west bengal govt holiday list 2024 / wb govt holiday list 2024
WB HOLIDAY LIST 2024 , wb school holiday list 2024
List-I (Public Holidays in 2024 under the N. I. Act)wb govt employee holiday list 2024
| 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 2024) wb govt holiday list 2024
| 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 |
wb govt holiday list 2024
(#) 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) wb govt holiday list 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: west bengal govt holiday list 2024 / WB HOLIDAY LIST 2024
- Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
- In the year 2024, 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 |
- 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 as laid down hereunder are to be followed in case of Muslim festivals.
- west bengal govt holiday list 2024