Holiday List of WBCHSE, 2019
Higher Secondary Education, Holiday 👁️ 114
The President of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2019.WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
VIDYASAGAR BHAVAN
9/2, Block – DJ Sector II, Salt lake, Kolkata – 700091
No. Est./426/2018 Date: 27.11.2018
OFFICE ORDER
The President, Council is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2019.
| English New Year’s Day (2019 A.D.) | 1st January, Tuesday |
| * Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Saturday |
| Birthday of Netaji | 23rd January, Wednesday |
| * Republic Day | 26th January, Saturday |
| * Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) | 10th February, Sunday |
| Additional Day (In connection with “Saraswati Puja”) | 11th February, Monday |
| Shivaratri | 4th March, Monday |
| Dol Jatra | 21st March, Thursday |
| Holi (Day after Dol Jatra) | 22nd March, Friday |
| Councils’ Foundation Day | 3rd April, Wednesday |
| * Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar & Baisakhi (for Sikhs only) | 14th April, Sunday |
| Bengali New Years Day | 15th April, Monday |
| Mahabir Jayanti (for Jains only) | 17th April, Wednesday |
| Good Friday | 19th April, Friday |
| * Easter Saturday (for Christian only) | 20th April, Saturday |
| Sabe-Barat (For Muslims only) | 21st April, Sunday |
| May Day | 1st May, Wednesday |
| Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore | 9th May, Thursday |
| * Buddha Purnima | 18th May, Saturday |
| Id-UI-Fitar | 5th June, Wednesday |
| * Hul Diwas (Adibasi Santal) | 30th June, Sunday |
| * Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakat (For Darjeeling District only) | 13th July, Saturday |
| Id-Ud-Joha (Bakrid) | 12th August, Monday |
| Independence Day | 15th August, Thursday |
| Janrnastami | 23rd August, Friday |
| Maharam | 10th September, Tuesday |
| * Mahalaya | 28th September, Saturday |
| Gandhi Birthday | 2nd October, Wednesday |
| Durgapuja to Laxmipuja | 3rd October, Thursday to 15th October Tuesday |
| Kalipuja | 27th October, Sunday |
| Additional day in connection with Kalipuja | 28th October, Monday |
| Bhatridwitia | 29th October, Tuesday |
| Additional Day in connection with Bhatridwitya | 30th October, Wednesday |
| * Chhat Puja | 02nd November, Saturday |
| * Fateh-Duaz-Duham | 10th November, Sunday |
| Birth day of Gurunanak | 12th November, Tuesday |
| Christmas Day | 25th December, Wednesday |
1. No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially notified subsequently happen 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 Id-Ul-Fitar, Id-Ud-Joha, Muharrum, Fateh-Duaz-Daham, Sab-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 these festivals.
In such a situation, announcement of the state Govt. through T.V./A.I.R./News paper will be followed.
3. Karam Puja: To be notified later on.
4. The Office of the Council will remain closed on all SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS of each month.
5. * Marked festivals/ Occasion fall on ‘SATURDAY’ or ‘SUNDAY’.
Sd/- President