According to the rules of the Reserve Bank of India, Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays of the month are bank holidays. Many people are not sure if this coming Saturday is a bank holiday. The holidays are determined by the state governments and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Is this Saturday 23 March 2024 a bank holiday?
Yes, it’s a bank holiday this Saturday 23rd March, followed by Sunday, which is also a bank holiday.
Banks in many states are also closed on March 25, a Monday also due to the festival of Holi. This marks a long weekend as banks are closed for three consecutive days in the following states.
Which states are banks closed on Monday
Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttara Khand, Andhra Pradesh, Bengal, Telangana, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal -Pradesh.
Holi 2024 bank holiday: Banks will be closed in these states on Monday March 25
March 26 (Tuesday): Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi- Banks are closed in Orissa, Manipur and Bihar.
27 March (Wednesday): Holi- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 29 (Friday) – Banks are closed in all states except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Srinagar.
Bank customers should keep track of the dates of upcoming bank holidays so that they can plan their visits to their bank offices correctly.
Mar-24 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
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Ahmedabad | • | • | • | ||||
Aizawl | • | • | • | ||||
Belapur | • | • | • | ||||
Bengaluru | • | • | |||||
Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||
Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||
Chandigarh | • | • | • | ||||
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Dehradun | • | • | • | ||||
Gangtok | • | • | |||||
Guwahati | • | ||||||
Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | ||||
Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | ||||
Imphal | • | • | |||||
Itanagar | • | • | |||||
Jaipur | • | ||||||
Jammu | • | • | |||||
Kanpur | • | • | • | ||||
Coach | • | • | |||||
Kohima | • | ||||||
Kolkata | • | • | |||||
Lucknow | • | • | • | ||||
Mumbai | • | • | • | ||||
Nagpur | • | • | • | ||||
New Delhi | • | • | |||||
Panaji | • | • | |||||
Patna | • | • | • | • | |||
Raipur | • | • | • | ||||
Ranchi | • | • | • | ||||
Shillong | • | • | |||||
Shimla | • | • | |||||
Srinagar | • | ||||||
Thiruvananthapuram | • | • |
Holiday Description | day |
Chapchar Kut | 1 |
Mahashivratri (Maha vad-13)/Sivarathri | 8 |
Divas of Bihar | 22 |
Holi (Second Day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi | 25 |
Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi | 26 |
Holi | 27 |
Good Friday | 29 |
Note also that the Government of India has requested that all bank branches handling government receipts and payments be open for business on March 31, 2024 (Sunday), to account for all government receipts and payments operations in the FY 2023–2024 . .