List of Public Holidays in West Bengal in 2024

With the new year just around the corner, mark your calendars with holidays for 2024.

While the West Bengal government is yet to make an official announcement on the holidays for the year 2024, here’s a tentative list.

The Central government also released the list of 17 Gazetted and 31 Restricted Holidays for 2024.

Here is the list of 24 Public Holidays for the calendar year 2024.

Occasion	Date	Day
Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	January 12	Friday
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	January 23	Tuesday
Republic Day (Gazetted)	January 26	Friday
Vasant Panchami	February 14	Wednesday
Doljatra	March 25	Monday
Good Friday	March 29	Friday
Idul Fitr	April 10	Wednesday
Bengali New Year	April 14	Sunday
Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	April 14	Sunday
May day	May 01	Wednesday
Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	May 08	Wednesday
Buddha Purnima	May 23	Thursday
Bakrid / Eid al Adha	June 17	Monday
Independence Day	August 15	Thursday
Mahalaya Amavasye	October 02	Wednesday
Gandhi Jayanti	October 02	Wednesday
Maha Saptami	October 10	Thursday
Maha Ashtami	October 11	Friday
Durga puja/ Maha Navmi	October 12	Saturday
Durga puja/ Vijaya Dashami	October 13	Sunday
Lakshmi Puja	October 17	Thursday
Diwali	November 01	Friday
Guru Nanak Jayanti	November 15	Friday
Christmas	December 25	Wednesday