Public Holidays in Bihar in 2016

Bihar
2016

List of Holidays in Bihar in 2016

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Tuesday	Jan 26	Republic Day	Public Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 22	Bihar Divas	Regional Holiday	Bihar Only
Wednesday	Mar 23	Doljatra	Regional Holiday	Day before Holi
Thursday	Mar 24	Holi	Regional Holiday
Friday	Mar 25	Good Friday	Regional Holiday
Friday	Apr 01	Bank Holiday	Not A Public Holiday	Banks only. Annual accounts closing
Thursday	Apr 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	Regional Holiday
Thursday	Apr 14	Ashoka's Birth Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Bihar only
Friday	Apr 15	Ram Navami	Regional Holiday
Sunday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	Many states
Wednesday	Jul 06	Idul Fitr	Regional Holiday	Many states
Monday	Aug 15	Independence Day	Public Holiday
Thursday	Aug 25	Janmashtami	Regional Holiday
Monday	Sep 12	Bakrid	Regional Holiday	Bakrid. Except Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.
Sunday	Oct 02	Islamic New Year	Public Holiday	Observed mainly by the Shia Muslim community
Sunday	Oct 02	Mahatma Gandhi Birthday	Public Holiday
Monday	Oct 10	Mahanavami	Regional Holiday	Ninth day of Dussehra
Tuesday	Oct 11	Dussehra	Regional Holiday	Vijaya Dashami
Wednesday	Oct 12	Ashura	Regional Holiday	Day of Ashurah
Sunday	Oct 30	Diwali	Regional Holiday	Deepawali. Except Assam, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal
Sunday	Nov 06	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
Monday	Nov 07	Chhath Puja	Regional Holiday	Bihar, Uttarakhand
Sunday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Regional Holiday	Observed in all states

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