West Bengal Government Holidays 2023 Notification
West Bengal Govt Public Holiday List 2023 | West Bengal Govt Gazetted Holiday List 2023
Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102
No. 4331-F(P2)
Howrah, the 21st October, 2022.
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(l) dated the 8th June, 1957 the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List-1 below to be Public Holidays during the year 2023.
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 2023.
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 2023 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.
West Bengal Govt Public Holiday List 2023
List-1 (Public Holidays in 2023 under the N. I. Act)
- Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda – 12th January 2023 – Thursday
- Netaji’s Birth Day – 23rd January 2023 – Monday
- Republic Day – 26th January 2023 – Thursday
- Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] – 26th January 2023 – Thursday
- Doljatra – 7th March 2023 – Tuesday
- Mahavir Jayanti – 4th April 2023 – Tuesday
- Good Friday – 7th April 2023 – Friday
- Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – 14th April 2023 – Friday
- **Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) – 15th April 2023 – Saturday
- **Eid-UI-Fitr – 22nd April 2023 – Saturday
- May Day – 1st May 2023 – Monday
- Buddha Purnima – 5th May 2023 – Friday
- Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore – 9th May 2023 – Tuesday
- Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) – 29th June 2023 – Thursday
- **Muharram – 29th July 2023 – Saturday
- Independence Day – 15th August 2023 – Tuesday
- Birth Day of Gandhiji – 2nd October 2023 – Monday
- **Mahalaya – 14th October 2023 – Saturday
- **Durga Puja, Maha Saptami – 21st October 2023 – Saturday
- Durga Puja, Maha Nabami – 23rd October 2023 – Monday
- Durga Puja, Dasami – 24th October 2023 – Tuesday
- **Lakshmi Puja – 28th October 2023 – Saturday
- Bhratridwitiya – 15th November 2023 – Wednesday
- Birth Day of Guru Nanak – 27th November 2023 – Monday
- Christmas Day – 25th December 2023 – Monday
Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Saturday) (for Banks only)
(Note: The Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday including Treasuries, Sub-Treasuries shall remain open).
West Bengal Govt Gazetted Holiday List 2023
List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2023)
- Day before Saraswati Puja – 25th January 2023 – Wednesday
- Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma – 14th February 2023 – Tuesday
- **Shivaratri – 18th February 2023 – Saturday
- Holi (Day after Doljatra) – 8th March 2023 – Wednesday
- Day before Eid-UI-Fitr – 21st April 2023 – Friday
- Rathayatra – 20th June 2023 – Tuesday
- Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) – 13th July 2023 – Thursday
- Rakhi Bandhan – 30th August 2023 – Wednesday
- Janmastami – 6th September 2023 – Wednesday
- Fateha-Dwaz-Daham – 28th September 2023 – Thursday
- Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi – 18th October 2023 – Wednesday
- Durga Puja, Maha Panchami – 19th October 2023 – Thursday
- Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi – 20th October 2023 – Friday
- Additional Day for Durga Puja – 25th October 2023 – Wednesday
- Additional Day for Durga Puja – 26th October 2023 – Thursday
- Additional Day for Durga Puja – 27th October 2023 – Friday
- Additional Day for Kali Puja – 13th November 2023 – Monday
- Additional Day for Kali Puja – 14th November 2023 – Tuesday
- Birth Day of Birsa Munda – 15th November 2023 – Wednesday
- Day after Bhratridwitiya – 16th November 2023 – Thursday
- Additional Day for Chhat Puja – 20th November 2023 – Monday
(##) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 5th May 2023 – Friday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-II.
List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2023)
- Easter Saturday – 8th April 2023 (Saturday) [for Christians only]
- Hul Diwas – 30th June 2023 (Friday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only.]
- Karam Puja – To be notified later on.
($$) Shab-e-Barat, Sectional Holiday for Muslim Community falls on 8th March, 2023 (Wednesday), which is a Holiday under State Government & therefore has not been shown separately in List-III.
Note:
1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2. In the year 2023, the following festivals / occasions fall on Sundays which are Public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
i) New Year’s Day – 1st January 2023 – Sunday
ii) Birth Day of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas) – 5th February 2023 – Sunday
iii) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna TroyodashiTithi) – 19th March 2023 – Sunday
iv) Durga Puja Maha Ashtami – 22nd October 2023 – Sunday
v) Kali Puja – 12th November 2023 – Sunday
vi) Chhat Puja – 19th November 2023 – 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-UI-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 abovementioned 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
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Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102
No. 3640-F(P2)
Howrah, the 26th November, 2021
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(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 2022.
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 2022.
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 2022 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.
List of Government Holidays 2022 in West Bengal
List I (Public Holidays in 2022 under the N. I. Act)
West Bengal Govt Public Holiday List 2022
- Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda – 12th January 2022 (Wednesday)
- Republic Day – 26th January 2022 (Wednesday)
- **Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] – 5th February 2022 (Saturday)
- Doljatra – 18th March 2022 (Friday)
- Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – 14th April 2022 (Thursday)
- Mahavir Jayanti – 14th April 2022 (Thursday)
- Good Friday – 15th April 2022 (Friday)
- Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) – 15th April 2022 (Friday)
- Eid-UI-Fitr – 3rd May 2022 (Tuesday)
- Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore – 9th May 2022 (Monday)
- Buddha Purnima – 16th May 2022 (Monday)
- Muharram – 9th August 2022 (Tuesday)
- Independence Day – 15th August 2022 (Monday)
- Durga Puja Astami – 03rd October 2022 (Monday)
- Durga Puja Nabami – 04th October 2022 (Tuesday)
- Durga Puja Dasami – 05th October 2022 (Wednesday)
- Kali Puja – 24th October 2022 (Monday)
- Birth Day of Guru Nanak – 8th November 2022 (Tuesday)
Bank Holiday 2022 in West Bengal
Yearly Closing of Bank Account – 1st April (Friday) (for Banks only, Government Offices and Treasuries will remain open).
List II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2022)
- **New Year’s Day – 01st January 2022 (Saturday)
- Day before Saraswati Puja – 04th February 2022 (Friday)
- Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma – 14th February 2022 (Monday)
- Shivaratri – 1st March 2022 (Tuesday)
- **Holi (Day after Doljatra) – 19th March 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day for Eid-UI-Fitr – 4th May 2022 (Wednesday)
- Rathayatra – 1st July 2022 (Friday)
- Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) – 13th July 2022 (Wednesday)
- Janmastami – 19th August 2022 (Friday)
- Additional day for Durga Puja Mahapanchami – 30th September 2022 (Friday)
- **Additional day for Durga Puja Mahasasthi – 1st October 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 6th October 2022 (Thursday)
- Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 7th October 2022 (Friday)
- **Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 8th October 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day in connection with Lakshmi Puja – 10th October 2022 (Monday)
- Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 25th October 2022 (Tuesday)
- Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 26th October 2022 (Wednesday)
- Bhatridwitya – 27th October 2022 (Thursday)
- Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja – 31st October 2022 (Monday)
- Birth Day of Birsa Munda – 15th November 2022 (Tuesday)
(##) Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 16th May, Monday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List II.
List III (Sectional Holidays in 2022)
- Birth Day of Guru Rabidas – 16th February 2022 (Wednesday) [for the followers of Guru Rabidas]
- ** Easter Saturday – 16th April 2022 (Saturday) [for Christians only]
- Hul Diwas – 30th June 2022 (Thursday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only]
- Karam Puja – To be notified later on
($$) Shab-e-Barat, Sectional holiday for Muslim Community falls on 19th March, Saturday, which is State Government holiday and therefore has not been shown separately in List III.
Note:
1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2. In the year 2022, the following festivals / occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. 1. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
i) Birth Day of Netaji – 23rd January 2022 (Sunday)
N) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur – 10th April 2022 (Sunday)
ii) May Day – 1st May 2022 (Sunday)
iii) Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) – 10th July 2022 (Sunday)
iv) Mahalaya – 25th September 2022 (Sunday)
v) Birth Day of Gandhiji – 2nd October 2022 (Sunday)
Vi) Durgapuja Saptami – 2nd October 2022 (Sunday)
vii) Fateha-Dwaz-Daham – 9th October 2022 (Sunday)
viii) Lakshmi Puja – 9th October 2022 (Sunday)
ix) Chhat Puja – 30th October 2022 (Sunday)
x) Christmas Day – 25th December 2022 (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-UI-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 abovementioned 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. 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/- Manoj Pant
Principal Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal
West Bengal Govt Public Holiday List 2022 Month Wise
West Bengal Govt Holidays in January 2022
- 12 January 2022 – Wednesday – Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
- 26 January 2022 – Wednesday – Republic Day
West Bengal Govt Holidays in February 2022
- 5 February 2022 – Saturday – Vasant Panchami
West Bengal Govt Holidays in March 2022
- 18 March 2022 – Friday – Doljatra
West Bengal Govt Holidays in April 2022
- 14 April 2022 – Thursday – Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
- 15 April 2022 – Friday – Good Friday
- 15 April 2022 – Friday – Bengali New Year
West Bengal Govt Holidays in May 2022
- 3 May 2022 – Tuesday – Idul Fitr
- 9 May 2022 – Monday – Guru Rabindranath Jayanti
- 16 May 2022 – Monday – Buddha Purnima
West Bengal Govt Holidays in June 2022
- No Govt Holidays in June 2022
West Bengal Govt Holidays in July 2022
- 10 July 2022 – Sunday – Bakrid / Eid al Adha
West Bengal Govt Holidays in August 2022
- 9th August 2022 – Tuesday – Muharram
- 15 August 2022 – Monday – Independence Day
West Bengal Govt Holidays in September 2022
- 25 September 2022 – Sunday – Mahalaya Amavasye
West Bengal Govt Holidays in October 2022
- 3 October 2022 – Monday – Maha Ashtami
- 4 October 2022 – Tuesday – Maha Navami
- 5 October 2022 – Wednesday – Vijaya Dashami
- 24 October 2022 – Monday – Kali Puja
West Bengal Govt Holidays in November 2022
- 8 November 2022 – Tuesday – Guru Nanak Jayanti
West Bengal Govt Holidays in December 2022
- 25 December 2022 – Sunday – Christmas Day
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