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Notice Period Calculator

Find your last working day from your resignation date and notice period, with days left and buyout amount.

Resignation date

Works out the last working day of a notice period from the date you resign, for a notice in calendar days, months or working days, and counts the days served and left. With your salary and an early release date it also prices a notice buyout, the pay given up for the days not served.

How the last day is counted

By default the notice starts the day after resignation, the way “from” a day is read in Indian law. A notice in months ends on the same day of the month as the resignation; when that month is shorter, it ends on the month's last day. A notice in working days skips the weekend and the holidays chosen, and the resignation day is never one of them.

If the contract counts the resignation day itself as day one, choose On the resignation day: every notice then ends a day earlier, and in working days the resignation day counts as the first when it is a working day. The option to end on the working day before moves a last day that falls on a weekend or holiday back to the last day actually worked.

The buyout covers the calendar days after the release date through the last working day. A day's salary is the monthly salary divided by 30, or by the actual days in the month each unserved day falls in, and the total is rounded to the rupee.

Examples

30 days from 1 January

Resigning on 1 January 2026 with 30 days' notice, the notice runs from 2 January 2026 and the last working day is Saturday, 31 January 2026.

One month from 15 January

A one-month notice from 15 January 2026 ends on Sunday, 15 February 2026, or on Saturday, 14 February 2026 if the contract counts the resignation day itself.

Three months from 30 and 31 January

Three months from 30 January 2026 and from 31 January 2026 both end on Thursday, 30 April 2026: April has 30 days, so a notice reaching past its end stops on its last day.

Buying out the rest of a notice

Released on 15 March 2026 instead of 31 March 2026, 16 days go unserved. On a monthly salary of ₹ 60,000 divided by 30, the buyout is ₹ 32,000; by the 31 days of March it is ₹ 30,968.

What sets the notice period

For most jobs, the employment contract or appointment letter sets the notice period, how it is counted and whether it can be bought out. The Labour Codes in force from 21 November 2025 do not set one for an employee who resigns. Under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, standing orders apply to establishments with 300 or more workers (§ 28), and the Code's “worker” leaves out people employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity and supervisors above a wage limit (§ 2(zr)). The Model Standing Orders, 2026 require one month's notice, or wages in its place, when the employer ends a permanent worker's employment, and set no notice for a worker who resigns.

The default count follows section 9 of the General Clauses Act, 1897: in a Central Act, “from” a day leaves that day out and “to” a day takes it in. The section governs how statutes are read, not contracts, which is why the tool lets you start on the resignation day when a contract says so.

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Frequently asked questions

The Labour Codes give no right to buy out a notice, so it depends on the contract: some allow either side to pay instead of serving the notice, some leave it to the employer's agreement. The tool prices a buyout; it does not say one must be accepted.
Usually, yes: a notice of 30 days or two months runs through weekends and holidays unless the contract says working days. Choose Working days for a contract that does.
One month from either day reaches past the end of February, which has no 30th or 31st, so both stop on its last day: Saturday, 28 February 2026. Counted in days, the two notices would end a day apart.

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