Celebration of the Journey of 50 Glorious Years. (1975-2025)

List of Holidays

The President, Council is pleased to declare that the Council will observe the following holidays during the year, 2025.

English New Year’s Day (2025 A.D) 1st January, Wednesday
* Birthday Day of Swami Vivekananda 12thJanuary, Sunday
Birthday of Netaji 23rd January, Thursday
* Republic Day 26th January, Sunday
* Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) 02 nd February, Sunday
Day after Saraswati Puja 03rd February, Monday
Birthday of Guru Rabidas (Followers of  Guru Rabidas) 12th February, Wednesday
Shab-e-barat & Birth day of Thakur Panchanan Barma 14 th February, Friday
Shivaratri 26st February, Wednesday
Dol Jatra 14th March, Friday
* Day after Dol Jatra 15th March, Saturday
Birth day of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur 27th March, Thursday
ID-UL-FITOR 31th March, Monday
Day after ID-UL-FITOR 01th April, Tuesday
Councils’ Foundation Day 3rd April, Thursday
*Ram Navami 6rd April, Sunday
  Mahavir Jayanti 10th April, Thursday
Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 14th April,Monday
Bengali New Year’s Day (NabaBarsha) 15th April, Tuesday
Good Friday 18th April, Friday
* Easter Saturday (Christians Only) 19th April, Saturday
May Day 1st May, Thursday
Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore 9th May, Friday
Buddha Purnima & Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu 12rd May, Monday
Day Before Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) 6th June, Friday
*Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) 7th June, Saturday
Rathayatra 27th June, Friday
Hul Diwas(for adivasi and Santhal Only 30th June, Monday
*Muharram 6th July, Sunday
*Birthday of Poet Bhanu Bhakt(For Darjeeling & Kalimpong District Only) 13th July, Sunday
*Rakhi Bandhan 9th August, Saturday
Independence Day & Janmastami 15th August, Friday
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham 5th September, Friday
* Mahalaya 21stSeptember, Sunday
Durga Puja from Mahachaturthi to Additional Day in Connection with Lakshmi Puja 26thSeptember , Friday to 7th October, Tuesday
Birth Day of Mahatma Gandhi 2st October, Thursday
Kali Puja 20st October, Monday
Additional Day in Connection with Kali Puja 21st October, Tuesday and 21st October, Wednesday
Bhatridwitia 23th October, Thursday
Day after Bhatridwitia 24th October, Friday
Chhat Puja 27th October, Monday
Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja 28th October, Tuesday
Brthday of Gurunanak & Pareshnath’s Rathyatra 5th November, Wednesday
* Birthday of Birsa Munda 15th November, Saturday
Christmas 25th December, Thursday
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  1. Karam Puja: To be notified later on.
  2. The Office of the Council will remain closed on all SATURDAY and SUNDAY of each month.
  3. * Marked festivals/ Occasion fall on ‘SATURDAY’ OR ‘SUNDAY’.