Bihar Holidays in 2020
| Bihar Holidays in 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Saka Date | Day |
| 1941 SAKA ERA | ||||
| 1 | Republic Day | 26-Jan | Magha 06 | Sunday |
| 2 | Holi | 10-Mar | Phalguna 20 | Tuesday |
| 1942 Saka Era | ||||
| 3 | Ram Navami | 2-Apr | Chaitra 13 | Thursday |
| 4 | Mahavir Jayanti | 6-Apr | Chaitra 17 | Monday |
| 5 | Good Friday | 10-Apr | Chaitra 21 | Friday |
| 6 | Budha Purnima | 7-May | Vaisakha 17 | Thursday |
| 7 | Id-ul-Fitr | 25-May | Jyaishtha 04 | Monday |
| 8 | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | 1-Aug | Sarvana 10 | Saturday |
| 9 | Janmashtami | 12-Aug | Sarvana 21 | Wednesday |
| 10 | Independence Day | 15-Aug | Sarvana 24 | Saturday |
| 11 | Muharram | 30-Aug | Bhadra 8 | Sunday |
| 12 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | 2-Oct | Asvina 10 | Friday |
| 13 | Dussehra | 25-Oct | Kartika 3 | Sunday |
| 14 | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-MiladOctober (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | 30-Oct | Kartika 8 | Friday |
| 15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | 14-Nov | Kartika 23 | Saturday |
| 16 | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | 30-Nov | Agrahayana 09 | Monday |
| 17 | Christmas Day | 25-Dec | Pausha 4 | Friday |
| Restricted Holidays in 2020 | ||||
| S.No | Holiday | Date | Saka Date | Day |
| Saka Era 1941 | ||||
| 1 | New Year’s Day | 1-Jan | Pausha 11 | Wednesday |
| 2 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | 2-Jan | Pausha 12 | Thursday |
| 3 | Lohri | 13-Jan | Pausha 23 | Monday |
| 4 | Makar Sankranti/ Pongal | 15-Jan | Pausha 25 | Wednesday |
| 5 | Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami | 30-Jan | Magha 10 | Thursday |
| 6 | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | 9-Feb | Magha 20 | Sunday |
| 7 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | 18-Feb | Magha 29 | Tuesday |
| 8 | Shivaji Jayanti | 19-Feb | Magha 30 | Wednesday |
| 9 | Maha Shivaratri | 21-Feb | Phalguna 02 | Friday |
| 10 | Holika Dahan/Dolyatra | 9-Mar | Phalguna 19 | Monday |
| 11 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | 9-Mar | Phalguna 19 | Monday |
| SAKA ERA 1942 | ||||
| 12 | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi PadavalUgadi /Cheti Chand | 25-Mar | Chaitra 05 | Wednesday |
| 13 | Easter Sunday | 12-Apr | Chaitra 23 | Sunday |
| 14 | Vaisakhi/Vishu | 13-Apr | Chaitra 24 | Monday |
| 15 | Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) | 14-Apr | Chaitra 25 | Tuesday |
| 16 | Guru Rabindranath’s birthday | 8-May | Vaisakha 18 | Friday |
| 17 | Jamat-UI-Vida | 22-May | Jyaishtha 01 | Friday |
| 18 | Rath Yatra | 23-Jun | Ashadha 2 | Tuesday |
| 19 | Raksha Bandhan | 3-Aug | Sarvana 12 | Monday |
| 20 | janmashtami (Smarta) | 11-Aug | Sarvana 20 | Tuesday |
| 21 | Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj | 16-Aug | Sravana 25 | Sunday |
| 22 | Vinayaka Chaturthi /Ganesh Chaturthi | 22-Aug | Sravana 31 | Saturday |
| 23 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | 31-Aug | Bhadra 9 | Monday |
| 24 | Dussehra (Maha Saptami)(Additional) | 23-Oct | Kartika 1 | Friday |
| 25 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)(Maha Navmi) (Additional) | 24-Oct | Kartika 2 | Saturday |
| 26 | Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala) | 26-Oct | Kartika 4 | Monday |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | 31-Oct | Kartika 9 | Saturday |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | 4-Nov | Kartika 13 | Wednesday |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | 14-Nov | Kartika 23 | Saturday |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | 15-Nov | Kartika 24 | Sunday |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | 16-Nov | Kartika 25 | Monday |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | 20-Nov | Kartika 29 | Friday |
| 33 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | 24-Nov | Agrahayana 03 | Tuesday |
| 34 | Christmas Eve | 24-Dec | Pausha 3 | Thursday |