Bihar Holidays 2026

State holiday lists Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Bihar holidays 2026: the Bihar government list has 34 holidays for state government offices in 2026, as published in the state's list and confirmed from several published copies (we could not open the notification itself). 6 of them fall on a Sunday.

Bihar government holiday list 2026

Date	Day	Holiday
23 Jan	Fri	Basant Panchami reported Schedule-1 (executive order) holiday
26 Jan	Mon	Republic Day reported Schedule-3 (NI Act) holiday
1 Feb	Sun	Sant Ravidas Jayanti reported Schedule-1; falls on Sunday
4 Feb	Wed	Shab-e-Barat reported Schedule-1; date subject to moon sighting
15 Feb	Sun	Mahashivratri reported Schedule-1; falls on Sunday
3 Mar	Tue	Holi reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); day 1 of 2
4 Mar	Wed	Holi reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); day 2 of 2
21 Mar	Sat	Id-ul-Fitr reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); date subject to moon sighting
22 Mar	Sun	Bihar Diwas reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); falls on Sunday
26 Mar	Thu	Samrat Ashok Ashtami reported Schedule-1
27 Mar	Fri	Ram Navami reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
31 Mar	Tue	Mahavir Jayanti reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
14 Apr	Tue	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
23 Apr	Thu	Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti reported Schedule-1
25 Apr	Sat	Janaki Navami reported Schedule-1
1 May	Fri	May Day / Buddha Purnima reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); both observances on the same day
28 May	Thu	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); date subject to moon sighting
26 Jun	Fri	Muharram reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); date subject to moon sighting
29 Jun	Mon	Kabir Jayanti reported Schedule-1
4 Aug	Tue	Chehlum reported Schedule-1; date subject to moon sighting
15 Aug	Sat	Independence Day reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
26 Aug	Wed	Hazrat Mohammad Sahab ka Janmdiwas (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); date subject to moon sighting
4 Sep	Fri	Shri Krishna Janmashtami reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
2 Oct	Fri	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
17 Oct	Sat	Durga Puja (Saptami) reported Schedule-1
18 Oct	Sun	Durga Puja reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); falls on Sunday
19 Oct	Mon	Durga Puja reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); one secondary source omits this day
20 Oct	Tue	Durga Puja (Vijayadashami) reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); one secondary source omits this day
8 Nov	Sun	Deepawali reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); falls on Sunday
10 Nov	Tue	Chitragupt Puja / Bhai Dooj reported Schedule-1
15 Nov	Sun	Chhath Puja reported Schedule-3 (NI Act); falls on Sunday
16 Nov	Mon	Chhath Puja reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day reported Schedule-3 (NI Act)

Notes from the list

The notification has Schedule-1 (11 general holidays under executive order; state government offices and revenue courts close), Schedule-2 (restricted holidays; employees may take up to 3), Schedule-3 (public holidays under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881; offices and banks close) and Annexure-4 (1 April 2026 annual closing of bank accounts, banks only). This file combines Schedule-1 and Schedule-3, the days state government offices are closed; each entry's note says which schedule it is in. Id-ul-Fitr is 21 March, Bakrid 28 May and Muharram 26 June. The restricted list carries 22 March, 29 May and 27 June for these festivals. Restricted holidays reported (secondary): 1 Jan New Year; 14 Jan Makar Sankranti; 24 Jan Karpoori Thakur Jayanti; 2 Mar Holika Dahan; 13 Mar Last Friday of Ramzan (Jamat-ul-Vida); 22 Mar Id-ul-Fitr; 29 May Id-ul-Zuha; 18 Jun Anugrah Narayan Sinha Jayanti; 27 Jun Muharram; 24 Aug last Shravan Monday; 28 Aug Raksha Bandhan; 14 Sep Hartalika Teej; 17 Sep Vishwakarma Puja; 25 Sep Anant Chaturdashi; 4 Oct Jivitputrika Vrat; 11 Oct Durga Puja (Kalash Sthapana) and Jayaprakash Narayan Jayanti; 21 Oct Durga Puja (Ekadashi) and Shri Krishna Singh Jayanti; 14 Nov Chhath Puja (Kharna); 3 Dec Dr. Rajendra Prasad Jayanti; 24 Dec Christmas Eve. Islamic festival dates depend on moon sighting, and the state may revise them by separate notification, as it did for Diwali in 2025.

Bihar 2026 calendar

January 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

February 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28

March 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

April 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

May 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

June 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

July 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

August 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

September 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

October 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

November 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

December 2026

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

Other states

Common questions

How many government holidays does Bihar have in 2026?

34 holidays in the Bihar state list for 2026.

Are Bihar bank holidays the same?

Not always. Banks follow the RBI holiday list for the state, which can differ, and banks close on the second and fourth Saturday.