2026 Calendar Government of West Bengal
2026 Calendar Government of West Bengal
*January 1-New Year’s Day, *January 12-Birthday of Swami Vivekananda, †January 22-Day before Saraswati Puja, *January 23-Netaji’s Birthday, Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami), *January 26-Republic Day; †February 4-Shab-e-Barat, **February 14-Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma; March 3- Doljatra, †March 4-Holi (Day after Doljatra), †March 17-Birthday of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur, March 20-Day before Eid-Ul-Fitr, **March 21-Eid-Ul-Fitr, “March 26-Ram Navami, March 31-Mahavir Jayanti; * April 3- Good Friday, April 14-Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, *April 15-Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha); *May 1-May Day, Buddha Purnima, Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu, **May 9-Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore, †May 26-Day before Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid), *May 27-Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid): “June 26-Muharram: July 13-Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only), †July 16- Rathayatra; **August 15-Independence Day, August 26-Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, August 28-Rakhi Bandhan; *September 4-Janmastami, †September 17-Viswakarma Puja: October 2- Birthday of Gandhiji, **October 10-Mahalaya, October 15-Durga Puja-Maha Chaturthi, October 16-Durga Puja-Maha Panchami, **October 17 Durga Puja-Maha Shasthi, October 19-Durga Puja-Maha Astami, *October 20-Durga Puja-Maha Nahami, *October 21-Durga Puja-Dasami, October 22-23-Additional Day for Durga Puja, **October 24-Additional Day for Durga Puja, October 26-Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja, November
9-10-Additional Day for Kali Puja, November 11-Bhratridwitiya, †November 12-Day after Bhratridwitiya, †November 16-Additional Day for Chhat Puja, November 24- Birthday of Guru Nanak, Parshwanath’s Rathajatra; *December 25-Christmas Day; Karam Puja- To be notified later on.
Sectional Holidays in 2026: April 4-Easter Saturday [for Christians only); June 30-Hul Diwas [for Adivasi (Santhal) only].
Note on Holidays: (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: (i) Birthday of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas), Birthday of Bir Chilarai (for North Bengal Districts) 1st February (11) Shivaratri 15th February. (iii) Durga Puja-Maha Saptami 18th October, (iv) Lakshmi Puja 25th October, (v) Kali Puja-8th November, (vi) Chhat Puja-15th November, (vii) Birthday of Birsa Munda 15th November (3) The holiday with double asterisk marks ie. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full 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 and Shab-e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, holiday will be declared