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India (West Bengal) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Rupee (INR)
  • Banks are NOT working on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.
    No alcohol served in shops, restaurants during most holidays
    The nature of holidays in India appeals to culture, national values and religion

    Internet domain: .in - Telephone code: +91 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +5:30 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Wednesday March 8, 2023DoljatraHinduism
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    Friday March 24, 2023End of school yearSchool holidays
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    Thursday March 30, 2023Banks remain openBanks only
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    Thursday March 30, 2023RamanavaniHinduism
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    Saturday April 1, 2023Banks Inventory DayBanks only
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    Tuesday April 4, 2023Beginning of school yearSchool holidays
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    Tuesday April 4, 2023Mahavir JayantiJainism
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    Friday April 7, 2023Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Saturday April 8, 2023Optional holidayCatholic
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    Monday April 10, 2023Sri Sri Harichand Thakur dayHinduism
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    Wednesday April 12, 2023Optional holidayJainism
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    Friday April 14, 2023Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's Birthday - Maha Visuv SankratiSecular holiday
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    Saturday April 15, 2023Bengali New YearSecular holiday
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    Saturday April 22, 2023End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Monday May 1, 2023Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday May 2, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday May 5, 2023Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha BuchaHinduism
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    Tuesday May 9, 2023Birthday of Rabindranath TagoreSecular holiday
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    Thursday June 15, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday June 29, 2023Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Saturday July 1, 2023Annual Closing of Reserve Bank of IndiaBanks only
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    Saturday July 29, 2023Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)Muslim, Sufi
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    Tuesday August 1, 2023Raksha Bandhan / Nikini Poya (Janai Purnima)Hinduism
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    Tuesday August 15, 2023Independence DayNational Day
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    Wednesday August 30, 2023Raksha Bandhan / Nikini Poya (Janai Purnima)Hinduism
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    Thursday September 7, 2023Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)Hinduism
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    Thursday September 7, 2023Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)Events, celebrations...
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    Thursday September 28, 2023Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Saturday September 30, 2023Banks Inventory DayBanks only
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    Doljatra

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    Wednesday March 8, 2023
    Hinduism : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil.

    End of school year

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    Friday March 24, 2023
    School holidays :

    Banks remain open

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    Thursday March 30, 2023
    Banks only :

    Ramanavani

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    Thursday March 30, 2023
    Hinduism :

    Banks Inventory Day

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    Saturday April 1, 2023
    Banks only :

    Beginning of school year

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    Tuesday April 4, 2023
    School holidays :

    Mahavir Jayanti

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    Tuesday April 4, 2023
    Jainism : Jain festival honoring Lord Mahavira on the founder's birthday.

    Good Friday

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    Friday April 7, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Optional holiday

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    Saturday April 8, 2023
    Catholic : Easter Saturday Christian community only

    Sri Sri Harichand Thakur day

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    Monday April 10, 2023
    Hinduism : Born in 1812 at Safaldanga, Gopalgaunge. He experienced atmadarshan (self-realisation) and preached his ideologies and religious philosophy in twelve commandments. His followers consider him as God (Thakur) Harichand and as an avatar of Vishnu

    Optional holiday

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    Wednesday April 12, 2023
    Jainism : Mahavir Jayanti Jain community only

    Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's Birthday - Maha Visuv Sankrati

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    Friday April 14, 2023
    Secular holiday : This lawyer and politician drafted the constitution of India.

    Bengali New Year

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    Saturday April 15, 2023
    Secular holiday : Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bangla year on the basis of the lunar Hijri and Bangla solar calendars. The new year subsequently became known as Bôngabdo or Bengali year

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Saturday April 22, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed. In India, except in Arunachal Pradesh.

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Monday May 1, 2023
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Tuesday May 2, 2023
    School holidays :

    Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha

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    Friday May 5, 2023
    Hinduism :

    Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore

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    Tuesday May 9, 2023
    Secular holiday : Also written Rabīndranātha Thākura (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [Wikipedia]

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Thursday June 15, 2023
    School holidays :

    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Thursday June 29, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Annual Closing of Reserve Bank of India

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    Saturday July 1, 2023
    Banks only :

    Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)

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    Saturday July 29, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The first Islamic year beginning in 610 AD during which the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra

    Raksha Bandhan / Nikini Poya (Janai Purnima)

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    Tuesday August 1, 2023
    Hinduism : The annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, which is meant to commemorate the abiding ties between siblings of opposite sex, usually takes place in late August, and is marked by a very simple ceremony in which a woman ties a rakhi — which may be a colorful thread, a simple bracelet, or a decorative string — around the wrist of her brother(s). The word raksha signifies protection, and bandhan is an association signifying an enduring sort of bond; and so, when a woman ties a rakhi around the waist of her brother, she signifies her loving attachment to him. He, likewise, recognizes the special bonds between them, and by extending his wrist forward, he in fact extends the hand of his protection over her.

    Independence Day

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    Tuesday August 15, 2023
    Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1947 when India achieved freedom from British rule

    Raksha Bandhan / Nikini Poya (Janai Purnima)

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    Wednesday August 30, 2023
    Hinduism : The annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, which is meant to commemorate the abiding ties between siblings of opposite sex, usually takes place in late August, and is marked by a very simple ceremony in which a woman ties a rakhi — which may be a colorful thread, a simple bracelet, or a decorative string — around the wrist of her brother(s). The word raksha signifies protection, and bandhan is an association signifying an enduring sort of bond; and so, when a woman ties a rakhi around the waist of her brother, she signifies her loving attachment to him. He, likewise, recognizes the special bonds between them, and by extending his wrist forward, he in fact extends the hand of his protection over her.

    Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)

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    Thursday September 7, 2023
    Hinduism : Hindu celebration of the birthday of Sri Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Krishna. Sweets, fruits and milk products are available in abundance. Sri or Shree: A prefix denoting auspiciousness

    Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)

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    Thursday September 7, 2023
    Culture :

    Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Thursday September 28, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Banks Inventory Day

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    Saturday September 30, 2023
    Banks only :