Bihar Holiday List 2022: The State Government of Bihar has released the notification of the following days to be observed as Gazetted and Restricted Holidays for the Government offices in Bihar during the year 2022.
India is generally closed on all public holidays in all central and state governments. Some holidays are government-owned and some banks across the country are closed. All India Holidays include Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15) and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2).
Festivals like Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Good Friday are also holidays. Most state governments follow the central government holiday list for its offices. State governments give more importance to local festivals.
Government holidays in India are subject to change in different states.
Bihar Holiday List 2022: Government General Holiday
9 January 2022 – Sunday – Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
26 January 2022 – Wednesday – Republic Day
February 5, 2022 – Saturday – Vasant Panchami
February 16, 2022 – Wednesday – Guru Ravidas Jayanti
March 1, 2022 – Tuesday – Mahashivratri
March 19, 2022 – Saturday – Holi
March 22, 2022 – Tuesday – Bihar Diwas
April 9, 2022 – Saturday – Samrat Ashok Ashtami
April 10, 2022 – Sunday – Shree Ram Navami
April 14, 2022 – Thursday – Mahavir Jayanti / Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Birthday
April 15, 2022 – Friday – Good Friday
April 23, 2022 – Saturday – Veer Kunwar Singh Jayanti
May 1, 2022 – Sunday – May Day
May 3, 2022 – Tuesday – Eid al-Fitr
May 10, 2022 – Tuesday – Janaki Navami
May 16, 2022 – Monday – Buddha Purnima
June 14, 2022 – Tuesday – Sant Kabir Jayanti
July 10, 2022 – Sunday – Eid al-Adha
August 9, 2022 – Tuesday – Muharram
August 15, 2022 – Monday – Independence Day
August 19, 2022 – Friday – Janmashtami
September 17, 2022 – Saturday – Chehlum
October 2, 2022 – Sunday – Durga Puja / Gandhi Jayanti
October 9, 2022 – Sunday – Eid-e-Milad
October 24, 2022 – Monday – Diwali
October 30, 2022 – Sunday – Chhath Puja
October 31, 2022 – Monday – Chhat Puja
October 27, 2022 – Thursday – Bhai Duj
December 25, 2022 – Sunday – Christmas
Central Government Gazetted Holiday during 2022
Republic Day – 26 January 2022 – Wednesday
Maha Shivratri – 01 March 2022 – Tuesday
Holi – 18 March 2022 – Friday
Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April 2022 – Thursday
Good Friday – 15 April 2022 – Friday
Eid-ul-Fitr – 03 May 2022 – Tuesday
Budha Purnima – 16 May 2022 – Monday
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) – 10 July 2022 – Sunday
Muharram – 09 August 2022 – Tuesday
Independence Day – 15 August 2022 – Monday
Janmashtami – 19 August 2022 – Friday
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02 October 2022 – Sunday
Dussehra – 05 October 2022 – Wednesday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad – 09 October 2022 – Sunday
Diwali (Deepavali) – 24 October 2022 – Monday
Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 08 November 2022 – Tuesday
Christmas Day – 25 December 2022 – Sunday
Bihar Holiday List 2022: Central Government Restricted Holiday List
New Year’s Day – January 01, 2022 – Saturday
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – January 09, 2022 – Sunday
Lohri – January 13, 2022 – Thursday
Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu/ Pongal – January 14, 2022 – Friday
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – February 05, 2022 – Saturday
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday – February 15, 2022 – Tuesday
Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – February 16, 2022 – Wednesday
Shiva ji Jay anti – February 19, 2022 – Saturday
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti – February 26, 2022 – Saturday
Holika Dahan – March 17, 2022 – Thursday
Dolyatra – March 18, 2022 – Friday
Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – April 02, 2022 – Saturday
Ram Navami – April 10, 2022 – Sunday
Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Meshadi – April 14, 2022 – Thursday
Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – April 15, 2022 – Friday
Easter Sunday – April 17, 2022 – Sunday
Jamat-Ul-Vida – April 29, 2022 – Friday
Guru Rabindranath’s birthday – May 09, 2022 – Monday
Rath Yatra – July 01, 2022 – Friday
Raksha Bandhan – August 11, 2022 – Thursday
Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj – August 16, 2022 – Tuesday
Janmashtami (Smarta) – August 18, 2022 – Thursday
Vinayaka Chaturthi – August 31, 2022 – Wednesday
Onam or Thiru Onam Day – September 08, 2022 – Thursday
Dussehra (Saptami) – October 02, 2022 – Sunday
Dussehra (Mahashtami) – October 03, 2022 – Monday
Dussehra (Maha Navami) – October 04, 2022 – Tuesday
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – October 09, 2022 – Sunday
Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – October 13, 2022 – Thursday
Naraka Chaturdasi – October 24, 2022 – Monday
Govardhan Puja – October 25, 2022 – Tuesday
Bhai Duj – October 26, 2022 – Wednesday
Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – October 30, 2022 – Sunday
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – November 24, 2022 – Thursday
Christmas Eve – December 24, 2022 – Saturday
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday – December 29, 2022 – Thursday
