ICAI's Examination Department announced the CA Final November 2026 schedule on 2 May 2026. CA Final is now held twice a year, in May and November (details), so this is the attempt after May 2026.
| Paper | Paper name | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Reporting | 2 Nov 2026 | Monday |
| 2 | Advanced Financial Management | 4 Nov 2026 | Wednesday |
| 3 | Advanced Auditing, Assurance and Professional Ethics | 6 Nov 2026 | Friday |
| 4 | Direct Tax Laws & International Taxation | 9 Nov 2026 | Monday |
| 5 | Indirect Tax Laws | 11 Nov 2026 | Wednesday |
| 6 | Integrated Business Solutions | 13 Nov 2026 | Friday |
Group I (Papers 1 to 3) is on 2, 4 and 6 November: see the CA Final Group 1 test series. Group II (Papers 4 to 6) is on 9, 11 and 13 November: see the CA Final Group 2 test series.
Timings: every paper starts at 2 PM (IST), with 15 minutes of advance reading time from 1:45 PM. Papers 1 to 5 end at 5 PM. Paper 6 is a 4-hour open-book paper and ends at 6 PM.
Your admit card for these papers comes on eservices.icai.org, generally 14 days before Paper 1: see CA Final Nov 2026 admit card: date, download, what to check.
ICAI says the schedule will not change even if a day is declared a public holiday. Before the exam, ICAI's Board of Studies is running Success at CA Exam sessions for CA Final November 2026, from 6 October.
For the Foundation and Intermediate January 2027 dates too, see CA exam dates 2026–27.
Sources: ICAI announcement, 2 May 2026 (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · ICAI Guidance Notes for Final Exams November 2026, paper-wise dates (PDF) (opens in a new tab)