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Age limit calculator with category relaxation

Quick answer

Enter your date of birth and category. The calculator checks it against every age band in the exam's official notice, adds your category's relaxation to the upper limit, and tells you whether you're in, and by how much. For SSC CGL 2026, age is counted on 1 August 2026, and someone who turns 27 on that day is already out of the 18-27 posts.

Checked 30 October 2026 against the official notices linked below.

Age counted on 1 August 2026, the cut-off date in the CRP CSA-XVI, notified 01.08.2026 — Common Recruitment Process for Customer Service Associates (Vacancies of 2027-28), checked 11 October 2026. Your date of birth stays in this browser.

Enter your date of birth to see the result for each age band.

Relaxations this calculator does not work out

These depend on your service record or on a fixed age that the notice states without a date-of-birth window, so check them against the notice yourself.

  • Ex-Servicemen (ESM) / Disabled Ex-Servicemen (DESM): Actual period of service in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST), subject to a maximum age of 50 · notice PDF p6, B.II row 4
  • Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried: Up to 35 years for General/EWS, 38 for OBC and 40 for SC/ST · notice PDF p6, B.II row 5
  • Economically Weaker Sections (EWS): No relaxation · notice PDF p6, note (ii)

How the age limit is counted

Each age band in a notice comes with a date-of-birth window. SSC CGL 2026 opens the 18-27 posts to people born from 2 August 1999 to 1 August 2008, with age counted on 1 August 2026. So the upper limit means you must not have turned 27 by the cut-off. If your 27th birthday falls on 1 August 2026, you miss out by one day. The calculator uses the same rule for every band and shows the window it used, so you can match it to the notice.

What relaxation changes

Relaxation only raises the upper limit. The CGL notice gives OBC candidates 3 extra years and SC/ST candidates 5, so an OBC candidate can apply for the 18-27 posts if born on or after 2 August 1996. The lower limit stays where it was. The notice gives EWS no age relaxation.

SSC CGL 2026, 18-27 posts. General candidates born 2 August 1999 to 1 August 2008 can apply, OBC candidates from 2 August 1996, SC/ST candidates from 2 August 1994. The latest birth date is the same for all.General2 Aug 1999OBC (+3 years)2 Aug 1996SC/ST (+5 years)2 Aug 19941 Aug 2008
Relaxation pushes only the earliest birth date back. The latest one, 1 August 2008, stays the same for everyone. Dates from the SSC CGL 2026 notice.

Which exams are in it

We add an exam here only after checking its age rules line by line against the official notice, with the page number noted. SSC CGL and SSC CHSL are in so far, and we'll add more as we check their notices. To check every exam at once, with your education too, use the govt job eligibility finder. For your age on any other date, use the age calculator.

  • 13
    exams checked line by line against the notice
  • +3
    years for OBC in the SSC CGL notice
  • +5
    years for SC/ST in the SSC CGL notice
  • 0
    years for EWS in the SSC CGL notice

Frequently asked questions

Is the cut-off day itself counted?
Yes. Both ends of the date-of-birth window count. For the SSC CGL 18-27 posts, someone born on 2 August 1999 is eligible and someone born on 1 August 1999 is not, because they turn 27 on the cut-off date.
Which categories does it calculate?
Every relaxation the notice gives as a fixed number of years, such as SC/ST, OBC and PwBD. Ex-servicemen relaxation depends on your length of service, and some codes give a fixed age instead of extra years, so the calculator lists those for you to check in the notice.
Is my date of birth sent anywhere?
No. The check runs in your browser and nothing you type leaves the page.
Which date of birth should I use?
The one on your Class 10 certificate. SSC goes by that date and won't change it after you apply (CGL 2026 notice, para 5.3).

Page updated 7 October 2026. How we check exam facts

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