The President, Council is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2024.
| English New Year’s Day (2024 A.D) | 1st January, Monday |
| Birthday Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12thJanuary, Friday |
| Birthday of Netaji | 23rd January, Tuesday |
| Republic Day | 26th January, Friday |
| Day before Saraswati Puja | 13th February, Tuesday |
| Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) & Birthday of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14 th February, Wednessday |
| Birthday of Guru Rabidas (Followers of Guru Rabidas) | 24th February, Saturday |
| Shab-e-barat | 26th February, Monday |
| Shivaratri | 8st March, Friday |
| Dol Jatra | 25th March, Monday |
| Holi (Day after Dol Jatra) | 26th March, Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 29th March, Friday |
| * Easter Saturday (Christians Only) | 30th March, Saturday |
| Councils’ Foundation Day | 3rd April, Wednesday |
| Birth day of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur | 06th April, Saturday |
| Day Before ID-UL-FITOR | 10th April, Wednesday |
| ID-UL-FITOR | 11th April, Thursday |
| * Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar & Bengali New Year’s Day (NabaBarsha) | 14th April, Sunday |
| * Mahavir Jayanti | 21th April, Sunday |
| May Day | 1st May, Wednesday |
| Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore | 8th May, Wednesday |
| Buddha Purnima & Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu | 13rd May, Thursday |
| Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 17th June, Monday |
| Rathayatra | 7th July, Sunday |
| * Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakat
(For Darjeeling & kalimpong District only) |
13th July, Saturday |
| Muharram | 17th July, Wednesday |
| Independence Day | 15th August, Thursday |
| Raksha Bandhan | 19th August, Monday |
| Janmastami | 26th August, Monday |
| Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 16th September, Monday |
| Mahalaya & Gandhi Birthday | 2nd October, Wednesday |
| Durga Puja from Mahachaturthi to Additional Day in Connection with Lakshmi Puja | 7th October, Monday to 18th October, Friday |
| Kali Puja | 31st October, Thursday |
| Additional Day in Connection with Kali Puja | 1st November, Friday |
| * Bhatridwitia | 3th November, Sunday |
| Day after Bhatridwitia | 4th November, Monday |
| Chhat Puja | 7th November, Thursday |
| Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja | 8th November, Friday |
| Brthday of Gurunanak & Birthday of Birsa Munda & Pareshnath’s Rathyatra | 15th November, Friday |
| Christmas | 25th December, Wednesday |
- No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially notified subsequently happen to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of than one festival falling on the same day.
- If there is any change in the date of Id-Ul-Fitar, Id-Ud-Joha, Muharrum, Fateh-Duaz-Daham, Sab-E-Barat depending upon the sighting of the Moon, 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 holiday for these festivals. In such a situation, announcement of the State Govt. through T.V./A.I.R./ Newspaper will be followed.
- Karam Puja: To be notified later on.
- The Office of the Council will remain closed on all SATURDAY and SUNDAY of each month.
- *Marked festivals/ Occasion fall on ‘SATURDAY’ OR ‘SUNDAY’.
