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West Bengal Public Holidays 2026

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This page contains the list of West Bengal (India) 2026 official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license

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

Date	Weekday	Public Holiday	Observance
Jan 12	Monday	Birthday of Swami Vivekananda
Jan 23	Friday	Birthday of Netaji
Jan 23	Friday	Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami)
Jan 26	Monday	Republic Day (National Day)
Mar 3	Tuesday	Doljatra
Mar 16	Monday	Birthday of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur
Mar 21	Saturday	ld-Ul-Fitar (End of Ramadan)
Mar 31	Tuesday	Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak
Apr 1	Wednesday	Annual Accounts Closing (Bank Holiday)	banks
Apr 3	Friday	Good Friday
Apr 14	Tuesday	Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Apr 15	Wednesday	Bengali New Year's Day (Nababarsha)
May 1	Friday	Buddha Purnima / Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu
May 1	Friday	May Day
May 9	Saturday	Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore
May 27	Wednesday	ld-Ud-Zoha / Bakrid (Feast of Sacrifice)
June 26	Friday	Muharram
Aug 15	Saturday	Independence Day
Oct 2	Friday	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Oct 10	Saturday	Mahalaya
Oct 18	Sunday	Durga Puja - Saptami
Oct 19	Monday	Durga Puja - Astami
Oct 20	Tuesday	Durga Puja - Nabami
Oct 21	Wednesday	Durga Puja - Vijaya Dasami
Oct 25	Sunday	Lakshmi Puja
Nov 8	Sunday	Kali Puja
Nov 11	Wednesday	Bhatridwitya
Nov 15	Sunday	Chhath Puja Parva
Nov 24	Tuesday	Birthday of Guru Nanak
Dec 25	Friday	Christmas Day

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