The President, Council is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2025.
| English New Year’s Day (2026 A.D.) | 1st January, Thursday. |
| Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, Monday. |
| Day Befor Saraswati Puja | 22nd January, Thursday. |
| Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) | 23rd January, Friday. |
| Birth Day of Netaji | 23rd January, Friday. |
| Republic Day | 26th January, Monday. |
| *Birth Day of Bir Chilarai
(observed as holiday for North Bengal Districts) |
1st February, Sunday. |
| *& Birth Day of Guru Rabidas
(for the followers of Guru Rabidas) |
1st February, Sunday. |
| Shab-e-Barat | 4th February, Wednesday. |
| *Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14th February, Saturday. |
| *Shivaratri | 15th February, Sunday. |
| Doljatra | 3rd March, Tuesday. |
| Holi (Day After Doljatra) | 4th March, Wednesday. |
| Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur
(Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi) |
17th March, Tuesday. |
| Day Before Eid-Ul-Fitr | 20th March, Friday. |
| *Eid-Ul-Fitr | 21st March, Saturday. |
| Ram Navami | 26th March, Thursday. |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 31st March, Tuesday. |
| Good Friday & Council’s Foundation Day | 3rd April, Friday. |
| Easter Saturday (For Christians Only) | 4th April, Saturday. |
| Birth Day of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar | 14th April, Tuesday. |
| Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15th April, Wednesday. |
| May Day | 1st May, Friday. |
| Buddha Purnima &
Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
1st May, Friday. |
| *Birth Day of Rabindra Nath Tagore | 9th May, Saturday. |
| Day Before Eid-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 26th May, Tuesday. |
| Id-Ud-Zoha(Bakrid) | 27th May, Wednesday. |
| Muharram | 26th June, Friday. |
| Hul Diwas (for adivasi and Santhal only) | 30th June, Tuesday. |
| Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt
(For Darjeeling & Kalimpong District Only) |
13th July, Monday. |
| Rathayatra | 13th July, Sunday |
| *Independence Day | 15th August, Saturday. |
| Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 26th August, Wednesday. |
| Rakhi Bandhan | 28th August, Friday. |
| Janmastami | 4th September, Friday. |
| Viswakarma Puja | 17th September, Thursday. |
| Birth Day of Gandhiji | 2nd October, Friday. |
| *Mahalaya | 10th October, Saturday. |
| Durga Puja from Maha Chaturthi to Additional Day in | 15th October, Thursday to 26th October, Monday. |
| Connection with Lakshmi Puja | 26th October, Monday. |
| *Kali Puja | 8th November, Sunday. |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 9th November, Monday & 10th November, Tuesday. |
| Bhatridwitiya | 11th November, Wednesday. |
| Day after Bhatridwitiya | 12th November, Thursday. |
| *Chhat Puja & Birth Day of Birsa Munda | 15th November, Sunday. |
| Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 16th November, Monday. |
| Birth Day of Guru Nanak & Parshwanath’s Rathajatra | 24th November, Tuesday. |
| Christmas Day | 25th December, Friday |
- 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’.
