Bihar Holiday Calendar 2024: No Holiday On Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami, Ram Navami And Shivratri

Bihar Holiday Calendar 2024: From this year, school teachers will no longer have summer vacations.

Bihar Holiday Calendar 2024 released, summer vacation cancelled for teachers. (Representative Image)

The Bihar Government's Education Department has released the holiday calendar for the academic year 2024. From this year, summer vacations are only for students and not for teachers. Parents-teacher meetings, special classes and exams will be conducted during summer vacations. As per a press release from the Bihar Education Department, the holiday calendar 2024 has been structured to meet the mandated criteria of 220 teaching days under the Right To Education Act (RTE). The updated calendar extends summer vacations from 20 to 30 days. Notably, holidays for Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha (Bakrid) have been lengthened to three days each, leading to the cancellation of Hindu holidays such as Hartalika Teej and Jitiya. Several significant Hindu festivals like Makar Sankranti, Rakshabandhan, Saraswati Puja, Janmashtami, Ram Navami, Bhaidooj, and Shivratri have been excluded from the holiday calendar.

The calendar accounts for four Hindu festivals—Diwali (1), Durga Puja (3), Chhath Puja (3), and Holi (2), summing up to nine days of holidays. In contrast, the calendar includes six Muslim festivals—shab-e-barat (1), Eid-ul-Fitr (3), Eid-ul-Zoha (3), Muharram (2), Chehallum (1), and Prophet Mohammad’s birthday (1), totaling 11 days allocated for Islamic festivals.

As per the notice, the District Magistrate is restricted from declaring any additional leaves beyond those specified in the calendar. If deemed necessary, such announcements will require explicit permission from the State Education Ministry. Notably, neither the headmasters nor principals of government schools possess the authority to declare holidays beyond what's stipulated in the official calendar. 

Bihar Holiday Calendar 2024:

Event	Date
Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	17-Jan
Republic Day	26-Jan
Ravidas Jayanti	24-Feb
Shab e-Barat	26-Feb
Bihar Diwas	22-Mar
Holi	26-27 March
Good Friday	29-Mar
Eid Ul Fitr	10-12 April
Ambedkar Jayanti	14-Apr
Summer Vacations	15 Apr - 15 May
Buddha Purnima	23-May
Bakrid	18-20 June
Kabir Jayanti	22-Jun
Moharram	17-18 July
Independence Day	15-Aug
Chehlum	25-Aug
Hazrat Muhammad Sahab Jayanti	16-Sep
Durga Pooja	10-Oct
Durga Pooja	11-12 October
Diwali	31-Oct
Chhath Puja	7-9 November
Christmas	25-Dec