ICAI Announces Official Schedule, Cities, and Timings for CA September-November 2026 Exams:

The ICAI has announced the complete schedule, exam dates, timings, and guidelines for CA Foundation, Intermediate, Final, and Post Qualification exams to be held from Sept-Nov 2026.

ICAI Septr-Nov 2026 Exam Calendar Out

Saloni Kumari

May 2, 2026

Last update on May 2, 2026

ICAI Announces Official Schedule, Cities, and Timings for CA September-November 2026 Exams The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has made an important announcement dated May 02, 2026, regarding the next Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate, Final and Post Qualification Course Examinations 2026 [International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination]. The ICAI has officially disclosed the schedules (dates), centres (cities in India only), timings and others for these examinations set to be held in September-November 2026.

ICAI September-November Examinations 2026: Official Schedule

As per the announcement, the following are the official schedules of ICAI Next September-November 2026 examinations: ICAI CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations 2026:

The ICAI CA Intermediate September 2026 Examinations will be held on 1st, 3rd & 6th September 2026 for Group I and on 8th, 10th & 12th September 2026 for Group II.
The ICAI CA Foundation September 2026 Examinations will be held on 2nd, 5th, 7th & 9th September 2026.
The ICAI Final Examinations 2026 are scheduled to be held on 2nd, 4th & 6th November 2026, and on 9th, 11th & 13th November 2026 for Group I and II, respectively.

ICAI Post Qualification Course Examinations 2026:

The International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) examination 2026 is scheduled to be conducted on 11th & 13th November 2026.
The Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical examination 2026 will be held on 6th, 9th, 11th & 13th November 2026 for Modules I to IV.

The ICAI has explicitly clarified in the announcement that no changes will be made in the examination dates even if any day of the examination schedule is declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Bodies.

ICAI September-November Examinations 2026: Timings and Duration

The following is the exam timings and duration for the ICAI CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations 2026:

Examination	Paper(s)	Exam Timings (IST)	Duration
Foundation	Papers 1 & 2	2 PM to 5 PM	3 Hours
Foundation	Paper 3 & 4	2 PM to 4 PM	2 Hours
Intermediate	All Papers	2 PM to 5 PM	3 Hours
Final	Papers 1 to 5	2 PM to 5 PM	3 Hours
Final	Paper 6	2 PM to 6 PM	4 Hours
Post-Qualification Course Examination (International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT))	ALL*	2 PM to 6 PM	4 Hours
Post-Qualification Course Examination (Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination)	ALL*	2 PM to 5 PM	3 Hours

Refer to the official announcement for complete information.

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