Holiday List for West Bengal Government Employees, 2026
Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah-711 102
No. 4188-F(P2) Dated: 27/11/2025
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(I) 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 2026.
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 2026.
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 2026 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.
List-I (Public Holidays in 2026 under the N. I. Act)
| New Year’s Day | 1st January, Thursday |
| Birthday of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Monday |
| Netaji’s Birthday | 23rd January, Friday |
| Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] | 23rd January, Friday |
| Republic Day | 26th January, Monday |
| Doljatra | 3rd March, Tuesday |
| (**) Eid-Ul-Fitr | 21st March, Saturday |
| Ram Navami | 26th March, Thursday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 31st March, Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 3rd April, Friday |
| Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 14th April, Tuesday |
| Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15th April, Wednesday |
| May Day | 1st May, Friday |
| Buddha Pumima | 1st May, Friday |
| (**) Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | 9th May, Saturday |
| Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 27th May, Wednesday |
| Muharram | 26th June, Friday |
| (**) Independence Day | 15th August, Saturday |
| Janmastami | 4th September, Friday |
| Birthday of Gandhiji | 2nd October, Friday |
| (**) Mahalaya | 10th October, Saturday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Astami | 19th October, Monday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Nabami | 20th October, Tuesday |
| Durga Puja, Dasami | 21st October, Wednesday |
| Bhratridwitiya | 11th November, Wednesday |
| Birthday of Guru Nanak | 24th November, Tuesday |
| Christmas Day | 25th December, Friday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Nabami | 20th October, Tuesday |
Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Wednesday) (for Banks only, Government Offices and Treasuries will remain open).
List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2026)
| Day before Saraswati Puja | 22nd January, Thursday |
| Shab-e-Barat | 4th February, Wednesday |
| (**) Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14th February, Saturday |
| Holi (Day after Doljatra) | 4th March, Wednesday |
| Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi) | 17th March, Tuesday |
| Day before Eid-Ul-Fitr | 20th March, Friday |
| Day before Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 26th May, Tuesday |
| Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) | 13th July, Monday |
| Rathayatra | 16th July, Thursday |
| Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 26th August, Wednesday |
| Rakhi Bandhan | 28th August, Friday |
| Viswakarma Puja | 17th September, Thursday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi | 15th October, Thursday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Panchami | 16th October, Friday |
| (**) Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi | 17th October, Saturday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 22nd October, Thursday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 23rd October, Friday |
| (**) Additional Day for Durga Puja | 24th October, Saturday |
| Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja | 26th October, Monday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 9th November, Monday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 10th November, Tuesday |
| Day after Bhratridwitiya | 12th November, Thursday |
| Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 16th November, Monday |
| Karam Puja | To be notified later on |
(#) It has been decided that the birthday of Bir Chilarai will be observed as holiday for North Bengal Districts. In 2026, the date falls on 1st February, Sunday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore not shown separately in List II.
(##) Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 1st May, Friday which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-II.
(###) Parshwanath’s Rathajatra falls on 24th November, Tuesday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore not shown separately in List-II.
List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2026)
| Easter Saturday | 4th April, Saturday [for Christians only] |
| Hul Diwas | 30th June, Tuesday [for Adibasi (Santhal) only] |
(####) Birthday of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas) falls on Is February, Sunday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act hence not shown separately in List-III.
Note :
1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2. In the year 2026, the following festivals/ occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
| 1) | Shivaratri | 15th February, Sunday |
| 2) | Durga Puja, Maha Saptami | 18th October, Sunday |
| 3) | Lakshmi Puja | 25th October, Sunday |
| 4) | Kali Puja | 8th November, Sunday |
| 5) | Chhat Puja | 15th November, Sunday |
| 6) | Birthday of Birsa Munda | 15th November, Sunday |
3. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday.
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 m 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,
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
No. 4188-F dated 27.11.2025, Source
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