List of Holiday & Restricted Holidays to be observed during the year 2023 – Kolkata

Holidays & Restricted Holidays to be observed in 2023

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTAT GENERAL (AUDIT-I), W.B
TREASURY BUILDINGS, KOLKATA -700001.

O.O. No: – Welfare/Holiday/ 16/48

Dated :- 12.10.2022

Subject: Holidays & Restricted Holidays to be observed in 2023.

In pursuance of the decision of Working Committee of Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee (CGEWCC). Kolkata dated 27.09.2022 read with DoPT’s OM dated 16th June 2022. the List of Holiday & Restricted Holidays to be observed in this office during the year 2023 is circulated for information of all concerned.

Sr. Audit Officer (Welfare)

Authority : Pr. Accountant General (AUDI T-1), WB’s order dated: 11.10.2022

HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023

SI. No.	Holidays & Connected Festivals	Month & Date 2023 AD	Days of Week
1	Republic Day	January, 26	Thursday
2*	Holi	March, 08	Wednesday
3	Mahavir Jayanti	April, 04	Tuesday
4	Good Friday	April, 07	Friday
5#	Id-Ul-Fitr	April, 22	Saturday
6	Buddha Purnima	May, 05	Friday
7#	ld-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)	June, 29	Thursday
8#	Muharram	July. 29	Saturday
9	Independence Day	August, 15	Tuesday
10*	Janmashtami (Vaishnava)	September, 07	Thursday
11	Milad-un-abi or ld-E-Milad (Birth Day of Prophet Mohammad)	September, 28	Thursday
12	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Day	October, 02	Monday
13*	Dussehra (Mahanavmi) (Additional day)	October. 23	Monday
14	Dussehra	October. 24	Tuesday
15	Diwali (Deepavali)	November. 12	Sunday
16	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November, 27	Monday
17	Christmas Day	December, 25	Monday

*Marked holidays were selected locally by Central Government Employees Welfare Co­-ordination Committee.

The dates of Holidays for the Muslim Festivals may change on sighting of the Moon and decision will be taken by the State Government.

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR – 2023

SI. No.	Restricted Holidays & Connected Festival	Month & Date 2023 A.D.	Days or Week
SAKA ERA 1944
I	New Year’s Day	January, 01	Sunday
2	Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu	January, 14	Saturday
3	Pongal	January.15	Sunday
4	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday	January.23	Monday
5	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami	January, 26	Thursday
6	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February, 5	Sunday
7	Birthday of Swami Dayanand Saraswati	February. 15	Wednesday
8	Maha Shivratri	February, 18	Saturday
9	Shivaji Jaiyanti	February, 19	Sunday
10	Holika dahan, dolyatra	March, 7	Tuesday
SA KA ERA 1945
I I	Chai1ra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand	March. 22	Wednesday
12	Ram Navami	March. 30	Thursday
13	Easter Sunday	April. 9	Sunday
14	Vaisakh i/Vishu/Meshadi	April, 14	Friday
15	Va isakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April, 15	Saturday
16	Jarna1-ul-Vida	April, 21	Friday
17	Birthday of Guru Rabindrana1h Tagore	May, 09	Tuesday
18	Ra1h Yatra	June, 20	Tuesday
19	Parsi New Year ‘s day/Nauraj	August, 16	Wednesday
20	Vina aka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi	August, 20	Sunday
21	Onam or Thiru Onam day	August, 29	Tuesday
22	Raksha Bandhan	August. 30	Wednesday
23	Janmashtami (Smarta)	September, 06	Wednesday
24	Ganesh Chaturthi	Seplember, 19	Tuesday
25	Dussehra (Saptmi)	October, 21	Saturday
26	Dussehra (Mahashtami)	October, 22	Sunday
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	Oc1ober, 28	Sa1urday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November, 01	Wednesday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	November, 12	Sunday
30	Govardhan Puja	Novem ber, 13	Monday
31	Bhai Duj	November, 15	Wednesday
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhal Puja)	November, 19	Sunday
33	Jagaddhalri Puja	November, 2 2001	Tuesday
34	Guru Tegh Bahadur·s Martydorn Day	November, 24	Friday
35	Christmas Eve	December, 24	Sunday

Source: cag.gov.in