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- On a Sunday. The list also names Shab-e-Barat (24 January); Chehlum (25 July); Independence Day (15 August); Birthday of Hazrat Mohammad Sahab (Milad-un-Nabi) (15 August); Chitragupt Puja / Bhai Dooj (31 October). These fall on a Sunday, so they are not counted here.
- The Bihar notification has four schedules: Schedule-1 lists 12 general holidays under executive order for all state offices and revenue magistrate courts; Schedule-2 lists optional holidays (up to 3 may be taken); Schedule-3 lists public holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, which also apply automatically to all state offices and revenue magistrate courts; Schedule-4 is the annual bank account closing day.
- The list here combines Schedule-1 and Schedule-3: 36 holiday entries, of which 5 fall on a Sunday (listed separately) and 31 on weekdays or Saturdays.
- Schedule-1 (general): Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Shab-e-Barat, Basant Panchami, Sant Ravidas Jayanti, Maha Shivratri, Samrat Ashoka Ashtami, Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti, Janaki Navami, Kabir Jayanti, Chehlum, Durga Puja (Saptami), Chitragupt Puja / Bhai Dooj.
- Samrat Ashoka Ashtami and Ambedkar Jayanti both fall on 14 April; Independence Day and Milad-un-Nabi both fall on Sunday 15 August.
- Holi is a two-day holiday (23 and 24 March), Chhath Puja is two days (4 and 5 November), and Durga Puja has three days in Schedule-3 (7, 8 and 9 October) plus Saptami on 6 October from Schedule-1.
- Maha Shivratri, Sant Ravidas Jayanti, May Day, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Durga Puja (Dashami) and Christmas fall on a Saturday and are kept in the main list because the Bihar Saturday rule is not stated.
- Dates of Muslim festivals (Shab-e-Barat, Id-ul-Fitr, Bakrid, Muharram, Chehlum, Milad-un-Nabi) can change with moon sighting, as the notification itself says.
- The 5-day week applies in Secretariat departments and directorates; regional offices (divisional commissioners, chief engineers and others) keep a 6-day week.
- Bank-only: 1 April 2027 (Thursday), annual closing of bank accounts, is Schedule-4 and not a government office holiday.
- The notification is in Hindi; names here are English renderings.
- Optional holidays. State employees may take up to 3 optional (restricted) holidays in the year from Schedule-2, with prior approval from the competent authority. Schedule-2 lists 22: New Year (1 Jan), Makar Sankranti (15 Jan), Karpuri Thakur Jayanti (24 Jan, Sunday), last Friday of Ramzan (5 Mar), Holika Dahan (22 Mar), Id-ul-Azha (18 May), Muharram (17 Jun), Anugrah Narayan Sinha Jayanti (18 Jun), last Shravani Monday (16 Aug), Raksha Bandhan (17 Aug), Hartalika Teej (3 Sep), Anant Chaturdashi (14 Sep), Vishwakarma Puja (17 Sep), Jivitputrika Vrat (23 Sep), Durga Puja Kalash Sthapana (1 Oct), Durga Puja Ekadashi (10 Oct, Sunday), Jai Prakash Narayan Jayanti (11 Oct), Sri Krishna Singh Jayanti (21 Oct), Chhath Puja Kharna (3 Nov), Dr Rajendra Prasad Jayanti (3 Dec), Christmas Eve (24 Dec), and Id-ul-Fitr (11 Mar).
- Saturdays. We could not confirm which Saturdays are off for state offices, so only Sundays are counted as weekly offs.
- Source difference. Id-ul-Fitr is 10 March (Schedule-3 public holiday) in the notification and 11 March (Schedule-2 optional); both are in the same notification, so 10 March is used as the holiday and 11 March is left as optional.
- Source difference. Id-ul-Azha (Bakrid) is 17 May in Schedule-3 and 18 May in Schedule-2; 17 May is used as the holiday.
- Source difference. Muharram is 16 June in Schedule-3 and 17 June in Schedule-2; 16 June is used as the holiday.
- Festivals tied to the moon, such as the Eid festivals and Muharram, can move by a day. Any change is announced at short notice.
Building your company's Bihar calendar
If you run HR for a company with staff in Bihar, treat this list as your starting point. Add the national days your policy gives, decide whether you offer floating holidays, say in writing what happens when a holiday falls on a weekend, and publish the final calendar before the year begins. If you have offices in several states, keep one calendar for each.
For the central government list, see Central Government holiday list 2027. The Bihar list for 2026 is at Bihar holiday list 2026.
Source
Bihar Government notification Notification No. 3/H-01/2026-19063/GA (General Administration Department, Government of Bihar), dated 15 October 2026, Bihar Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 1280, signed by Pankaj Kumar, Principal Secretary (holidays for 2027), as read from Bihar Gazette (Extraordinary) 15 Oct 2026, GAD notification 3/H-01/2026-19063 (PDF hosted by AscentHR) and AscentHR notification page, read on 10 November 2026. We read the notification text from Bihar Gazette (Extraordinary) 15 Oct 2026, GAD notification 3/H-01/2026-19063 (PDF hosted by AscentHR) and AscentHR notification page, because we could not open the copy on the Bihar government site. Dates and weekdays are as printed there and checked against the calendar. Weekdays were checked against the calendar. Rules last reviewed 9 November 2026.