CA Intermediate January 2027 Exam Dates: Group 1 and Group 2 Schedule, Exam Form, Admit Card and Result

Published on: October 29, 2026

CA Intermediate January 2027 Exam Dates

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The CA Intermediate January 2027 exam runs from 2 January 2027 to 12 January 2027. Group I papers fall on 2, 4, and 6 January. Group II papers fall on 8, 10, and 12 January. Each paper runs from 2 PM to 5 PM IST.

What are the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam dates?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 exam dates are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 January 2027. The ICAI Examination Department issued the schedule on 23 September 2026. The exam has 6 papers in 2 groups, with 3 papers in each group.

The table below lists the exam date, group, and subject for each of the 6 papers. The paper-wise sequence follows the paper numbers, as in earlier sessions.

 

Group

Paper

Subject

Exam date

Timing

Group I

Paper 1

Advanced Accounting

2 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

Group I

Paper 2

Corporate and Other Laws

4 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

Group I

Paper 3

Taxation

6 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

Group II

Paper 4

Cost and Management Accounting

8 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

Group II

Paper 5

Auditing and Ethics

10 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

Group II

Paper 6

Financial Management and Strategic Management

12 January 2027

2 PM to 5 PM

The gap between 2 consecutive papers is 1 clear day. The gap between the last Group I paper (6 January) and the first Group II paper (8 January) is also 1 clear day.

ICAI keeps the schedule unchanged if a date is declared a public holiday by the Central Government, a State Government or a local authority.

What is the CA Intermediate January 2027 schedule?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 schedule has 9 key events from the registration cut-off to the result. The exam form window opens on 3 November 2026 and closes on 16 November 2026. The CA Intermediate registration page covers the registration process.

The table below lists each event with its date.

Event

Date

ICAI notification of the January 2027 schedule

23 September 2026

Registration last date for the January 2027 exam

1 May 2026

Exam form window opens

3 November 2026

Exam form last date without late fee

16 November 2026

Exam form last date with late fee

19 November 2026

Correction window for exam city and medium

20 to 22 November 2026

Admit card release

Third week of December 2026 (tentative)

Group I and Group II exams

2 to 12 January 2027

Result

March 2027 (tentative)

What is the last date to register for CA Intermediate January 2027?

The last date to register for the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam is 1 May 2026. ICAI requires registration 8 months before the exam month. The Board of Studies set the same rule for the January 2025 exam, with 1 May 2024 as the cut-off.

ICAI fixes 3 cut-off dates in a year.

Exam session

Registration last date

January

1 May of the previous year

May

1 September of the previous year

September

1 January of the same year

Registration done after 1 May 2026 applies to the May 2027 exam or a later session. The CA Intermediate eligibility page lists the entry routes.

When does the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form open?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form opens on 3 November 2026. The form stays open for 14 days until 16 November 2026. ICAI accepts the form with a late fee until 19 November 2026.

ICAI opens a correction window from 20 to 22 November 2026. The window covers changes to the exam city and the medium of the exam. Candidates submit the form online through the ICAI Self Service Portal (SSP) at eservices.icai.org.

How to fill the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form?

To fill the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form, log in to the ICAI Self Service Portal and complete 8 steps. The steps run in the order below.

  1. Log in to the Self Service Portal at eservices.icai.org with the user ID and password.
  2. Select the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form.
  3. Enter the personal, communication, and academic details.
  4. Choose the group, the exam city, and the medium.
  5. Upload the documents in the prescribed format.
  6. Pay the exam fee online.
  7. Submit the form after a final review.
  8. Download the confirmation page and keep a printout.

What is the CA Intermediate exam fee for January 2027?

The CA Intermediate exam fee at Indian centres is ₹1,500 for one group and ₹2,700 for both groups. These are the fees ICAI charged in the September 2026 session. The January 2027 notification sets the overseas fees.

The table below lists the fees by centre type.

Centre

One group

Both groups

Indian centres

₹1,500

₹2,700

Kathmandu

₹2,200

₹3,400

Overseas centres (Bahrain, Dubai)

US $325

US $500

The CA Intermediate registration fees page covers the one-time registration fee, which is separate from the exam fee.

What is the CA Intermediate January 2027 admit card date?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 admit card is released about 15 days before the first exam date. The third week of December 2026 is the tentative release window. ICAI released the January 2026 admit card on 18 December 2025.

The admit card is available only to candidates who submit the exam form within the deadline. The CA Intermediate admit card page covers the download steps in detail.

Candidates carry a printed admit card and a valid photo ID to every paper.

What are the CA Intermediate exam timings?

The CA Intermediate exam runs from 2 PM to 5 PM IST, a duration of 3 hours. ICAI gives 15 minutes of advance reading time in all Intermediate papers. The reporting time at the centre is 1:30 PM.

Particulars

Time

Reporting time

1:30 PM

Exam start time

2 PM

Exam end time

5 PM

Duration

3 hours

Advance reading time

15 minutes

Each paper carries 100 marks. The pass criteria are 40% in each paper and 50% aggregate in each group.

Where are the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam centres?

The Indian city list includes Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Lucknow. Candidates choose English or Hindi as the medium of the exam

Name of the State

(No. of Cities)

Name of the Examination City

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

14

Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram

Assam

6

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur and Tinsukia

Bihar

12

Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan

Chhattisgarh

6

Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon

Chandigarh

1

Chandigarh

Delhi / New Delhi

1

Delhi / New Delhi

Goa

2

Mapusa and Margao

Gujarat

23

Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi

Haryana

19

Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar

Himachal Pradesh

1

Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir

2

Jammu and Srinagar

Jharkhand

7

Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi

Karnataka

23

Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura

Kerala

14

Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur

Madhya Pradesh

17

Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain

Maharashtra

37

Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Badlapur, Baramati, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal

Manipur

1

Imphal

Meghalaya

1

Shillong

Mizoram

1

Aizawl

Nagaland

1

Dimapur

Odisha

10

Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur

Puducherry

1

Puducherry

Punjab

8

Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur

Rajasthan

25

Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali - Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur

Sikkim

1

Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

28

Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram

Telangana

8

Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal

Tripura

1

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

21

Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Modinagar, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi

Uttarakhand

4

Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur

West Bengal

7

Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri

 

When is the CA Intermediate January 2027 result date?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 result is declared in March 2027, about 45 days after the exam. ICAI publishes the result on caresults.icai.org. The result press note carries the group-wise pass percentage and the all-India merit list.

The January 2026 session had 3 pass percentages. The table below lists them.

January 2026 category

Pass percentage

Group I

13.96%

Group II

15.54%

Both groups

9.39% (3,924 of 41,798 candidates)

 

CA Intermediate January 2027 FAQs

What are the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam dates?

The CA Intermediate January 2027 exam dates are 2, 4 and 6 January for Group I, and 8, 10 and 12 January for Group II.

When does the CA Intermediate January 2027 exam form open?

The exam form opens on 3 November 2026 and closes on 16 November 2026. The late fee window runs until 19 November 2026.

What is the last date to register for CA Intermediate January 2027?

The last date for registration for the January 2027 exam is 1 May 2026. ICAI requires registration 8 months before the exam month.

What is the CA Intermediate exam timing?

The exam runs from 2 PM to 5 PM IST. Reporting time at the centre is 1:30 PM. ICAI gives 15 minutes of advance reading time.

How many attempts does CA Intermediate have in a year?

ICAI holds the CA Intermediate exam 3 times a year, in January, May, and September.

When is the CA Intermediate January 2027 result?

The result is declared in March 2027, about 45 days after the exam, on caresults.icai.org.

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