The Government of West Bengal Public Holiday List 2023
Holidays play a significant role in balancing Human life. Everyone needs holidays to relax and feel stress-free from all work. It becomes part of everyone’s lives. Public holidays are given to celebrate cultural, Nationalistic, and religious festivals. In some Instant, Local holidays are also provided to celebrate local festivals.
The state of West Bengal was formed in 2000. West Bengal published 505 newspapers in 2005, 389 of which were in Bengali. The Government of West Bengal announced public and Optional holidays for 2023. Generally, the Second and Fourth Saturdays and Sundays are holidays given by the Government of West Bengal.
West Bengal Government 2023 -Public Holiday List
check Below the West Bengal Government Public Holiday List 2023
| Date | Day | Holiday |
| 1st January 2023 | Sunday | New Year’s Day |
| 12th January 2023 | Thursday | Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda |
| 23rd January 2023 | Monday | Netaji’s Birthday |
| 25th January 2023 | Wednesday | Day before Saraswati Puja |
| 26th January 2023 | Thursday | Republic Day / Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] |
| 14th February 2023 | Tuesday | Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma |
| 18th February 2023 | Saturday | Shivaratri |
| 7th March 2023 | Tuesday | Doljatra |
| 8th March 2023 | Wednesday | Holi (Day after Doljatra) |
| 19th March 2023 | Sunday | Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur |
| 4th April 2023 | Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti |
| 7th April 2023 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 14th April 2023 | Friday | Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| 15th April 2023 | Saturday | Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) |
| 21st April 2023 | Friday | Day before Eid-UI-Fitr |
| 22nd April 2023 | Saturday | Eid-UI-Fitr (Ramadan) |
| 1st May 2023 | Monday | May Day |
| 5th May 2023 | Friday | Buddha Purnima / Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
| 9th May 2023 | Tuesday | Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 20th June 2023 | Tuesday | Rathayatra |
| 29th June 2023 | Thursday | Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) |
| 13th July 2023 | Thursday | Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling &Kalimpong District only) |
| 29th July 2023 | Saturday | Muharram |
| 15th August 2023 | Tuesday | Independence Day |
| 30th August 2023 | Wednesday | Rakhi Bandhan |
| 6th September 2023 | Wednesday | Janmashtami |
| 28th September 2023 | Thursday | Fateha-Dwaz-Daham |
| 2nd October 2023 | Monday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| 14th October 2023 | Saturday | Mahalaya |
| 18th October 2023 | Wednesday | Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi |
| 19th October 2023 | Thursday | Durga Puja, Maha Panchami |
| 20th October 2023 | Friday | Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi |
| 21st October 2023 | Saturday | Durga Puja, Maha Saptami |
| 22nd October 2023 | Sunday | Durga Puja Maha Ashtami |
| 23rd October 2023 | Monday | Durga Puja, Maha Nabami |
| 24th October 2023 | Tuesday | Durga Puja, Dasami |
| 25th October 2023 | Wednesday | Additional Day for Durga Puja |
| 26th October 2023 | Thursday | Additional Day for Durga Puja |
| 27th October 2023 | Friday | Additional Day for Durga Puja |
| 28th October 2023 | Saturday | Lakshmi Puja |
| 12th November 2023 | Sunday | Kali Puja |
| 13th November 2023 | Monday | Additional Day for Kali Puja |
| 14th November 2023 | Tuesday | Additional Day for Kali Puja |
| 15th November 2023 | Wednesday | Bhratri Dwitiya / Birth Day of Birsa Munda |
| 16th November 2023 | Thursday | Day after Bhratri Dwitiya |
| 19th November | Sunday | Chhat Puja |
| 20th November 2023 | Monday | Additional Day for Chhat Puja |
| 27th November 2023 | Monday | Birth Day of Guru Nanak |
| 25th December 2023 | Monday | Christmas Day |