West Bengal Bank Holidays 2017

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Today – 20 September 2017 – is not a holiday in West Bengal.

This page contains a calendar of all 2017 bank holidays for West Bengal. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates.

Date	Day	Holiday
2017-01-1212 Jan	Thu	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
2017-01-2323 Jan	Mon	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
2017-01-2626 Jan	Thu	Republic Day
2017-02-011 Feb	Wed	Vasant Panchami
2017-03-1212 Mar	Sun	Holi
2017-04-1414 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
2017-04-1414 Apr	Fri	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
2017-04-1515 Apr	Sat	Bengali New Year
2017-05-011 May	Mon	May Day
2017-05-099 May	Tue	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti
2017-05-1010 May	Wed	Buddha Purnima
2017-06-2626 Jun	Mon	Idul Fitr
2017-08-1515 Aug	Tue	Independence Day
2017-09-022 Sep	Sat	Bakrid / Eid al Adha
2017-09-1919 Sep	Tue	Mahalaya Amavasye

2017-09-2727 Sep	Wed	Maha Saptami
2017-09-2828 Sep	Thu	Maha Ashtami
2017-09-2929 Sep	Fri	Maha Navami
2017-09-3030 Sep	Sat	Vijaya Dashami
2017-10-022 Oct	Mon	Gandhi Jayanti
2017-10-055 Oct	Thu	Lakshmi Puja
2017-10-1919 Oct	Thu	Diwali
2017-11-044 Nov	Sat	Guru Nanak Jayanti
2017-12-2525 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day

Bank holidays are approved by the Government of West Bengal Finance Department under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act as well. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, they are not listed as a public holiday. There are holidays in West Bengal when only banks are closed.

Government offices are closed on certain holidays each year, including the birthday of the Poet Bhanu Bhakt and Bhatridwitiya. Banks are closed on the Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts on April 1 each year as well.

Government employees are permitted to choose two restricted holidays each year in addition to bank holidays. These may include Easter Sunday, Baisakhi or Sab-e-Barat. Because many Muslim holidays are based on the sighting of the moon, dates may change from the officially released bank holidays. If this should happen, the date changes are announced under separate order.