Holiday List of WBCHSE, 2019
Higher Secondary Education, Holiday
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