West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025 PDF Download
The Government of West Bengal vide Notification No-4752-F(P2)Howrah, Dated 22nd November 2024, has notified the West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025 or Holiday List 2025 for the Govt. employees of West Bengal.
The above notification may be read as follows:——-
1.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(I) 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 2025.
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 2025.
3.Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List-Ill may be
observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2025 for the employees of different communities
mentioned against the day.
WB Govt Calendar 2025
List-I (Public Holiday List West Bengal 2025 under the N. I. Act)/West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025 with holidays
| New Year’s Day | 1st January, Wednesday |
| Netaji’s Birth Day | 23rd January, Thursday |
| Doliatra | 14th March, Friday |
| Eid-Ul-Fitr | 31st March, Monday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 10th April, Thursday |
| Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 14th April, Monday |
| Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15th April, Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 18th April, Friday |
| May Day | 1st May, Thursday |
| Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | 9th May, Friday |
| Buddha Purnima | 12th May, Monday |
| (**) Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 7th June, Saturday |
| Independence Day | 15th August, Friday |
| Janmastami | 15th August, Friday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Saptarni | 29th September, Monday |
| Durga Puia, Maha Astami | 30th September, Tuesday |
| Duraa Puia, Maha Nabami | 1st October, Wednesday |
| Durga Puia, Dasami | 2nd October, Thursday |
| Birthday of Gandhi Ji | 2nd October, Thursday |
| Lakshmi Puia | 6th October, Monday |
| Kali Puja | 20th October, Monday |
| Bhratridwitiya | 23rd October, Thursday |
| Chhat Puia | 27th October, Monday |
| Birthday of Guru Nanak | 5th November, Wednesday |
| Christmas Day | 25th December, Thursday |
West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025 with holidays
List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2025)
| Day after Saraswati Puia | 3rd February, Monday |
| Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14th February, Friday |
| Shab-e-Barat | 14th February, Friday |
| Shivaratri | 26th February Wednesday |
| (**) Day after Doljatra | 15th March Saturday |
| Birthday of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur | 27th March, Thursday |
| Day after Eld-Ul-Fitr | 1st April, Tuesday |
| Day before Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 6th June, Friday |
| Rathayatra | 27th June, Friday |
| (**)Rakhi Bandhan | 9th August, Saturday |
| Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 5th September, Friday |
| Durga Puia, Maha Chaturthi | 26th September, Friday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Panchami | 27th September, Saturday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 3rd October, Friday |
| Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja | 7th October, Tuesday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 21st October, Tuesday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puia | 22nd October, Wednesday |
| Day after Bhratridwitiya | 24th October, Friday |
| Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 28th October, Tuesday |
| Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 8th November, Friday |
| f**) Birthday of Birsa Munda | 15th November, Saturday |
| Karam Puja | To be notified later on |
(#) Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 12th May, Monday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List II;
(##) Parshwanath’s Rathajatra falls on 5th November, Wednesday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List II;
(###) This year Doljatra and Holi fall on same day so ‘Holl’ has not been shown separately in List II.
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List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2025)/ West Bengal Govt Calendar 2025 PDF Download
| Day after Sa’Prakash Purab’ of Guru Gobind Singh Ji for employees belonging to Sikh community | 6th January, Monday |
| Birthday of Guru Rabidas(for the followers of Guru Rabidas) | 12th February, Wednesday |
| Easter Saturday (for Christians only) | 19th April, Saturday |
| Hui Diwas (For Adivasi (Santhal) only) | 30th June, Monday |
Note: 1. 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:
2. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
| Birthday of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Sunday |
| Republic Day | 26th January, Sunday |
| Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] | 2nd February, Sunday |
| Ram Navami | 6th April, Sunday |
| Muharram | 6th July, Sunday |
| Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalingpong District only) | 13th July, Sunday |
| Mahalaya | 21st September, Sunday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi | 28th September, 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.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ALL TYPES OF HOLIDAYS INCLUDING
HOLIDAYS FOR THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS
- 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. - If there is any change in the date of Eid-Ul-Fitr, ld-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.
- 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.
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