School Holiday List 2023: The new year calendar has come in the market. New Year is being celebrated across the country. Almost all the states have released the School Holiday Calendar 2023 for the school holidays.
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have declared 121 days holiday out of 365 days of the year. Here we have brought you a list of when schools will be closed in the year 2023, with the help of which you can easily do your planning.
There is only one day left for the new year. Many states across the country have declared holidays for their respective schools. While schools will remain closed for a total of 121 days in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh has also announced 121 holidays for schools in 2023. Similarly, West Bengal has also prepared a list of holidays for schools. View the full list here.
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Education Board has released the list of school holidays for 2023. As per the UP Board Holidays Calendar 2023, the schools in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed for summer vacations from May 21 to June 30 and classes will be conducted for a total of 229 days.
- Classes will be conducted for a total of 229 days
- Summer vacation in UP schools will be from May 21 to June 30, 2023
- Board exams will be conducted over a period of 15 days
- Schools will remain closed for a total of 121 days (including weekends, holidays and
Bihar
Bihar Board’s school holiday list has also been released and schools will remain closed for 121 days. Of the total 121 holidays, 53 are Sundays.
BSEB has already announced the Bihar Board Exam Date 2023 for Class 10th and 12th. BSEB Board Exams for Class 12 and Class 10 will start from February 1, 2023 and February 14, 2023 respectively.
West Bengal
The West Bengal Board of Education has also released the school holiday list for 2023 and announced 10 days in summer, 26 days in Puja. As per the notification of the board, a total of 65 holidays have been declared in the list. Holidays may vary according to the geographical characteristics of schools located in particular areas of different districts of the state.
January 2023 January
- 1 Sunday New Year’s Day
- January 14 Saturday Makar Sankranti
- January 14 Saturday Lohri
- January 15 Sunday Pongal
- January 22 Sunday Lunar New Year
- January 26 Thursday Republic Day
February 2023 January
- 26 Thursday Vasant Panchami
- February 5 Sunday Hazrat Ali’s Birthday
- February 14 Tuesday Valentine’s Day
- February 15 Wednesday Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
- February 18 Saturday Mahashivratri/Shivratri
- February 19 Sunday Shivaji Jayanti
March 2023 March
- 7 Tuesday Dolyatra March
- 7 Tuesday Holika Dahan
- March 8 Wednesday Holi
- March 21 Tuesday March Equinox March 22
- Wednesday Chaitra Sukhladi
- March 22 Wednesday Ugadi
- March 22 Wednesday Gudi Padwa
- March 30 Thursday Ram Navami
April 2023 April
- 4 Tuesday Mahavir Jayanti
- April 6 Thursday First day of Passover
- April 6 Thursday Maundy Thursday April
- 7 Friday Good Friday April
- 9 Sunday Easter Day
- April 14 Friday Baisakhi April
- 14 Friday Ambedkar Jayanti
- April 15 Saturday Masadi/Baisakhadi
- April 21 Friday Jamaat ul- Farewell (tentative date)
- 22 April Saturday Ramadan Eid / Eid-ul-Fitr (tentative date)
- 22 April Saturday Ramadan Eid / Eid-ul-Fitr (tentative date)
May 2023 May
- 1 Monday International Labor Day
- May 5 Friday Buddha Purnima/Vesak
- May 9 Tuesday Rabindranath’s birthday
- May 14 Sunday Mother’s Day
June 2023
- June 18 Sunday Father’s Day
- June 20 Tuesday Rath Yatra June
- 21 Wednesday June Solstice June
- 29 Thursday Bakrid/Eid ul-Adha (tentative date)
- July 2023 July 3 Monday Guru Purnima
- July 29 Saturday Muharram/Ashura (tentative date)
August 2023 August
- 6 Sunday Friendship Day
- August 15 Tuesday Independence Day August
- 16 Wednesday Parsi New Year
- August 20 Sunday Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi
- August 29 Tuesday Onam
- August 30 Wednesday Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi)
September 2023
- September 6 Wednesday Janmashtami (Smarta)
- September 7 Thursday Janmashtami
- September 23 Saturday September Equinox September
- 28 Thursday Milad Un-Nabi / Eid-e-Milad (tentative date)
October 2023
- October 2 Monday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti October
- 15 Sunday First day of Sharad Navratri October
- 20 Friday First day of Durga Puja October
- 21 Saturday Maha Saptami October
- 22 Sunday Maha Ashtami
- October 23 Monday Maha Navami October 24
- Tuesday Dussehra
- October 28 Saturday Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti
- 31 october tuesday halloween
November 2023 November
- 1 Wednesday Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)
- November 12 Sunday Narak Chaturdashi
- November 12 Sunday Diwali/Deepavali November
- 13 Monday Govardhan Puja
- November 15 Wednesday Bhai Dooj
- November 19 Sunday Chhath Puja (Pratihar Shashti/Surya Shashti)
- November 24 Friday Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day
- 27 November Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
December 2023
- December 8 Friday First day of Hanukkah
- December 15 Friday Last day of Hanukkah
- December 22 Friday December Solstice December
- 24 Sunday Christmas Eve December
- 25 Monday Christmas December
- 31 Sunday New Year’s Eve
