The Government of West Bengal has announced public holidays list for the year 2022 which is very useful govt offices in state government and banks as well. This post is also showing a days specific list which might be observed as Sectional Holidays. This calendar is mainly useful for Bengali speaking people to get easily information about festivals time, days, weeks, months and years in Bengali.
There are around more than 25 holidays observed in this year 2022 in West Bengal. The main festivals are Saraswati puja, durga puja, kali puja, laxmi puja and more. This year Bengali New Year’s Day will be celebrated on 15th April 2022, Friday while birthday of Rabindranath Tagore is 9th May 2022, Monday. Around 11 festivals or occasions fall on Sundays which are public holidays which is not included in the list such as birthday of netaji, bakrid, mahalaya, gandhi jayanti, durgapuja saptami, chhat puja, etc.
Here in this post, we have updates West Bengal Government Calendar 2022 in PDF format with easy downloading which contains all 2022 West Bengal (WB) public, central, state holidays list. The dates may be changed if official changes will be announced, so please connected with us for more updates.
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West Bengal (WB) Government Public Holidays List 2022 PDF Download
| Dates | Days | Holiday Names |
| 12 January | Wednesday | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti |
| 23 January, 2022 | Sunday | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti |
| 26 January, 2022 | Wednesday | Republic Day |
| 5 February, 2022 | Saturday | Vasant Panchami |
| 18 March, 2022 | Friday | Doljatra |
| 14 April, 2022 | Thuesday | Dr Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 15 April, 2022 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 15 April, 2022 | Friday | Bengali New Year |
| 1 May, 2022 | Sunday | May Day |
| 3 May, 2022 | Tuesday | Idul Fitr |
| 9 May, 2022 | Monday | Guru Rabindranath Jayanti |
| 16 May, 2022 | Monday | Buddha Purnima |
| 10 July, 2022 | Sunday | Bakrid / Eid al Adha |
| 15 August, 2022 | Monday | Independence Day |
| 25 September, 2022 | Sunday | Mahalaya Amavasye |
| 2 October, 2022 | Sunday | Maha Saptami |
| 2 October, 2022 | Sunday | Gandhi Jayanti |
| 3 October, 2022 | Monday | Maha Ashtami |
| 4 October, 2022 | Tuesday | Maha Navami |
| 5 October, 2022 | Wednesday | Vijaya Dashami |
| 9 October, 2022 | Sunday | Lakshmi Puja |
| 25 October, 2022 | Tuesday | Diwali |
| 8 November, 2022 | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| 25 December, 2022 | Sunday | Christmas Day |
West Bengal Holidays Under the Order of State Government in 2022 (List II)
- **New Year’s Day – 01st January 2022 (Saturday)
- Day before Saraswati Puja – 04th February 2022 (Friday)
- Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma – 14th February 2022 (Monday)
- Shivaratri – 1st March 2022 (Tuesday)
- **Holi (Day after Doljatra) – 19th March 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day for Eid-UI-Fitr – 4th May 2022 (Wednesday)
- Rathayatra – 1st July 2022 (Friday)
- Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling and Kalimpong District only) – 13th July 2022 (Wednesday)
- Janmastami – 19th August 2022 (Friday)
- Additional day for Durga Puja Mahapanchami – 30th September 2022 (Friday)
- **Additional day for Durga Puja Mahasasthi – 1st October 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 6th October 2022 (Thursday)
- Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 7th October 2022 (Friday)
- **Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 8th October 2022 (Saturday)
- Additional day in connection with Lakshmi Puja – 10th October 2022 (Monday)
- Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 25th October 2022 (Tuesday)
- Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 26th October 2022 (Wednesday)
- Bhatridwitya – 27th October 2022 (Thursday)
- Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja – 31st October 2022 (Monday)
- Birth Day of Birsa Munda – 15th November 2022 (Tuesday)
West Bengal Sectional Holidays in 2022 - List Ill
- Birth Day of Guru Rabidas – 16 February (Wednesday) [for the followers of Guru Rabidas]
- **Easter Saturday – 15 April (Saturday) [for Christians only]
- Hui Diwas – 30 June, (Thursday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only]
- Karam Puja – To be notified later on