Here’s the 2025-26 Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) winter break schedule according to the official Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan holiday calendar (academic session 2025-26):
Winter Break (General KV schools)
23 December 2025 (Tuesday) to 11 January 2026 (Sunday) — 20 days in most regions (Agra, Jabalpur, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurugram, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Guwahati, Silchar, Tinsukia and Varanasi).
Other Region-Specific Schedules
23 December 2025 to 1 January 2026 — 10 days in some regions (Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Ernakulam and KV Mahe).
Winter Station KVs (cold / high-altitude stations) have much longer breaks:
4 December 2025 – 22 January 2026 — 50 days in many such areas. (including K.V. Keylong of Gurugram Region)
10 December 2025 – 18 January 2026 — 40 days in Dehradun-region cold stations.
10 December 2025 – 28 January 2026 — 50 days in Leh, Kargil, Nubra, Tawang, Ziro, Dalhousie also follow extended winter vacations.
Note: These dates are based on the KVS academic calendar for 2025-26 released by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
Exact start/end dates can vary slightly by regional office and climate zone, so it’s always best to confirm with your specific KV school office.