CBSE Date Sheet 2027 Is Out: Class 10 and 12 Board Exam Dates, and What 102 Days Buys Your Family

The guessing is over. On 6 November 2026, CBSE released the date sheet for the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations of 2027. The first papers are on Tuesday, 16 February 2027 - 102 days from release. The board's circular says 101 days; either way, the gap was deliberately protected so families, schools and students can plan. The date sheet is built from the final List of Candidates data schools submitted in October, and CBSE says it checked more than 40,000 subject combinations so that no student has two papers on the same day. If a date sheet is circulating in your school WhatsApp group, check it against the official PDF on cbse.gov.in before you believe a single date in it.

The shape of the 2027 season

Both classes start on the same day, but they finish nearly a month apart:

• Class 10: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 9 March 2027, across 83 subjects. Over 26.5 lakh students have registered.
• Class 12: Tuesday 16 February to Friday 9 April 2027, across 121 subjects. Over 19.8 lakh students have registered.
• Every exam starts at 10:30 a.m. IST. Most papers run three hours, to 1:30 p.m.; shorter papers run two or two and a half hours.
• CBSE says it kept the tentative schedules of major entrance examinations in mind and tried to finish board papers well before that season begins.

For Class 10 families, the season is short and sharp: three weeks. For Class 12 families, it stretches to seven and a half weeks, so hold off booking anything for late March or early April until you know exactly when your child's last paper falls.

Class 10: the dates most parents need

Regional and foreign language papers run from 27 February to 9 March, and the skill subjects sit in the first week. The one surprise in this sheet: Mathematics is the first full three-hour paper of the season, on day two. Most years it lands somewhere in the middle, with a language or two to settle nerves first. This year your child walks into Maths almost cold - which means Maths revision needs to be essentially complete by early February, with the rest of the month for past papers and polish. After that the rhythm is kind: five days to Science, four to English, five to Hindi, five to Social Science.

Class 12: the dates most parents need

The last papers - Retail and Web Application - are on Friday 9 April 2027. All Class 12 papers in this table run 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The gaps CBSE built in, stream by stream

The board says gaps between commonly paired subjects were one of its design goals. For the big combinations, it delivered:

• Science (PCM): Physics on 16 February, then 11 days to Chemistry (27 February), 10 days to Mathematics (9 March). A PCM student is done on 9 March.
• Science (PCB): after Chemistry on 27 February, Biology falls on 25 March - nearly four weeks later, with Mathematics or another elective in between for those who take both.
• Commerce: Accountancy on 23 February, English on 5 March, Mathematics or Applied Mathematics on 9 March, Economics on 16 March, and Business Studies last on 1 April - 16 days after Economics.
• Humanities: English on 5 March, Political Science on 19 March, History on 27 March, Sociology on 30 March. History-to-Sociology is the tightest turn at three days.

The practical point for parents: revision plans should follow the actual order of your child's papers, not the order of the subjects they find hardest. A science student who spends late February on Mathematics is revising for a paper nine days away while Chemistry sits two days out.

What to do with 102 days

1. 1Download the official PDF from cbse.gov.in and print it. Mark your child's papers on the family calendar - and only your child's papers, not the whole sheet.
2. 2If your child is in a winter-bound school, practical exams and internal assessments started on 9 November 2026. For all other schools in India and abroad, that window opens 1 January 2027. Our earlier guide covers the practical windows and every subject's marks split in detail.
3. 3Shift practice to the morning. Every paper starts at 10:30 a.m., so a child who habitually studies past midnight is training for a time of day that no longer matters. Morning mock papers from December onwards pay off.
4. 4Plan travel around the end dates, not the start. Class 10 finishes 9 March; Class 12 finishes anywhere between early March and 9 April depending on the subject combination.
5. 5Watch for the follow-ups. The date sheet itself notes that detailed instructions will be issued separately, and the admit card carries its own instructions. CBSE has also reminded everyone that no communication devices are allowed inside the examination centre.

Trust only the official sheet

Every board season produces fake date sheets and paper-leak rumours on social media, and CBSE maintains a standing advisory asking parents and students to rely solely on its official website and regional offices. Fake sheets from earlier years resurface constantly - a forward is not a source. The only date sheet that counts is the one published on cbse.gov.in on 6 November 2026, signed by the Controller of Examinations, Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj. If a date in a forward disagrees with the official PDF, the forward is wrong.

One more thing for Class 10 families to keep in view: since 2026, CBSE runs two board examinations for Class 10 each year. The first is mandatory for every student; the second is an improvement route for up to three subjects. This date sheet covers the main February-March examinations, and CBSE will share second-window details separately. Our earlier guide explains the two-exam rules in full.