Bihar Holidays in August 2026
5 days in August 2026 are holidays for at least one group in Bihar. The table shows who is closed on each day: banks, central government offices, state government offices or schools.
Holiday calendar for August 2026
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 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 |
holiday restricted holiday only Sunday or second/fourth Saturday (banks)
Day by day
| Date | Day | Holiday | Closed |
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| 4 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | Chehlum | |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Saturday |  Independence Day |
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| 15 Aug 2026 | Saturday |  Parsi New Year (Navroz) |
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| 24 Aug 2026 | Monday |  Shravani Somvar (Sawan Monday) |
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| 26 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | Milad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad) | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Wednesday |  Onam |
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| 28 Aug 2026 | Friday |  Raksha Bandhan |
Festivals in August 2026
- 2 AugSun
Friendship Day - 4 AugTueChehlum
- 15 AugSatIndependence Day
- 15 AugSatParsi New Year (Navroz)
- 15 AugSat
Hariyali Teej - 17 AugMon
Nag Panchami - 24 AugMonShravani Somvar (Sawan Monday)
- 26 AugWedMilad-un-Nabi (Eid-e-Milad)
- 26 AugWedOnam
- 28 AugFriRaksha Bandhan
- 31 AugMon
Kajari Teej
Holidays and festivals calendar: October and November 2026
Public holidays in Bihar (bank, central government, state government and school lists) and major festivals across India. Restricted and minor days are left out.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 1 | 2
Friday, 2 October Gandhi Jayanti Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's freedom struggle and the voice of truth and non-violence. |
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| 5
Monday, 5 October Jivitputrika Vrat (Jitiya) |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
Sunday, 11 October Durga Puja Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura with grand pandals, dhak drums, prayers and feasts, especially in West Bengal and ea... Sharad Navratri Sharad Navratri is the nine night autumn festival of the Goddess Durga, beginning with Ghatasthapana and leading up to Dussehra, with fasting, prayer, garba... |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
Saturday, 17 October Durga Puja / Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) / Durga Puja Durga Puja: Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura with grand pandals, dhak drums, prayers and feasts, especially in West Bengal and ea... Durga Puja (Maha Saptami): Maha Saptami is the first main day of Durga Puja, when the Kola Bou is bathed at dawn and Goddess Durga is formally invoked into the idol in pandals across e... |
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Sunday, 18 October Durga Puja Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura with grand pandals, dhak drums, prayers and feasts, especially in West Bengal and ea... |
| 19
Monday, 19 October Durga Puja Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura with grand pandals, dhak drums, prayers and feasts, especially in West Bengal and ea... |
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Tuesday, 20 October Durga Puja / Dussehra Durga Puja: Durga Puja celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over the demon Mahishasura with grand pandals, dhak drums, prayers and feasts, especially in West Bengal and ea... Dussehra: Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, celebrates the victory of good over evil, recalling Lord Rama's defeat of Ravana and Goddess Durga's triumph over Mahishasura. |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Saturday, 7 November Diwali / Chitragupta Puja / Bhaiya Dooj / Chhath Puja |
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Sunday, 8 November Diwali Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrates the victory of light over darkness with Lakshmi Puja, rows of diyas, sweets and family gatherings on the new moon... |
| 9 | 10
Tuesday, 10 November Bhai Dooj Bhai Dooj closes the Diwali festival, as sisters apply tilak on their brothers' foreheads, feed them and pray for their long life, and brothers give gifts an... |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Sunday, 15 November Chhath Puja Chhath Puja is a four day festival of Bihar and eastern India in which devotees fast and offer arghya to the setting and rising Sun while standing in water. |
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Monday, 16 November Chhath Puja Chhath Puja is a four day festival of Bihar and eastern India in which devotees fast and offer arghya to the setting and rising Sun while standing in water. |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24
Tuesday, 24 November Guru Nanak Jayanti / Kartik Purnima Guru Nanak Jayanti: Guru Nanak Jayanti, or Prakash Purab, celebrates the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, with prayers, nagar kirtans, langar and lit up gurdw... Kartik Purnima: Kartik Purnima is the full moon of Kartik, when devotees bathe in holy rivers, offer lamps and celebrate Dev Deepawali, the night Lord Shiva as Tripurari des... |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 |
Public holiday Major festival Today
- Sat, 17 Oct
Durga Puja / 
Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) / Durga Puja - Sun, 18 Oct
Durga Puja
- Mon, 19 Oct
Durga Puja
- Tue, 20 Oct
Durga Puja /
Dussehra - Sat, 7 Nov Diwali / Chitragupta Puja / Bhaiya Dooj / Chhath Puja
- Sun, 8 Nov
Diwali - Tue, 10 Nov
Bhai Dooj - Sun, 15 Nov
Chhath Puja - Mon, 16 Nov
Chhath Puja
- Tue, 24 Nov
Guru Nanak Jayanti / 
Kartik Purnima