📅 Complete Dry Days in Howrah (2026)
About dry days in Howrah, West Bengal
This page uses the current West Bengal/Kolkata-supported calendar data and should be checked close to the date for election or local-order changes.
On declared dry days, licensed liquor shops and alcohol-serving venues generally cannot sell or serve alcohol for ordinary commercial service.
Legal drinking age note: 21 in common guidance.
Official source: Excise Directorate, Government of West Bengal
- ✅ Wednesday, 14 January — Makar Sankranti / Pongal
- ✅ Monday, 26 January — Republic Day
- ✅ Sunday, 15 February — Guru Ravidas Jayanti, Maha Shivratri
- ✅ Wednesday, 4 March — Holi
- ✅ Thursday, 26 March — Ram Navami
- ✅ Friday, 3 April — Good Friday
- ✅ Tuesday, 31 March — Mahavir Jayanti
- ✅ Tuesday, 14 April — Ambedkar Jayanti
- ✅ Friday, 1 May — Buddha Purnima
- ✅ Wednesday, 27 May — Eid-al-Adha (Bakrid)
- ✅ Friday, 26 June — Muharram
- ✅ Saturday, 25 July — Ashadi Ekadashi
- ✅ Saturday, 15 August — Independence Day
- ✅ Sunday, 16 August — Parsi New Year
- ✅ Friday, 4 September — Janmashtami
- ✅ Monday, 14 September — Ganesh Chaturthi
- ✅ Friday, 2 October — Gandhi Jayanti
- ✅ Monday, 19 October — Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami)
- ✅ Tuesday, 20 October — Dussehra
- ✅ Saturday, 7 November — Kali Puja
- ✅ Sunday, 8 November — Diwali
- ✅ Tuesday, 24 November — Guru Nanak Jayanti
- ✅ Friday, 25 December — Christmas