West Bengal Govt Holidays 2016

Holiday Date&Month  Day
Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda 12 January Tuesday
** Birth day of Netaji 23January Saturday
Republic Day 26 January Tuesday
** Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) 13 February Saturday
Dolijatra 23 March Wednesday
Good Friday 25 March Friday
Birth day of B.R.Ambedkar & Bengali New Year’s Day 14 April Thursday
ID-UL-Fitre 6 July Wednesday
Independence Day 15August Monday
ID-Ud-Joha 12 September Monday
Mahalaya 30 September Friday
Drugapuja

** Saptami

Nabami

Vijaya Dasami

 

8 October

10 October

11 October

 

 

Saturday

Monday

Tuesday

Muharram 12 October Wednesday
** Lakshmi Puja 15 October Saturday
** Kalipuja 29 October Saturday
Birth day of Guru Nanak 14 November Monday

NOTE:

1.Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2.In the year 2016, the following festivals/occasions fall on Sundays which are public holidays under N.I Act and hence have not been included in the list of holidays:

I May Day 1st May Sunday
II Birth Day of Rabindra Nath Tagore 8th May Sunday
III Bith Day of Gandhiji 2nd October Sunday
IV Astami of Durgapuja 9th October Sunday
V Christmas Day 25th December Sunday

3.The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturday are not observed as full holiday.

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