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Section 246 in Bihar Board's Miscellaneous Rules, 1958
246.
For the guidance of Commissioners in fixing local holidays under these orders two lists are given below: List (A) showing the holidays that will ordinarily be notified by the Provincial Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act or by executive orders, and List (B) showing the local holidays that will ordinarily be observed in each district.List AHolidays which will ordinarily be notified as Gazetted HolidaysI. Under The Negotiable Instruments Act| A-Prescribed by the Act- | |
| Days | |
| (In addition to Sundays) New Year's Day, Christmas Day, (ifeither of the two latter days fall on a Sunday, the nextfollowing Monday) and Good Friday | 3 |
| B-To be notified by Government- | |
| Id-ul-Fitr | 1 |
| Basant Panchami | 1 |
| Falgun Shivaratri | 1 |
| Holi | 1 |
| Easter Saturday | 1 |
| Easter Monday | 1 |
| Chaitra Sankranti | 1 |
| Ram Nawami | 1 |
| Birthday of Lord Mahavira | 1 |
| Birthday of Lord Buddha | 1 |
| Id-uz-Zuha | 1 |
| Muharram | 1 |
| Ganga Dasahara | 1 |
| King Emperor's Birthday | 1 |
| Janmastami | 1 |
| Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi | 1 |
| Mahalaya | 1 |
| Dasahara [Durga and Lakshmi Pujas] | 5 |
| Diwali | 1 |
| Dawat Puja | 1 |
| Chhat | 1 |
| Christmas Eve | 1 |
| The first and second days following Christmas | 2 |
| Last day of the year | 1 |
| II. By Executive Orders | |
| Hindu- | |
| Holi | 1 |
| Dasahara (Durga and Lakshmi Pujas) | 6 |
| Diwali | 1 |
| Muslim- | |
| Id-ul-Fitr | 1 |
| Muharram | 1 |
| Chehlum | 1 |
| Id-uz-Zuha | 1 |
| Fatiha Dwazdahum | 1 |
| Christian- | |
| Third, fourth and fifth days afterChristmas | 3 |
| Division | District | Names of local holidays | Number of days | Time | Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act orby executive order to be replaced by the local holidays in excessof seven |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Patna | Patna Gaya | Shivaratri (extra) | 1 | February or March | |
| Shahabad | Holi (extra) | 1 | March | ||
| Janmastami (extra) | 1 | August or September | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 2 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Tirhut | Saran | Tilsankranti | ½ | January | |
| Makrama wasya | ½ | January | |||
| Holi (extra) | 1 | March | |||
| Janmastami | ½ | August or September | |||
| Anant Puja | ½ | August or September | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Days. | |||||
| Champaran | Til Sankranti | 1 | January | Chhath 1 | |
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | Diwali 1 | ||
| Holi (extra) | 2 | March | Total 2 | ||
| Anant Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 9 | ||||
| Muzaffarpur | Holi (extra) | 2 | March | ||
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Tirhut | Darbhanga | Pous Sankranti | 1 | January | |
| Holi (extra) | 1 | March | |||
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Bhagalpur | Munger | Maghi Purnima | 1 | February | |
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Bhagalpur | Baunsi Fair | 1 | January | ||
| Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Purnea | Ramnavami (extra) | 1 | April | ||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Khagra Fair | 1 | December or January | |||
| Sonepur Fair | 4 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Chota Nagpur | Santhal Pargana | Baunsi Fair | 1 | January | |
| Bandana | 1 | January | |||
| Hijla Mela | 1 | January or February | |||
| Maghi Purnima | 1 | February | |||
| Baha | 1 | March or April | |||
| Rath Jatra | 1 | June or July | |||
| Bhadra Purnima | 1 | August | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Hazaribagh | Holi (extra) | 1 | March | ||
| Rajbi | 1 | June | |||
| Karma | 1 | September | |||
| Jitia | 1 | September or October | |||
| Kartik Purnima | 1 | November | |||
| Muharram (extra) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 6 | ||||
| Ranchi* | Pous Sankranti | 1 | January | ||
| Shivaratri | 1 | February or March | |||
| Holi (extra) | 1 | March | |||
| Rath Jatra | 1 | June or July | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Karma | 1 | September | |||
| Koljatra | 1 | November | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Palamau | Makar Sankranti | 1 | January | ||
| Shivaratri (extra) | 1 | February | |||
| Chehlum | 1 | May | |||
| Rath Jatra | 1 | June or July | |||
| Janmastami (extra) | 1 | August or September | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | Ditto | |||
| Muharram (extra) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Manbhum | Pous Sankranti | 1 | January | Diwali (Annakut Puja) 1 day | |
| Basant Panchami | 1 | February | |||
| Rath Jatra | 1 | June or July | |||
| Jagadhatri Puja | 1 | October or November | |||
| Kali Puja | 1 | Ditto | |||
| Bhratridwitiya | 1 | November | |||
| Shab-e-Barat | 1 | --- | |||
| Total | 7 | ||||
| Singhbhum | Makar Sankranti | 1 | January | Diwali (Annakut Puja 1 day) | |
| Basant Panchami | 1 | January or February | |||
| Holi | 1 | March | |||
| Rath Jatra | 1 | June or July | |||
| Rakhi (Purnima) (Goma) | 1 | August | |||
| Ananta Puja | 1 | August or September | |||
| Karma | 1 | September | |||
| Kali Puja | 1 | October or November | |||
| Total | 8 |