West Bengal Government Offices and Bank Holidays List 2025

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The Government of West Bengal has released the holiday list for Government Offices and Banks in the state for the year 2025. The detailed list of holidays is provided below.

West Bengal Banks Holidays List 2025

Sl. No.Holiday NameDateDay
1New Year’s Day01-Jan-2025Wednesday
2Netaji’s Birthday23-Jan-2025Thursday
3Doljatra14-Mar-2025Friday
4Eid-Ul-Fitr31-Mar-2025Monday
5Yearly Closing of Bank Account01-Apr-2025Tuesday
6Mahavir Jayanti10-Apr-2025Thursday
7Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar14-Apr-2025Monday
8Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)15-Apr-2025Tuesday
9Good Friday18-Apr-2025Friday
10May Day01-May-2025Thursday
11Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore09-May-2025Friday
12Buddha Purnima12-May-2025Monday
13(**) Id-Ul-Zoha (Bakrid)07-Jun-2025Saturday
14Independence Day15-Aug-2025Friday
15Janmashtami15-Aug-2025Friday
16Durga Puja, Maha Saptami29-Sep-2025Monday
17Durga Puja, Maha Ashtami30-Sep-2025Tuesday
18Durga Puja, Maha Navami01-Oct-2025Wednesday
19Durga Puja, Dashami02-Oct-2025Thursday
20Birthday of Gandhiji02-Oct-2025Thursday
21Lakshmi Puja06-Oct-2025Monday
22Kali Puja20-Oct-2025Monday
23Bhratri Dwitiya23-Oct-2025Thursday
24Chhat Puja27-Oct-2025Monday
25Birthday of Guru Nanak05-Nov-2025Wednesday
26Christmas Day25-Dec-2025Thursday

West Bengal Government Offices Public Holidays List 2025

Sl. No.Holiday NameDateDay
1Day after Saraswati Puja03-Feb-2025Monday
2Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma14-Feb-2025Friday
3Shab-e-Barat14-Feb-2025Friday
4Shivaratri26-Feb-2025Wednesday
5(**) Day after Doljatra15-Mar-2025Saturday
6Birthday of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi)27-Mar-2025Thursday
7Day after Eid-Ul-Fitr01-Apr-2025Tuesday
8Day before Id-Ul-Zoha (Bakrid)06-Jun-2025Friday
9Rathayatra27-Jun-2025Friday
10(**) Rakhi Bandhan09-Aug-2025Saturday
11Fateha-Dwaz-Daham05-Sep-2025Friday
12Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi26-Sep-2025Friday
13(**) Durga Puja, Maha Panchami27-Sep-2025Saturday
14Additional Day for Durga Puja03-Oct-2025Friday
15(**) Additional Day for Durga Puja04-Oct-2025Saturday
16Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja07-Oct-2025Tuesday
17Additional Day for Kali Puja21-Oct-2025Tuesday
18Additional Day for Kali Puja22-Oct-2025Wednesday
19Day after Bhratridwitiya24-Oct-2025Friday
20Additional Day for Chhat Puja28-Oct-2025Tuesday
21(**) Birthday of Birsa Munda15-Nov-2025Saturday
22Karam PujaTo be notified later on–

West Bengal Sectional Holidays List 2025

The holidays listed below will be observed as Sectional Holidays in 2025 for employees of the respective communities specified for each day.

Sl. No.Holiday NameDateDay
1‘Prakash Purab’ of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (for employees of Sikh community)06-Jan-2025Monday
2Birthday of Guru Rabidas (for followers of Guru Rabidas)12-Feb-2025Wednesday
3Easter Saturday (for Christians only)19-Apr-2025Saturday
4Hul Diwas [for Adivasi (Santhal) only]30-Jun-2025Monday

Note:

  1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
  2. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday.
  3. 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, the 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 a holiday for this festival.

Official Notification

West Bengal State Holidays List 2025 Notification (PDF)

West Bengal State Holidays List 2024 Notification (PDF)

Official Website

You may visit the official website of Finance Department, Government of West Bengal for more details.

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