How long is left before you retire, in years, months and days
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 23 Oct 2026.Years left to retirement are counted to your last day of service, not to your birthday. Born on 14 August 1975 and retiring at 60, you serve until 31 August 2035 under the month-end rule, 17 days after turning 60. Enter your date of birth and the time left from today comes back in years, months and days.
| Born on | Turns 60 on | Last day of service |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 1966 | 1 January 2026 | 31 December 2025 |
| 15 March 1968 | 15 March 2028 | 31 March 2028 |
| 1 July 1970 | 1 July 2030 | 30 June 2030 |
| 14 August 1975 | 14 August 2035 | 31 August 2035 |
| 31 December 1980 | 31 December 2040 | 31 December 2040 |
| 1 February 1985 | 1 February 2045 | 31 January 2045 |
Rates and rules read from DoPT, Retirement/Extension in service (F.R. 56) on 23 Oct 2026; they may have changed since.
The retirement age is already set to 60; change "You retire at" if yours differs.
Enter your "Date of birth" and pick the rule your employer uses.
Press "Use today’s date" so the countdown runs from today.
Read "Time left" in years, months and days and the "Days left", then press Share result.
Most people assume they retire on their birthday, and in central government service almost nobody does.
Fundamental Rule 56(a), as published by the Department of Personnel and Training, says every government servant "shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he attains the age of sixty years", with a proviso that a servant born on the first of a month retires on the last day of the preceding month. So someone born on 14 August 1975 works until 31 August 2035, seventeen days past their birthday, while someone born on 1 August 1975 stops on 31 July 2035 — a month earlier than they usually expect, and worth knowing before a pension form is filled in.
Add a joining date and the completed service on the last day appears too, in years, months and days — the figure gratuity and pension both turn on. Add today's date and the time left appears the same way.
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Retiring at 60 under central government rules, the last day of service is 31 August 2035, because Fundamental Rule 56(a) retires a servant on the last day of the month in which the age is attained. A private employer using the birthday rule would make it 14 August 2035 instead.
Service ends a month earlier than most people expect. The proviso to Fundamental Rule 56(a) retires a servant born on the first of a month on the last day of the preceding month, so a birth date of 1 August 1975 gives a retirement date of 31 July 2035, not 31 August.
No. Sixty is the central government age under Fundamental Rule 56(a), but the same rule sets 62 for specialists in the Central Health Service and 65 for its teaching sub-cadre and nursing faculty. Several states retire staff at 58, and private employers set their own age in the appointment letter.
Add your joining date and the completed service appears in years, months and days on the last day of service. Gratuity counts completed years and rounds a part year over six months up, and pension rules count service differently again, so check the exact figure with your employer.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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