West Bengal Government Holidays 2020 – List of Public Holidays and Sectional Holidays
The word ‘Holiday’ always gives freshness and happy to all. Especially, in the festival holidays, enjoying family with family members will be very enjoyable.
In West Bengal Govt has declared holidays in 20 festivals/events. All Sundays are holidays. In the year 2020 four public holidays falls on Sunday.
Here we compiled a new list of closed holidays for the state of West Bengal in 2020. (Out of three National Holidays, the Republic Day falls on Sunday in 2020). The detailed list of Gazetted holidays with calendar and download pdf option.
| Date | Holiday | Day |
| 23 January 2020 | Birthday of Netaji | Thursday |
| 30 January 2020 | Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami) | Thursday |
| 9 March 2020 | Doljatra | Monday |
| 10 April 2020 | Good Friday | Friday |
| 14 April 2020 | Bengali New Year’s Day / Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | Tuesday |
| 1 May 2020 | May Day | Friday |
| 7 May 2020 | Buddha Purnima | Thursday |
| 8 May 2020 | Birthday of Rabindra Nath Tagore | Friday |
| 25 May 2020 | Id-UI-Fitar | Monday |
| 1 August 2020 | ** Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | Saturday |
| 15 August 2020 | ** Independence Day | Saturday |
| 17 September 2020 | Mahalaya | Thursday |
| 2 October 2020 | Birthday of Gandhiji | Friday |
| 23 October 2020 | Durga Puja – Saptami | Friday |
| 24 October 2020 | ** Durga Puja – Astami | Saturday |
| 26 October 2020 | Durga Puja – Vijaya Dasami | Monday |
| 30 October 2020 | Lakshmi Puja | Friday |
| 14 November 2020 | ** Kali Puja | Saturday |
| 30 November 2020 | Birthday of Guru Nanak | Monday |
| 25 December 2020 | Christmas Day | Friday |
List of Sectional Holidays in 2020
| Date | Holiday | Day |
| 6 April 2020 | Mahabir Jayanti | Monday |
| 9 April 2020 | Sab-e-Barat | Thursday |
| 11 April 2020 | ** Easter Saturday | Saturday |
| 14 April 2020 | Baisakhi | Tuesday |
| 30 June 2020 | Hui Diwas | Tuesday |
| Yet to be decided | Karam Puja | – |
** Government offices are not observed as full holiday on Saturdays
Holidays fall on Sundays
- Birthday of Swami Vivekananda falls on 12th January 2020
- Republic Day falls on 26th January 2020
- Muharram falls on 30th August 2020
- Durga Puja – Nabami falls on 25th October 2020