Thank tithi for the three-day holiday from Wednesday to Friday this week

The holiday period covers all state govt offices, urban and rural bodies, educational institutions

Thanks to the confusion around the tithi (a lunar day in the Vedic calendar) to perform Saraswati puja, state government employees in West Bengal are expected to get a three-day holiday from Wednesday to Friday this week. Earlier, the government had declared a two-day holiday on Thursday and Friday but a recent circular stated that it had been observed that the puja could be held on Wednesday also. Therefore, the state government had decided to declare a holiday on January 29, in addition to January 30 and 31, as was announced earlier. The three-day holiday period covers all state government