How many hours a week is Articleship?

According to the ICAI, the minimum working hours for an articled assistant are 35 hours per week, excluding lunch breaks.

However, the total amount of working hours must not exceed 45 each week.

Depending on the workload, it may extend to 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week.

As far as the work hours are concerned, chartered accountants work the regular eight to nine hours daily on normal days.

As per the ICAI regulations, Saturday and Sunday are the holidays to the Articleship student for his training

In case of any short hours in the week then such short time shall be adjusted by working on Saturdays, In case the employee.