CBSE Date Sheet 2027 Out: Class 10 and 12 Exam Dates (Official)

Quick answer

• Date sheet released: 6 November 2026, by CBSE circular CBSE/Date Sheet/X-XII/2026-27.
• First paper: Tuesday, 16 February 2027, for both classes. Class 10 opens with Painting, Class 12 with Physics.
• Class 10: 19 exam days, last paper on 9 March 2027. The five main subjects finish with Social Science on 8 March.
• Class 12: 40 exam days, last papers on 9 April 2027. Business Studies on 1 April is the last of the main subjects.
• Timing: papers start at 10:30 a.m. Three-hour papers end at 1:30 p.m., two-hour papers at 12:30 p.m.
• Class 10 Maths is on 17 February and Science on 22 February. Class 12 Chemistry is on 27 February, Maths on 9 March and Biology on 25 March.

CBSE Class 10 date sheet 2027

Class 10 has 83 subjects over 19 exam days, from 16 February to 9 March 2027. Main subjects are in bold. Papers marked 2 hours run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; all others run from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, 16 February 2027: Painting (049, 2 hours)
• Wednesday, 17 February 2027: Mathematics Standard (041), Mathematics Basic (241)
• Thursday, 18 February 2027: Automotive (404, 2 hours), Introduction to Financial Markets (405, 2 hours), Beauty & Wellness (407, 2 hours), Food Production (409, 2 hours), Multimedia (415, 2 hours), Multi Skill Foundation Course (416, 2 hours), Data Science (419, 2 hours)
• Friday, 19 February 2027: Home Science (064)
• Saturday, 20 February 2027: Elements of Business (154), Urdu Course-B (303)
• Monday, 22 February 2027: Science (086)
• Tuesday, 23 February 2027: Introduction to Tourism (406, 2 hours)
• Wednesday, 24 February 2027: Computer Applications (165, 2 hours), Information Technology (402, 2 hours), Artificial Intelligence (417, 2 hours)
• Thursday, 25 February 2027: Retail (401, 2 hours), Security (403, 2 hours), Agriculture (408, 2 hours), Front Office Operations (410, 2 hours), Banking & Insurance (411, 2 hours), Marketing & Sales (412, 2 hours), Health Care (413, 2 hours), Apparel (414, 2 hours), Electronics & Hardware (420, 2 hours), Foundation Skill for Sciences (421, 2 hours), Design Thinking & Innovation (422, 2 hours)
• Friday, 26 February 2027: English (Communicative) (101), English (Language and Literature) (184)
• Saturday, 27 February 2027: Sindhi (008), Malayalam (012), Odia (013), Assamese (014), Kannada (015), Nepali (024), Kokborok (091)
• Monday, 1 March 2027: Arabic (016), Sanskrit (Communicative) (119), Sanskrit (122), Rai (131), Gurung (132), Tamang (133), Sherpa (134)
• Tuesday, 2 March 2027: Physical Activity Trainer (418, 2 hours)
• Wednesday, 3 March 2027: Hindi Course-A (002), Hindi Course-B (085)
• Thursday, 4 March 2027: Urdu Course-A (003), Punjabi (004), Bengali (005), Tamil (006), Marathi (009), Gujarati (010), Manipuri (011), Telugu (Telangana) (089)
• Friday, 5 March 2027: Telugu (007), Russian (021), Persian (023), Limboo (025), Lepcha (026), Carnatic Music Vocal (031, 2 hours), Carnatic Music Melodic Instruments (032, 2 hours), Carnatic Music Percussion Instruments (033, 2 hours), Hindustani Music Vocal (034, 2 hours), Hindustani Music Melodic Instruments (035, 2 hours), Hindustani Music Percussion Instruments (036, 2 hours)
• Saturday, 6 March 2027: French (018)
• Monday, 8 March 2027: Social Science (087)
• Tuesday, 9 March 2027: Tibetan (017), German (020), National Cadet Corps (076), Bhoti (088), Bodo (092), Tangkhul (093), Japanese (094), Bhutia (095), Spanish (096), Kashmiri (097), Mizo (098), Bahasa Melayu (099), Thai (136), Elements of Book Keeping & Accountancy (254)

A student who takes Hindi and the other four main subjects writes the last paper, Social Science, on 8 March. The final day, 9 March, has 14 papers: 12 languages, from Tibetan to Thai, plus NCC and Elements of Book Keeping & Accountancy.

CBSE Class 12 date sheet 2027

Class 12 has 121 subjects over 40 exam days, from 16 February to 9 April 2027. Main subjects are in bold, and the timing rule is the same as for Class 10.

• Tuesday, 16 February 2027: Physics (042)
• Wednesday, 17 February 2027: Engineering Graphics (046), Bharatanatyam Dance (057, 2 hours), Kuchipudi Dance (058, 2 hours), Odissi Dance (059, 2 hours), Manipuri Dance (060, 2 hours), Kathakali Dance (061, 2 hours), Beauty & Wellness (807), Horticulture (816), Cost Accounting (823)
• Thursday, 18 February 2027: Physical Education (048)
• Friday, 19 February 2027: Biotechnology (045), Entrepreneurship (066), Shorthand (English) (825), Shorthand (Hindi) (826), Land Transportation Associate (846, 2 hours)
• Saturday, 20 February 2027: Electrical Technology (819), Mass Media Studies (835), Design Thinking and Innovation (848, 2 hours)
• Monday, 22 February 2027: National Cadet Corps (NCC) (076), Automotive (804), Fashion Studies (837)
• Tuesday, 23 February 2027: Accountancy (055)
• Wednesday, 24 February 2027: Painting (049, 2 hours), Graphics (050, 2 hours), Sculpture (051, 2 hours), Applied Art (Commercial Art) (052, 2 hours)
• Thursday, 25 February 2027: Geography (029)
• Friday, 26 February 2027: Office Procedures & Practices (824), Library & Information Science (836), Early Childhood Care & Education (842, 2 hours)
• Saturday, 27 February 2027: Chemistry (043)
• Monday, 1 March 2027: Urdu Elective (003), Sanskrit Elective (022), Carnatic Music Vocal (031, 2 hours), Carnatic Music Melodic Instruments (032, 2 hours), Carnatic Music Percussion Instruments (Mridangam) (033, 2 hours), Urdu Core (303), Insurance (814), Geospatial Technology (818), Food Nutrition & Dietetics (834)
• Tuesday, 2 March 2027: Psychology (037)
• Wednesday, 3 March 2027: Punjabi (104), Bengali (105), Tamil (106), Telugu (107), Sindhi (108), Marathi (109), Gujarati (110), Manipuri (111), Malayalam (112), Odia (113), Assamese (114), Kannada (115), Arabic (116), Tibetan (117), French (118), German (120), Russian (121), Persian (123), Nepali (124), Limboo (125), Lepcha (126), Telugu (Telangana) (189), Bodo (192), Tangkhul (193), Japanese (194), Bhutia (195), Spanish (196), Kashmiri (197), Mizo (198)
• Thursday, 4 March 2027: Front Office Operations (810), Yoga (841, 2 hours), Electronics & Hardware (847)
• Friday, 5 March 2027: English Elective (001), English Core (301)
• Saturday, 6 March 2027: Food Production (809), Health Care (813), Design (830, 2 hours)
• Monday, 8 March 2027: Tourism (806), Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration (827)
• Tuesday, 9 March 2027: Mathematics (041), Applied Mathematics (241)
• Thursday, 11 March 2027: Home Science (064)
• Friday, 12 March 2027: Typography & Computer Application (817)
• Saturday, 13 March 2027: Hindi Core (302), Hindi Elective (002)
• Monday, 15 March 2027: Hindustani Music Vocal (034, 2 hours), Hindustani Music Melodic Instruments (035, 2 hours), Hindustani Music Percussion Instruments (036, 2 hours)
• Tuesday, 16 March 2027: Economics (030)
• Wednesday, 17 March 2027: Physical Activity Trainer (845, 2 hours)
• Thursday, 18 March 2027: Marketing (812)
• Friday, 19 March 2027: Political Science (028)
• Saturday, 20 March 2027: Artificial Intelligence (843, 2 hours)
• Monday, 22 March 2027: Knowledge Tradition & Practices of India (073), Bhoti (188), Kokborok (191), Banking (811), Electronics Technology (820)
• Wednesday, 24 March 2027: Kathak Dance (056, 2 hours)
• Thursday, 25 March 2027: Biology (044)
• Saturday, 27 March 2027: History (027)
• Monday, 29 March 2027: Financial Market Management (805), Agriculture (808), Medical Diagnostics (828), Salesmanship (831)
• Tuesday, 30 March 2027: Sociology (039)
• Wednesday, 31 March 2027: Informatics Practices (065), Computer Science (083), Information Technology (802)
• Thursday, 1 April 2027: Business Studies (054), Business Administration (833)
• Tuesday, 6 April 2027: Sanskrit Core (322), Taxation (822)
• Wednesday, 7 April 2027: Multimedia (821, 2 hours), Textile Design (829), Data Science (844, 2 hours)
• Thursday, 8 April 2027: Legal Studies (074)
• Friday, 9 April 2027: Retail (801), Web Application (803)

The busiest Class 12 day is 3 March, with 29 language papers, Punjabi to Mizo.

How many days are there between papers?

We counted the days between the main papers for the usual subject combinations. A gap of 5 days means four days with no main paper in between, Sundays included. If you take a skill subject such as Information Technology (402) or Artificial Intelligence (417) in Class 10, that paper falls on 24 February and uses one of those days.

Class 10

• Mathematics (Standard or Basic): 17 February, the second day of the exams.
• Science: 22 February, 5 days after Maths.
• English (either course): 26 February, 4 days after Science.
• Hindi (Course-A or B): 3 March, 5 days after English.
• Social Science: 8 March, 5 days after Hindi.

Class 10 has a paper on every day of its window except the three Sundays, but no student writes on all of them. For the five main subjects, the shortest gap is the 4 days before English.

Class 12

• Science, PCM with Computer Science: Physics 16 February, Chemistry 27 February (11 days later), English 5 March (6 days), Maths 9 March (4 days), Computer Science 31 March (22 days).
• Science with Physical Education as the fifth subject: Physical Education is on 18 February, two days after Physics, and a PCM student taking it finishes on 9 March with Maths.
• Science, PCB: Biology on 25 March comes 20 days after English, or 16 days after Maths for students who take both.
• Commerce: Accountancy 23 February, English 5 March (10 days later), Maths or Applied Maths 9 March (4 days), Economics 16 March (7 days), Business Studies 1 April (16 days).
• Commerce with Informatics Practices: IP is on 31 March and Business Studies the next day, 1 April, with no free day between them. Humanities students who take Sociology and IP also write on consecutive days, 30 and 31 March.
• Humanities: Geography 25 February, English 5 March (8 days), Economics 16 March (11 days), Political Science 19 March (3 days), History 27 March (8 days). Psychology is on 2 March and Sociology on 30 March, 3 days after History.

Physics, on the first day, is the one main paper with no lead-in at all; Chemistry follows 11 days later. Class 12 also has six days other than Sundays with no paper: 10, 23 and 26 March, and 2, 3 and 5 April. With Sunday 4 April, 2 to 5 April is the longest break of the whole Class 12 schedule, after Business Studies.

Source: CBSE date sheet for Class X and XII, 2027, dated 6 November 2026; day counts by Gradehunt.

How the 2027 date sheet compares with 2024 to 2026

• 2024 exams: date sheet released on 12 December 2023, 64 days before the first paper. Class 10 ran from 15 February to 13 March, and Class 12 from 15 February to 2 April.
• 2025 exams: date sheet released on 20 November 2024, 86 days ahead. Class 10 ran from 15 February to 18 March, and Class 12 from 15 February to 4 April.
• 2026 exams: tentative date sheet on 24 September 2025, final on 30 October 2025, 109 days ahead. After CBSE moved the 3 March papers in its notice of 29 December 2025, Class 10 ran from 17 February to 11 March, and Class 12 from 17 February to 10 April. Papers started at 10:30 am.
• 2027 exams: date sheet released on 6 November 2026, 101 days ahead. Class 10 runs from 16 February to 9 March, and Class 12 from 16 February to 9 April.

The lead times count the days between release and the first paper, the way CBSE's circular counts its 101. Counting the first and last day, Class 10 lasts 22 days in 2027, one day shorter than 2026's 23 and well short of 2025's 32. Class 12 lasts 53 days, the same as in 2026 and five more than in 2024. The date sheet came a week later in the calendar than last year's final date sheet of 30 October, yet 2027 has the second-longest lead time of the four years.

CBSE's circular says it worked through more than 40,000 subject combinations so that no two subjects a student takes fall on the same day, left gaps between subjects commonly taken together, and planned Class 12 to finish before the major entrance exams. Over 26.5 lakh Class 10 students and over 19.8 lakh Class 12 students have registered for the 2027 exams.

Two board exams for Class 10: what the 2027 date sheet covers

The 6 November date sheet is for the main exam, which every Class 10 student must take. It covers the main theory papers. CBSE issues other schedules separately: last year's Class 12 supplementary date sheet came on 17 July 2026.

2026 was the first year of the two-exam system. The second exam ran from 15 to 21 May 2026, and students could take it in up to three subjects, such as Science, Maths, Social Science or a language. According to CBSE's press release of 18 July 2026, 6,64,027 students registered for it, 5,13,955 wrote it to improve their marks, and 3,08,095 of those (59.95%) improved. Our post on the CBSE Class 10 two board exams in 2027 covers who can sit the second exam.

Class 12 still has a single board exam, with a supplementary exam, held in July in past years, for students who need one. Practicals are held in your own school. In 2024-25 and 2025-26, regular schools held them from 1 January to 14 February, before the theory papers began. Our Class 12 practical exam guide has the marks and rules.

Delhi students: which date sheet applies to you?

Delhi has no separate state board for Class 10 and 12. Government schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas and most private schools in Delhi follow CBSE, so the CBSE date sheet is the one you need. A few private schools follow CISCE instead; for them, the ICSE and ISC timetable comes from CISCE. We track it on our ICSE exam date page.

How to use the 101 days before 16 February

• November: finish the syllabus, and keep a list of the chapters you are least sure of.
• December: start full papers, one subject at a time, written by hand in three hours.
• January: practicals and pre-boards for most schools. Go through your checked pre-board papers and note where marks went: missing steps, unlabelled diagrams, or a last section you never reached.
• February and during the exams: revise from your own mistakes, and use each gap above for one timed paper in the next subject.

Plan around your own gaps. A Class 12 Science student has 11 days for Chemistry but 4 days for Maths after English, so Maths needs most of its revision done before 5 March. A Commerce student with Informatics Practices should finish Business Studies revision before 31 March.

If you want your practice papers checked the way a board examiner would check them, Gradehunt's CBSE Class 10 test series and CBSE Class 12 test series return every answer sheet with step-wise marks and comments.

Where to download the official CBSE date sheet 2027

On cbse.gov.in, open the link "Date Sheet for Class X and Class XII Board Examinations, 2027". It is a 12-page PDF: a three-page circular, four pages for Class 10 and five for Class 12. Your school has the same date sheet. Ignore any version forwarded on WhatsApp that differs from the PDF on CBSE's website.