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Holiday List of West Bengal Govt 2024

In West Bengal, all central and state government offices are generally closed on all public holidays. Government of West Bengal has published the list of holidays for the year 2024. The list contains a total of 22 holidays including national and regional holidays. Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti and Christmas Day are some of the major holidays. In addition, there are many regional holidays such as Durga Puja and Kali Puja and all second and fourth Saturdays would also be observed as Holidays. We hope this information will help you plan your trip in advance accordingly.

West Bengal Government Holiday List 2024 Overview
Name of GovernmentGovernment of West Bengal
TopicWest Bengal Government Holidays
Year2024
Name of Issuing AuthorityFinance Department, Govt. of West Bengal
Date of issue09.11.2023
Holiday OrderPDF Format Download

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department

“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102

No. 6112-F(P2)

Howrah, the 9th November, 2023

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the power conferred by the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. 20/25/56-pub(l) dated the 8th June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List I below to be Public Holidays during the year 2024.

2. The Governor is also pleased to notify that the offices under the Government of West Bengal with the exception of the offices of the Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata and Collector of the Stamp Revenue, Kolkata shall be closed on the days as specified at List II below which are not declared to be public holidays, during the year 2024.

3. Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List III may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2024 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.

List-1 (Public Holidays in 2024 under the N. I. Act)

West Bengal Govt Gazetted Holiday List 2024 | Government of West Bengal Public Holiday List 2024

Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda12th January 2024,  Friday
Netaji’s Birth Day23rd January 2024,  Tuesday
Republic Day26th January 2024,  Friday
Saraswati Puja
[Sree Panchami]
14th February 2024,  Wednesday
Doljatra25th March 2024,  Monday
Good Friday29th March 2024,  Friday
Eid-UI-Fitr11th April 2024,  Thursday
May Day1st May 2024,  Wednesday
Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore8th May 2024,  Wednesday
Buddha Purnima23rd May 2024,  Thursday
Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid)17th June 2024,  Monday
Muharram17th July 2024,  Wednesday
Independence Day15th August 2024,  Thursday
Birth Day of Gandhiji2nd October 2024,  Wednesday
Mahalaya2nd October 2024,  Wednesday
Durga Puja,  Maha Saptami10th October 2024,  Thursday
Durga Puja,  Maha Ashtami
and Maha Navami
11th October 2024,  Friday
(**) Durga Puja,  Dasami12th October 2024,  Saturday
Lakshmi Puja16th October 2024,  Wednesday
Kali Puja31st October 2024,  Thursday
Birth Day of Guru Nanak15th November 2024,  Friday
Christmas Day25th December 2024,  Wednesday

Bank Holidays in West Bengal 2024

Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Monday) (for Banks only).

List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2024)

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New Year’s Day1st January 2024,  Monday
Day before Saraswati Puja13th February 2024,  Tuesday
Shab-e-Barat26th February 2024,  Monday
Shiva ratri8th March 2024,  Friday
Day after Doljatra26th March 2024,  Tuesday
(**) Birth Day of Shri Shri
Harichand Thakur
(Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi)
6th April 2024,  Saturday
Day before Eid-UI-Fitr10th April 2024,  Wednesday
(**)Birth Day of Poet Bhanu
Bhakt for Darjeeling &
Kalimpong District only
13th July 2024,  Saturday
Rakhi Bandhan19th August 2024,  Monday
Janmastami26th August 2024,  Monday
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham16th September 2024,  Monday
Durga Puja,  Maha Chaturthi7th October 2024,  Monday
Durga Puja,  Maha Panchami8th October 2024,  Tuesday
Durga Puja,  Maha Shashthi9th October 2024,  Wednesday
Additional Day for Durga Puja14th October 2024,  Monday
Additional Day for Durga Puja15th October 2024,  Tuesday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja17th October 2024,  Thursday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja18th October 2024,  Friday
Additional Day for Kali Puja1st November 2024,  Friday
Day after Bhratridwitiya4th November 2024,  Monday
Chhat Puja7th November 2024,  Thursday
Additional Day for Chhat Puja8th November 2024,  Friday
Karam PujaTo be notified later on

(#) Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma falls on 14th February, Wednesday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(##) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 23rd May, Thursday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(###) Birth Day of Birsa Munda falls on 15th November, Friday which is a holiday under N.l. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(####) Parshwanath’s Rathajatra falls on 15th November, Friday which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(#####) This year Doljatra and Holi fall on same day so ‘Holi’ is not shown separately in List II.

List-Ill (Sectional Holidays in 2024)

(**) Birthday of Guru Rabidas
(for the followers of Guru Rabidas)
24th February 2024, Saturday
(**) Easter Saturday30th March 2024, (Saturday)
[for Christians only]

($$) Hul Diwas, Sectional Holiday [for Adivasi (Santhal) only] on 30th June falls on Sunday which is a holiday under N.l. Act & therefore not shown separately in List III.

Note:

  1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act. .
  2. In the year 2024, the following festivals / occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
i)Bengali New Year’s Day
(Nababarsha)
14th April 2024, Sunday
ii)Birth Day of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar14th April 2024, Sunday
iii)Mahavir Jayanti21st April 2024, Sunday
iv)Rathayatra7th July 2024, Sunday
v)Bhratridwitiya3rd November 2024, Sunday
  1. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday.
  2. General instructions as laid down hereunder are to be followed in case of Muslim festivals.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ALL TYPES OF HOLIDAYS INCLUDING HOLIDAYS FOR THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS

1) No substitute holiday shall be allowed if any of the festival – holidays initially notified subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.
2) If there is any change in the date of Eid-Ul-Fitr, Id-Ud-Zoha, Muharram, Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, Shab- e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, holiday will be declared by a separate order for the date on which the festival would be actually observed in lieu of the date originally notified as holiday for this festival.
3) It may happen that the change of date of above mentioned occasions has to be notified at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement would be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / News Papers and Heads of Department / Offices of the State Government may take action according to such announcements without waiting for formal order about the change of date.

By order of the Governor,
Sd/- Dr. Manoj Pant
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal

These holidays are observed in central and state government offices, banks, post offices, railway departments, schools and colleges in West Bengal.

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