Bank Holiday on Friday 8 August 2025: Banks are going to be closed tomorrow on Friday 8th August. All private and public sector banks will remain closed only in this state. Otherwise, bank branches will remain open in all states. Know why RBI has given holiday on Friday 8th August.
Will banks remain closed on Friday 8th August?
Banks are going to be closed on Friday 8th August. Banks will be closed only in Sikkim tomorrow. Banks will remain open in all other states. Banks will be closed on Friday in Sikkim due to Tendong Lho Rum Phat. Tendong Lho Rum Phat is a traditional festival of Sikkim, which is celebrated by the Limbu community with great reverence and gaiety. This festival is celebrated to express gratitude towards nature and the environment . ‘Tendong’ is the name of a hill, which is considered sacred, and it is believed that this hill once saved the lives of people during a terrible flood. ‘Lho Rum Phat’ means ‘thanks to the earth’. In this festival, people worship the mountain with traditional songs, dances and rituals.
Bank Holiday List for August 2025
- August 8 (Friday) – Tendong Lho Rum Phat
- Banks Closed: Gangtok
- 9 August (Saturday) – Rakshabandhan / Jhulan Purnima
- Banks closed: Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhubaneswar
- August 13 (Wednesday) – Patriots Day
- Banks Closed : Imphal
- 15 August (Friday) – Independence Day / Parsi New Year / Janmashtami
- National Holiday – All banks across the country closed
- 16 August (Saturday) – Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanti
- Banks closed: Aizawl, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar
- 19 August (Tuesday) – Birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram
- Banks Closed: Agartala
- 25 August (Monday) – Srimanta Sankardev Disappearance
- Banks Closed: Guwahati
- 27 August (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari
- Banks closed: Mumbai, Belapur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Panaji
- 28 August (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) / Nuakhai
- Banks closed: Bhubaneswar, Panaji
- Weekly Holiday(Sunday & Saturday)
- August 3 (Sunday)
- 9 August (second Saturday)
- 10 August (Sunday)
- 17 August (Sunday)
- 23 August (4th Saturday)
- August 24 (Sunday)
- 31 August (Sunday)
