Work out your exact age on the cut-off date of a recruitment or exam and check it against the upper age limit, including the usual category relaxation.
How it works
Enter your date of birth and the date on which age is counted (the cut-off date given in the notification). Set the maximum age and choose your relaxation. The tool shows your age in years, months and days and whether you are within the limit.
Example
Born on 15 March 2000, cut-off date 1 January 2026, limit 27 years with no relaxation: age is 25 years 9 months 17 days, so the candidate is within the limit.
Frequently asked questions
Which date should I use as the cut-off?
Use the date stated in the official notification, which is often the closing date of applications or 1 January or 1 August of the year.
Are the relaxation values the same for every exam?
No. The values here are common central-government defaults. Individual exams and states can differ, so check your notification.
Is the day of birth counted?
The calculation counts completed years, months and days between the two dates.
Age limit rules explained
Most recruitment notifications state three things: the maximum age, the date on which age is counted, and the relaxation for certain categories. A candidate is eligible only if their age on the counting date is within the limit after relaxation is added.
- Counting date: usually printed in the notification as “age as on”. It is not always today’s date or the date you apply.
- Common central-government relaxation: 3 years for OBC (non-creamy layer), 5 years for SC/ST, and 10 years for persons with benchmark disabilities, with extra years added for SC/ST and OBC in that group. Ex-servicemen and some departmental candidates have separate rules.
- State recruitments: states set their own limits and relaxation, so use the values in your own notification.
Mistakes to avoid
- Using the application date instead of the cut-off date given in the notification.
- Adding relaxation that applies only to another category or only to a different exam.
- Rounding months up. Age is counted in completed years, months and days.
Related guides
See our guides to latest government jobs, SSC jobs and banking jobs to check typical age limits before you apply.
This tool gives an estimate for planning. Always confirm final figures and rules with the official notification.