Bank Holiday: All banks will remain closed on Thursday, January 23. All public and private sector banks like SBI, PNB, HDFC will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday. However, banks will not close simultaneously in all the states of the country. Banks will remain closed only in Kolkata, Odisha and Tripura. If you have any important work related to the bank, then plan keeping these holidays in mind.

Banks will remain closed on Thursday, January 23

Banks are going to remain closed tomorrow, Thursday, in most of the states of the country. Banks will remain closed in West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura on January 23. Thursday is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti and Veer Surendra Sai Jayanti, due to which banks will remain closed.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary is celebrated every year on 23 January as Parakram Diwas. He played a revolutionary role in the freedom struggle by establishing the Azad Hind Fauj. His slogan ‘Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi dunga’ became a source of inspiration for the youth.

Veer Surendra Sai Jayanti

Veer Surendra Sai’s birth anniversary is celebrated on 23 January. He was a great freedom fighter and tribal hero of Odisha who fought a long battle against the British. Surendra Sai, who fought for the rights of the poor and tribal community, spent most of his life in jail. His sacrifice and struggle is a glorious chapter of the freedom struggle.

List of Bank Holidays in January 2025

23 January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti/Veer Surendra Sai Jayanti (Banks closed: Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata)

25 January: Fourth Saturday

26 January: Sunday, Republic Day

Online banking service will be available everywhere

Customers can use online banking service even during bank holidays. Fund transfer, bill payment and other services can be availed from the bank’s mobile app and website. If cash is needed, cash can also be withdrawn from ATM.

RBI Bank Holiday List

RBI gave the reason for the holiday

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Banks will remain closed for so many days next week

There will be a holiday in banks on 21st January due to Sunday. Apart from this, banks will remain closed in Imphal on 22nd January due to Imoinu Irapta. Banks are going to remain closed across the country next week on the occasion of Republic Day. In such a situation, you can plan your work according to the list of bank holidays issued by RBI.

So many holidays from 21st January to 28th January

• January 21, 2024- There will be a holiday in banks across the country due to Sunday.
• January 22, 2024-  Banks will remain closed in Imphal due to Imoinu Irapta.
• January 23, 2024- There will be a bank holiday in Imphal due to singing and dancing.
• January 25, 2024- There will be a holiday in banks in Chennai, Kanpur and Lucknow due to Thai Posham/Hazrat Mohammad Ali’s birthday.
• January 26, 2024- Banks will remain closed across the country due to Republic Day .
• January 27, 2024- Due to the fourth Saturday, there will be a holiday for banks across the country.
• January 28, 2024- The bank is going to be closed due to Sunday.

Net banking and ATM will remain operational

There will be bank holidays for several consecutive days from 21st to 28th January. In such a situation, you can use ATM for cash withdrawal. To transfer money you can use UPI, Net Banking or Mobile Banking. These services remain operational even on bank holidays.

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The month of July is about to end and after four days the new month August 2023 will start. From August 1, changes can be seen across the country from banking to LPG rates. On the other hand, if you have any important work related to the bank next month, then this news is very important for you too. In fact, there will be no work in bank branches for a total of 4 days in the month of August, nor will the 2000 rupee notes taken out of circulation be exchanged. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Bank Holiday list, according to which banks will remain closed for a total of 14 days.

RBI uploaded banking holiday list

Reserve Bank uploads month-wise banking holiday list on its website and the list of bank holidays falling in August 2023 has also been released. Apart from the festivals and events to be held in different states and cities, the holidays for the next month also include holidays for Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday and Sunday are weekly holidays on 6th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 26th and 27th of the month. In such a situation, it is necessary that before going to the bank, you leave the house only after checking the Bank Holiday list on the official website of RBI, lest you reach the bank and find the lock hanging there.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prepares its Bank Holiday list on the basis of various states and events and updates it on its website. You can also know about every bank holiday of the month by clicking on this link (https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/HolidayMatrixDisplay.aspx) on your mobile.

Banks will remain closed on these dates

Dealing with Online Banking on Holidays 

Bank Holidays also depend on the festivals celebrated in different states or other events taking place in those states. That is, they differ in states and cities. However, despite the banks’ branch being closed, you can do banking related work online from the comfort of your home. This facility is always operational 24×7. You can easily handle tasks like online transactions. 

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Banks will remain closed on Saturday

Banks in the country will remain closed on the fourth Saturday i.e. 22 July. So if you are planning to settle your bank work on Saturday then it is 29th July and banks will be closed on 4th Saturday i.e. 22nd July. So if you are planning to do your banking work on a Saturday, then it should be done on the coming Saturday i.e. 15th July.

Banks will remain closed in these states on July 29

States where banks are going to remain closed on July 29 due to Muharram (Tazia). Banks are going to remain closed in Tripura, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, UP, Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh. You can do financial and non-financial transactions like banking transactions, net banking, mobile banking, WhatsApp banking even when the branch is closed.

July 2023 Bank Holidays List

July 11 (Tuesday) – Ker Puja, banks will remain closed in Tripura on this day.

July 13 (Thursday) – Bhanu Jayanti, banks will remain closed in Sikkim on this day.

July 16 – Sunday

July 17 (Monday) – U Tirot Sing Day, on this day there will be banks in Meghalaya.

21 July (Friday) – Drukpa Tshe-zi, banks will be closed in Sikkim on this day.

July 22 – Fourth Saturday

July 23 – Sunday

July 28 (Friday) – Ashura (Ashoora), banks will remain closed in Jammu and Kashmir on this day.

July 29 (Saturday) – Muharram (Tazia) – Banks will remain closed in Tripura, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, UP, Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.

July 30 – Sunday

31 July 2023 – Martyrdom Day, banks will remain closed in Haryana and Punjab on this day.

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If you want to do any important work of the bank in this week, then you must know the list of bank holidays. Because bank is an important part of people’s life. From withdrawing money from the account to making drafts, one has to go to the bank for all the tasks.

That’s why it is also necessary to dispose of it in time. Otherwise you may have to face trouble. In such a situation, if you are going to the bank to complete any important work in this month, then definitely check the list of bank holidays. With this you can complete your work in time. Let’s see the complete list of holidays.

How many days banks will remain closed in June

• June 11, 2023 – Bank holiday due to Sunday
• June 15, 2023- Raja Sankranti, banks will remain closed in Mizoram and Odisha
• June 18, 2023- Banks will remain closed on Sunday
• June 20, 2023- Banks will remain closed in Odisha due to Rath Yatra
• June 24, 2023 – There will be a holiday in banks due to the fourth Saturday.
• June 25, 2023-Banks will remain closed across the country on Sunday
• June 26, 2023 – Kharchi Puja, Tripura State only 
• June 28, 2023 – Tuesday, Eid ul-Azha, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala state 
• June 29, 2023 – Thursday, Eid al-Adha, holiday across the country 
• June 30, 2023- Reema will be a holiday in the bank due to Eid ul Azha 

After the closure of the bank, deal with such important work

Today’s era is of net banking. People can easily do all the work sitting at home. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you how you can deal with the important work online on the bank holiday. Explain that digital services like UPI, Mobile Banking, Internet Banking work even after the bank is closed. In such a situation, if you want to send money to someone, then you can take its help.

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However, the bank holiday list also includes second Saturdays and Sundays. In some holidays, banks will remain closed only in those states where there is a festival or anniversaries. Whereas, banks remain closed all over the country on some gazetted holidays.

Banks will remain closed for 12 days in May: Here is the complete list of holidays

May 1 (Monday): May Day, Maharashtra Day

May 5 (Friday): Buddha Purnima – Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

May 7: Sunday

May 9 (Tuesday): Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore

May 13: Second Saturday

May 14: Sunday

16 May (Tuesday): Statehood Day – Sikkim

May 21 : Sunday

May 22 (Monday): Maharana Pratap Jayanti – Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan

May 24 (Wednesday): Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti – Tripura

May 27: Fourth Saturday

May 28 : Sunday

Work can be done through online banking

While banks will remain closed for 12 days in May, online banking services will continue to be available on all these days. However, customers will not be able to deposit and withdraw cash in banks. Withdraw money from ATM only.

These are the categories of bank holidays

National Holiday also known as Gazetted Holiday. This includes three days Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Banks and financial institutions remain closed on these days. Government holidays are further divided into two categories State Government Bank Holidays and Central Government Bank Holidays. Central government bank holidays are observed throughout the country, while state government bank holidays are observed only in that state.

Banks remain closed even these days

Apart from national holidays and government holidays, banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. However, if there are 5 Saturdays in a month, then the banks work on the fifth Saturday. Earlier banks used to work for half a day on every Saturday.

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Banks are going to remain closed tomorrow in many states due to Ambedkar Jayanti. Banks are going to remain closed in many cities due to the festival of Baisakhi and Andabedkar Jayanti. This count includes most of the states and cities of the country. Tomorrow the stock market is also going to remain closed.

Banks will remain closed in these cities tomorrow, April 14

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-Telangana, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi. Apart from this, banks will also remain closed in Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram. According to RBI, the bank is going to remain closed tomorrow on account of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti / Bohag Bihu / Cheraoba / Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Tamil New Year Day / Maha Bisubha Sankranti / Biju Festival / Bisu Festival.

Banks will remain closed here on April 15

The bank is going to remain closed on April 15, 2023 in Tripura, Assam, Kerala, Bengal and Himachal Pradesh also on account of Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Himachal Diwas/Bengali New Year Day (Nabvarsh).

April 14 (Friday) – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti / Bohag Bihu / Chiraoba / Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Tamil New Year’s Day / Maha Bisubha Sankranti / Biju Festival / Bisu Festival – Banks are closed in most of the states except Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Mehlaya, Homchal Pradesh.

15 April (Saturday) – Vishu / Bohag Bihu / Himachal Day / Bengali New Year Day (Nabavarsh) – Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Kerala, Bengal, Himachal Pradesh.

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During the first month of the financial year 2024, there will be a holiday of about 15 days. If you are going to do any bank related work next month, then you should see the list of holidays.

There will be a total of 15 days off in April along with Saturdays and Sundays. During this month, Mahavir Jayanti, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday, Good Friday, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, Sankranti or Biju Festival or Bisu Festival, Tamil New Year’s Day, Vishu or Bohag Bihu or Himachal Day, Shab-l-Kadra, Eid- Banks will remain closed on the occasion of Ul-Fitr.

When and where will banks be closed 

• Banks are closed in all states except Mizoram, Chandigarh, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh at the end of the financial year on Saturday, April 1.
• Banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Lucknow, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand on Tuesday, April 4, due to Mahavir Jayanti.
• Banks will remain closed in Hyderabad on 5th April due to the birthday of Babu Jagjivan Ram.
• Banks are closed in most of the states except Tripura, Gujarat, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Srinagar on Friday, 7th April due to Good Friday.
• Friday the 14th is Baba Ambedrak’s birth anniversary, due to which banks are closed in most places except Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Mehlaya, Himachal Pradesh.
• There will be a holiday in Himachal Pradesh on the day of Himachal Day on Saturday, 15th April. Apart from this, banks are also closed in Tripura, Kerala and Assam on the day of Bengali New Year.
• Banks will remain closed in Srinagar on Tuesday, April 18, due to Shab-l-Qadr.
• Banks are closed in Tripura, Jammu and Srinagar, Kerala on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, 21 April.
• Banks are closed due to the fourth Saturday on the day of Ramzan Eid on Saturday, 22 April.

How many saturdays and sundays 

The month of April is 30. In such a situation, there are 15 days holidays, out of which 5 Sundays and two Saturdays are going to be holidays. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 are going to be Sundays. On the other hand, the second and fourth Saturdays are going to be on 15th April and 22nd April.

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The month of March is special for banking. Because in the month of March itself, due to being the last month of the financial year, there is more work. However, almost every year the festival of Holi also comes in this month, due to which there is pressure on the banking sector for holidays during the month of March.

In such a situation, if you have to do any important work related to the bank, then settle it immediately. We are saying this because banks will remain closed for 12 days next month. Actually, in March 2023, many festivals including Holi are being celebrated. In view of which the Reserve Bank of India has released the list of bank holidays for March. Banks will remain closed for a total of 12 days including the weekly off in March. A list of all the upcoming holidays for the next month has been released on the RBI website.

Banks will remain closed on these dates in March

03 March – Chapchar Koot 05 March – Sunday (Weekly Holiday) 07 March – Holi / Holika Dahan / Dol Jatra 08 March – Dhuleti / Dol Jatra / Holi / Yaosang (2nd day) 09 March – Holi (Patna) 11 March – Second Saturday (Weekly Holiday) 12th March-Sunday (Weekly Holiday) 19th March-Sunday (Weekly Holiday) 22nd March-Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Bihar Day/1st Navaratri/Telugu New Year 25th March-4th Saturday (Weekly Holiday) 26th March-Sunday (Weekly Holiday) Weekly Holiday) March 30 – Ram Navami

For your information, let us tell you that even after the banks are closed, you can easily do your bank related work. By taking advantage of the online service, you can handle all the tasks related to the bank sitting at home. This facility will be operational for 24 hours.

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Under the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, State Governments, Central Government and Union Territories make a list of bank holidays. In India, there is a national holiday and a government holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. That’s why banks remain closed on those days.

Sundays are falling on 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th in the month of March. Due to being a weekly holiday on this day, banks will remain closed all over the country. Apart from this, there will be no work in banks even on the festival of Holi.

• March 8 (Wednesday) – Holi
• March 11 (Saturday) – Second Saturday
• March 25 (Saturday) – Fourth Saturday
• March 30 (Thursday) – Ram Navami

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SBI said that we have been informed by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) that the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has issued strike notice to the associations associated with UFBU ie AIBEA, AIBOC, NCBE, AIBOA etc. Bank employees have announced to go on nationwide bank strike on 30 and 31 January 2023 to get their demands met.

Strike expected to affect work

Let us tell you that the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has called for a two-day strike from January 30. In view of this, the State Bank of India (SBI) has informed the customers that due to the two-day bank strike called by the Union Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on January 30 and 31, the functioning may be affected. SBI said that we were told by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) that UFBU has informed about the strike.

What are the demands of the bank employees going on strike?

AIBEA General Secretary CH Venkatachalam said that the strike has been announced to resume the bank employees’ movement. He told that there are 5 demands of bank employees – banking, pension should be updated, many old issues, NPS should be abolished, salary should be revised and recruitment should be done in all cadres.

Banks will remain closed on these dates

• January 28 is the fourth Saturday, so the bank will remain closed.
• 29 January is a weekly holiday on Sunday.
• The bank will remain closed on 30 and 31 January due to the bank employees’ strike.

What are the five demands of bank employees

• Banking work should be done in five days.
• Pension should be updated.
• NPS should be abolished.
• There should also be talks for an increase in salary.
• The recruitment process in all cadres should be started at the earliest.

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This time many Gazetted holidays are falling on Sundays. In such a situation, if you are a bank customer, then you must know about the holidays of the year 2023.

Some of the national holidays during the year 2023 are Republic Day on 26 January and Independence Day on 15 August and 2 October (Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti).Banks in most of the states will remain closed these days. Banks will remain closed on festivals like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Christmas, Eid, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Good Friday. Although festivals like Diwali and Ganesh Chaturthi are celebrated in many states, the date varies from state to state.

Let us tell you that the holidays have been classified into three groups by the central government. The first covered by the Act, the second real-time gross settlement holidays and the third bank account closure holidays. The second and fourth Saturdays of every month are holidays in India, so banks are closed. If there are five Saturdays in a month, the bank will open on the fifth Saturday of that month.

January 01 Sunday New Year’s Day

12 January Thursday Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh)
15 January Sunday Pongal
16 January Monday Thiruvalluvar Day / Mattu Pongal
Banks will remain closed in West Bengal on account of Netaji’s birthday on January 23.
26 January Thursday Republic Day
March 8 Doljatra (West Bengal)
Apr 07 Friday Good Friday
14 April Friday Tamil New Year
14 April Friday Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti
22 April Saturday Ramadan
01 May Monday May Day
05 May Friday Mercury Purnima
09 May Tuesday Rabindranath Jayanti (West Bengal)
29 June Thursday Bakrid (Id-ul-Azha)
15 August Tuesday Independence Day
August 16 Wednesday Legal Transfer Day
19 September Tuesday Vinayaga Chaturthi
28 September Thursday Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad)
02 October Monday Gandhi Jayanti
24 October Tuesday Vijayadashami
12 November Sunday Diwali
December 25 Monday Christmas

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December is the last month of the year. Many people also go on holidays with their families during this month. If you also have a plan to travel somewhere, then you will have to settle the work of the bank on time. There are many holidays from Christmas to December. There is a provision of separate holidays for many festivals in different states of the country. Banks will remain closed for a total of 13 days in the month of December. It also includes four Sundays. Know the complete list of holidays for the month of December.

Here is the complete list of holidays

December 3 – Saturday – St. Xavier’s Feast – Bank closure in Goa

December 4 – Sunday – Bank closed – all over the country

December 10 – Saturday – Second Saturday – Banks will remain closed across the country

December 11 – Sunday – Holiday – Bank closed across the country

December 12 – Monday – Pa-Tagan Nengminja Sangam – Bank closed in Meghalaya

December 18 – Sunday – Holiday – Bank closed across the country

December 19 – Monday – Goa Liberation Day – Bank closed in Goa

December 24 – Saturday – Christmas and Fourth Saturday – Bank closed across the country

December 25 – Sunday – Holiday – Bank closed across the country

December 26 – Monday – Christmas, Lasung, Namsung – Bank closed in Mizoram, Sikkim, Meghalaya

December 29 – Thursday – Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji – Bank closed in Chandigarh

December 30 – Friday – U Kiang Nangwah – Bank closed in Meghalaya

December 31 – Saturday – New Year’s Eve – Bank closed in Mizoram

Holidays also include many regional holidays

Many regional holidays are also included in these holidays. IBI issues guidelines regarding holidays. However, the work of banks will continue online. You can easily pay through Internet Banking and UPI. Some holidays are national in banks which are valid for all banks. But many states also have regional holidays, these holidays depend on the festivals of the states. Talking at the national level, banks will be closed simultaneously on 3,4,10,11,18,24,25 in December.

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Bank Holidays In November  2022:  Only a few days are left for the month of November to begin. If you are planning to do any work related to the bank in the month of November, then definitely read this news first. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of holidays for November 2022. According to this list, banks are going to be closed for a total of 10 days in November. 

RBI divided holidays into three categories

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divided the bank holiday list into three categories. (Bank Holidays In November 2022) This includes Negotiable Instruments Act, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks Closing of Accounts. In addition to national holidays, there are some state-specific holidays, which include all Sundays as well as the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Let us know on which days the banks are going to be closed in the month of November.

Banks will be closed for a total of 10 days in November

1 November 2022 – Kannada Rajyotsava/Kut – Banks closed in Bangalore and Imphal
6 November 2022 – Sunday (weekly holiday)
8 November 2022 – Guru Nanak Jayanti/Kartika Purnima/Rahas Purnima/Vangala Festival- Agartala, Bangalore, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Bank closed in places other than Kochi, Panaji, Patna, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram  
11 November 2022 – Kanakadasa Jayanti/Vangla Festival – Bank closed in Bangalore and Shillong
12 November 2022 – Saturday (Second Saturday of the month)
13 November 2022 – Sunday (weekly holiday ) )
20 November 2022 – Sunday (weekly holiday)
23 November 2022 – Seng Kutsanem- Bank closed at Shillong
26 November 2022 – Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month)
27 November 2022 – Sunday (weekly holiday)

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