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Bihar Govt Calendar 2026 — Holiday List & Leave Planner

Complete Bihar government holiday calendar for 2026 as notified by the General Administration Department, Government of Bihar — with restricted holidays, casual leave rules, long weekends, personal remarks and a printable A4 layout.

2026
Year
34
Public / GH
0
Restricted RH
0
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Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Working day

No gazetted or restricted holiday today on the Bihar list.

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Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

2 Oct 2026 · Public Holiday · in 3 days

September 2026

September 2026

September — 1 gazetted, 0 restricted

  • Shri Krishna Janmashtami PH
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    Official holiday notification 2026

    General Administration Department, Government of Bihar

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    Holiday List 2026

    Every notified holiday, in date order. Use the filters to show only gazetted or only restricted holidays.

    Complete holiday list for Bihar, 2026
    # Date Day Holiday Type
    January 2026
    1 23 Jan 2026 Friday Basant Panchami PH
    2 26 Jan 2026 Monday Republic Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    February 2026
    3 1 Feb 2026 Sunday Sant Ravidas Jayanti PH
    4 4 Feb 2026 Wednesday Shab-e-Barat ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    5 15 Feb 2026 Sunday Maha Shivratri PH
    March 2026
    6 3 Mar 2026 Tuesday Holi (Holika Dahan) PH
    7 4 Mar 2026 Wednesday Holi (Rangwali/Dhulandi) PH
    8 21 Mar 2026 Saturday Eid-ul-Fitr* ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    9 22 Mar 2026 Sunday Bihar Diwas PH
    10 26 Mar 2026 Thursday Samrat Ashok Ashtami PH
    11 27 Mar 2026 Friday Ram Navami PH
    12 31 Mar 2026 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti PH
    April 2026
    13 3 Apr 2026 Friday Good Friday PH
    14 14 Apr 2026 Tuesday Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti PH
    15 23 Apr 2026 Thursday Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti PH
    16 25 Apr 2026 Saturday Janaki Navami PH
    May 2026
    17 1 May 2026 Friday May Day / Buddha Purnima PH
    18 28 May 2026 Thursday Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)* ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    June 2026
    19 26 Jun 2026 Friday Muharram* ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    20 29 Jun 2026 Monday Kabir Jayanti PH
    August 2026
    21 4 Aug 2026 Tuesday Chehlum* PH
    22 15 Aug 2026 Saturday Independence Day National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    23 26 Aug 2026 Wednesday Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi* ⚠ Tentative — subject to moon sighting, may shift by 1–2 days PH
    September 2026
    24 4 Sep 2026 Friday Shri Krishna Janmashtami PH
    October 2026
    25 2 Oct 2026 Friday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti National holiday — compulsory for all establishments PH
    26 17 Oct 2026 Saturday Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) PH
    27 18 Oct 2026 Sunday Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) PH
    28 19 Oct 2026 Monday Durga Puja (Maha Navami) PH
    29 20 Oct 2026 Tuesday Vijayadashami (Dussehra) PH
    November 2026
    30 8 Nov 2026 Sunday Diwali (Deepawali) PH
    31 10 Nov 2026 Tuesday Chitragupta Puja / Bhai Dooj PH
    32 15 Nov 2026 Sunday Chhath Puja (Sandhya Arghya) PH
    33 16 Nov 2026 Monday Chhath Puja (Usha Arghya) PH
    December 2026
    34 25 Dec 2026 Friday Christmas Day PH

    Long weekends in 2026

    Stretches of three or more consecutive non-working days, counting weekends and gazetted holidays. Add one or two casual leaves around these and the break gets considerably longer.

    4 days
    23 Jan – 26 Jan 2026

    Basant Panchami · Saturday · Sunday · Republic Day

    4 days
    26 Mar – 29 Mar 2026

    Samrat Ashok Ashtami · Ram Navami · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    3 Apr – 5 Apr 2026

    Good Friday · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    1 May – 3 May 2026

    May Day / Buddha Purnima · Saturday · Sunday

    4 days
    26 Jun – 29 Jun 2026

    Muharram* · Saturday · Sunday · Kabir Jayanti

    3 days
    4 Sep – 6 Sep 2026

    Shri Krishna Janmashtami · Saturday · Sunday

    3 days
    2 Oct – 4 Oct 2026

    Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti · Saturday · Sunday

    4 days
    17 Oct – 20 Oct 2026

    Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) · Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) · Durga Puja (Maha Navami) · Vijayadashami (Dussehra)

    3 days
    14 Nov – 16 Nov 2026

    Saturday · Chhath Puja (Sandhya Arghya) · Chhath Puja (Usha Arghya)

    3 days
    25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026

    Christmas Day · Saturday · Sunday

    How these holidays work

    The rules that decide whether you can take a day off, and what happens when a holiday lands on a weekend.

    • 1
      Gazetted holidays are compulsory. Offices remain closed. An employee cannot be recalled without a written order and compensatory off in lieu.
    • 2
      Restricted holidays are optional. Choose from the notified list with prior intimation to your controlling authority. Unused entitlement lapses at year end.
    • 3
      Moon-sighting dates can move. Id-ul-Fitr, Bakrid, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi may shift by one or two days. Those entries are marked with an asterisk.
    • 4
      Three national holidays bind everyone. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti apply to every establishment, including the private sector.
    • 5
      A holiday on a Sunday is compensated. The preceding Saturday or following Monday is notified as a compensatory holiday by the department concerned.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Answers based on the official notification and the leave rules that govern it.

    COUNT How many holidays are there in the Bihar government calendar 2026?

    The Bihar government holiday list for 2026 contains 34 public/gazetted holidays and 0 restricted holidays, as notified by the General Administration Department, Government of Bihar.

    SOURCE Where can I download the official Bihar holiday list 2026 PDF?

    The annual holiday notification is issued by the General Administration Department, Government of Bihar and published on the department website. A direct link is added to this page as soon as the notification is released.

    VS Is the Bihar holiday list the same as the Central Government list?

    No. Bihar issues its own annual holiday notification, which includes regional festivals that do not appear on the DoPT Central list, and may omit some Central holidays. Only Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are common to both. Central Government offices located within the state follow the Central list, not the state one.

    RH What is the difference between a public holiday and a restricted holiday?

    A public or gazetted holiday closes the office for everyone. A restricted holiday is optional: an employee may choose it in place of working, within the limit set by the state, and must inform the controlling officer in advance.

    Where this data comes from

    Issuing authority
    General Administration Department, Government of Bihar
    Page last updated

    Read the original notification

    Compiled from published compliance records for Bihar and machine-checked — every date here matches the weekday recorded against it. It has not yet been read back against the original gazette notification, so treat the notification as final where the two differ. We are an independent publisher and are not affiliated with any government department. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.

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