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West Bengal Public Holidays 2026

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This page contains the list of West Bengal (India) 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of West Bengal (India) public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Thursday New Year's Day partial
Monday Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
Thursday Day before Saraswati Puja partial
Friday Birthday of Netaji
Friday Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami)
Monday Republic Day (National Day)
Wednesday Shab-e-Barat partial
Sunday Maha Shivaratri partial
Tuesday Doljatra
Wednesday Day after Doljatra partial
Monday Birthday of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur partial
Friday Day before Ramazan / Id-ul-Fitr partial
Saturday ld-Ul-Fitar (End of Ramadan)
Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak
Wednesday Annual Accounts Closing (Bank Holiday) banks
Friday Good Friday
Tuesday Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Wednesday Bengali New Year's Day (Nababarsha)
Friday Buddha Purnima / Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu
Friday May Day
Saturday Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore
Wednesday ld-Ud-Zoha / Bakrid (Feast of Sacrifice)
Friday Muharram
Thursday Ratha Yathra partial
Saturday Independence Day
Tuesday Milad-un-Nabi / Baravfat (Prophet's Birthday) partial
Friday Raksha Bandhan partial
Friday Janmashtami / Sri Krishna Jayanti/ Sri Krishna Astami partial
Tuesday Karam Puja partial
Friday Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Saturday Mahalaya
Wednesday Durga Puja - Maha Chaturthi partial
Thursday Durga Puja - Maha Panchami partial
Saturday Durga Puja - Maha Shashthi partial
Sunday Durga Puja - Saptami
Monday Durga Puja - Astami
Tuesday Durga Puja - Nabami
Wednesday Durga Puja - Vijaya Dasami
Sunday Lakshmi Puja
Sunday Kali Puja
Wednesday Bhatridwitya
Thursday Day after Bhatridwitya partial
Sunday Chhath Puja Parva partial
Tuesday Birthday of Guru Nanak
Friday Christmas Day

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