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# Managing holidays

> Maintain a list of named holidays like Diwali or Independence Day in BillBasket so payroll automatically excludes the days your store stayed closed.

Keep a list of named holidays — like "Diwali" or "Independence Day" — for
your store. Each holiday you add reduces the payable days counted for that
month when you run payroll, so you don't have to adjust salaries by hand.

<Note>
  Employee HR is an optional add-on module — turn it on from Settings →
  Add-ons (Admin PIN required) if you don't see it in your menu.
</Note>

## See it on your device

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## Adding a holiday

From **Employee HR → Holidays**, add a holiday by giving it a name (for
example, "Diwali") and picking the date. The holiday is saved for your store
and appears in the holiday list, where you can view or delete it at any time.

## How holidays affect payroll

The holiday list is per-store and feeds directly into payroll. When you run
payroll for a month, any holiday that falls inside that month reduces the
payable days used to calculate salary — so your staff aren't short-changed
for a day your store was closed, and you don't have to remember to adjust it
manually.

<Note>
  This is for one-off, named holidays only. For your store's regular
  *weekly* off day (for example, every Sunday), set that separately under
  [Settings → Non-working Days](/customer-guide/settings/add-ons-and-system).
</Note>

## Try it: Sharma Kirana Store

<Steps>
  <Step title="Rajesh plans ahead">
    Rajesh Sharma knows Sharma Kirana Store will be closed for Diwali next
    month, so he opens **Employee HR → Holidays** today instead of waiting.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the holiday">
    He adds a new holiday named "Diwali" and sets it to the correct date.
  </Step>

  <Step title="It's ready for payroll">
    When Rajesh runs payroll at the end of that month, the Diwali holiday is
    already accounted for in the payable days — no manual adjustment needed.
  </Step>
</Steps>