Holidays List
Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Thursday |
Netaji’s Birth Day | 23rd January, Monday |
Republic Day | 26th January, Thursday |
Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] | 26th January, Thursday |
Doljatra | 7th March, Tuesday |
Mahavir Jayanti | 4th April, Tuesday |
Good Friday | 7th April, Friday |
Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 14th April, Friday |
**Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15th April, Saturday |
**Eid-UI-Fitr | 22nd April, Saturday |
May Day | 1st May, Monday |
Buddha Purnima | 5th May, Friday |
Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore | 9th May, Tuesday |
Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 29th June, Thursday |
**Muharram | 29th July, Saturday |
Independence Day | 15th August, Tuesday |
Birth Day of Gandhiji | 2nd October, Monday |
**Mahalaya | 14th October, Saturday |
**Durga Puja, Maha Saptami | 21st October, Saturday |
Durga Puja, Maha Nabami | 23rd October, Monday |
Durga Puja, Dasami | 24th October, Tuesday |
**Lakshmi Puja | 28th October, Saturday |
Bhratridwitiya | 15th November, Wednesday |
Birth Day of Guru Nanak | 27th November, Monday |
Christmas Day | 25th December, Monday |
Yearly Closing of Bank Account | 1st April (Saturday) (for Banks only) (Note: The Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday including Treasuries, Sub-Treasuries shall remain open). |
List-I (Public Holidays in 2023 under the N. I. Act)
List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2023)
Day before Saraswati Puja | 25th January, Wednesday |
Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14th February, Tuesday |
**Shivaratri | 18th February, Saturday |
Holi (Day after Doljatra) | 8th March, Wednesday |
Day before Eid-UI-Fitr | 21st April, Friday |
Rathayatra | 20th June, Tuesday |
Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only). | 13th July, Thursday |
Rakhi Bandhan | 30th August, Wednesday |
Janmastami | 6th September, Wednesday |
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 28th September, Thursday |
Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi | 18th October, Wednesday |
Durga Puja, Maha Panchami | 19th October, Thursday |
Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi | 20th October, Friday |
Additional Day for Durga Puja | 25th October, Wednesday |
Additional Day for Durga Puja | 26th October, Thursday |
Additional Day for Durga Puja | 27th October, Friday |
Additional Day for Kali Puja | 13th November, Monday |
Additional Day for Kali Puja | 14th November, Tuesday |
Birth Day of Birsa Munda | 15th November, Wednesday |
Day after Bhratridwitiya | 16th November, Thursday |
Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 20th November, Monday |
(##) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 5th May, Friday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-II.
List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2023)
Easter Saturday | 8th April (Saturday) [for Christians only] |
Hul Diwas | 30th June (Friday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only.] |
Karam Puja | To be notified later on. |