Day · Maharashtra
On the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days (fixed date). We have not seen a notice for this specific year.
Gandhi Jayanti · Maharashtra
On the Maharashtra excise list of standing dry days (fixed date). We have not seen a notice for this specific year.
confirmed: named in an official notice (state excise department, district collector or State Election Commission). expected: follows a standing official rule or last year's orders, but this year's notice is not out, so plan with care. reported / partial area: from news reports of an order we could not find on an official site. We leave out any date we could not source.
full lists: Maharashtra dry days 2026 · Maharashtra dry days 2027
quick questions
Is today a dry day in Maharashtra?
The answer at the top of this page updates daily (IST). Upcoming dry days in Maharashtra: Thu, 22 Oct (Council-poll ban, all day, local only); Fri, 23 Oct (Council-poll ban, until 4 pm, local only); Fri, 23 Oct (Council-poll ban, 8 am to 4 pm, local only); Tue, 27 Oct (Counting-day ban, till counting ends, local only); Fri, 20 Nov (Kartiki Ekadashi, expected, not yet notified); Tue, 26 Jan 2027 (Republic Day, expected, not yet notified); Sat, 30 Jan 2027 (Martyrs' Day, expected, not yet notified); Sat, 1 May 2027 (Maharashtra Day, expected, not yet notified); Sun, 15 Aug 2027 (Independence Day, expected, not yet notified); Sat, 2 Oct 2027 (Gandhi Jayanti, expected, not yet notified).
How are dry days decided in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra's State Excise Department sets 8 statutory dry days, Gandhi Jayanti and Kartiki Ekadashi among them, and district collectors add closures for elections and local events. Mumbai and Pune follow the state list plus any collector orders. Several other festival dry days are reported by the press, but the reports don't agree with each other, so those are marked "reported" below.
Are Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti dry in Maharashtra?
Usually, yes. The list on this page shows which of them we can tie to an official Maharashtra source and which are only expected.