wb govt calendar 2025

West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025

Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah – 711 102

No. 6112-F(P2) Howrah, the 9th November, 2023

NOTIFICATION : west bengal govt calendar 2025

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

Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda	12th January, Friday
Netaji’s Birth Day	23rd January, Tuesday
Republic Day	26th January, Friday
Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami]	14th February, Wednesday
Doljatra	25th March, Monday
Good Friday	29th March, Friday
Eid-UI-Fitr	11th April, Thursday
May Day	1st May, Wednesday
Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore	8th May, Wednesday
Buddha Purnima	23rd May, Thursday
Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid)	17th June, Monday
Muharram	17th July, Wednesday
Independence Day	15th August, Thursday
Birth Day of Gandhiji	2nd October, Wednesday
Mahalaya	2nd October, Wednesday
Durga Puja, Maha Saptami	10th October, Thursday
Durga Puja, Maha Astami and Maha Nabami	11th October, Friday
(**) Durga Puja, Dasami	12th October, Saturday
Lakshmi Puja	16th October, Wednesday
Kali Puja	31st October, Thursday
Birth Day of Guru Nanak	15th November, Friday
Christmas Day	25th December, Wednesday
Yearly Closing of Bank Account	1st April (Monday) (for Banks only).

List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2025)

New Year’s Day	1st January, Monday
Day before Saraswati Puja	13th February, Tuesday
Shab-e-Barat	26th February, Monday
Shivaratri	8th March, Friday
Day after Doljatra	26th March, Tuesday
(**) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi)	6th April, Saturday
Day before Eid-UI-Fitr	10th April, Wednesday
(**) Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only	13th July, Saturday
Rakhi Bandhan	19th August, Monday
Janmastami	26th August, Monday
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham	16th September, Monday
Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi	7th October, Monday
Durga Puja, Maha Panchami	8th October, Tuesday
Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi	9th October, Wednesday
Additional Day for Durga Puja	14th October, Monday
Additional Day for Durga Puja	15th October, Tuesday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja	17th October, Thursday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja	18th October, Friday
Additional Day for Kali Puja	1st November, Friday
Day after Bhratridwitiya	4th November, Monday
Chhat Puja	7th November, Thursday
Additional Day for Chhat Puja	8th November, Friday
Karam Puja	To 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-III (Sectional Holidays in 2024)

(**) Birthday of Guru Rabidas(for the followers of Guru Rabidas)	24th February, Saturday
(**) Easter Saturday	30th March (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 2025, 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, Sunday
ii)	Birth Day of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar	14th April, Sunday
iii)	Mahavir Jayanti	21st April, Sunday
iv)	Rathayatra	7th July, Sunday
v)	Bhratridwitiya	3rd 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.
4. 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

No. 6112-F dated 09.11.2023,

Source

The total no of Holidays for the year 2025 excluding Sundays is 44 days.

And including Sundays, the number of public holidays becomes 44+52=96. So, the total number of working days is 366-96=270. For government offices that are closed on Saturdays, the total holiday is 44+52+52=148 days. For these offices, total number of working days is 366-148=218 days.