Bank Holidays in India 2025

Public-sector banks (PSBs) and private banking institutions in a selected Indian city will be closed on Wednesday, 11 June in the celebration of Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti and Saga Dawa, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 2025 holiday calendar. In accordance with the Negotiable Instruments Act, RTGS holidays, and other regional and national holidays, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) establishes bank holidays in India. On the second Saturday and Sunday of each month, which are required weekly days off, banks are also closed. 

Banks in several states of India will remain closed on 6 June (Friday) and 7 June 2025 (Saturday) on the occasion of Id-ul-Ad’ha (Bakrid) and Bakri Id (Id-Uz-Zuha). On 11 June 2025, there will be a holiday in Himachal Pradesh due to Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti and Sikkim on the occasion of Saga Dawa. Banks in Mizoram will be closed on 30 June 2025 (Monday) due to Remna Ni. 

On 7 May 2025, banks will remain closed in Assam due to the second phase of the Panchayat elections. Do note that the banks will remain operational on this day in other parts of the country. On 9 May 2025, banks in West Bengal will remain closed in observance of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. All banks across India will be closed on 10 May and 11 May 2025, as it is the second Saturday of the month and Sunday. On 12 May 2025, banks will be closed in several cities across India on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. 

Banks will be closed for 9 days from 26 April to 12 May 2025. This includes the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. Banks will be closed on account of Parashuram Jayanti on 29 April (Tuesday) and Akshaya Tritiya on 30 April (Wednesday). In May, banks will be closed to celebrate Guru Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti on 7 May (Wednesday) and on 12 May (Monday) due to Buddha Purnima. However, ATMs and online banking services can be availed on these holidays.

As per the holidays list released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the banks across various states will remain closed for six days from 14th to 18th April 2025 and on 20th and 21st April 2025. Banks will remain closed on 14 April 2025 on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, Maha Vishuva Sankranti, Tamil New Year's Day, Vishu, Biju, Buisu Festival,  Bohag Bihu, and Cheiraoba in the state of Agartala, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Andhra Pradesh,  Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Telangana, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Nagpur.

Bengali New Year's Day, Himachal Day, and Bohag Bihu will be observed on 15 April 2025 due to which banks will remain closed in Kolkata, Agartala, Guwahati, Shimla, and Itanagar. Banks will also be closed on 16 April 2025 in Guwahati due to the occasion of Bihu while banks in some states, such as Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Imphal, Itanagar, Kanpur, Kochi, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Dehradun, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ranchi, Shillong, and Thiruvananthapuram, will be closed on 18 April 2025 due to Good Friday. Banks will also remain closed on 21 April 2025 in Agartala on the occasion of Garia Puja.

As per the Negotiable Instruments Act and Closing of Accounts, most banks in major cities will be closed on 10 April. Banks in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata, Belapur, Raipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Bhopal, Ranchi, Aizawl and Nagpur will remain closed on Thursday. However, branches in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Agartala, Dehradun, Jammu, Gangtok, Shillong, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Imphal, Kohima, Shillong, Srinagar, Itanagar, Shimla, Chandigarh, Panaji and Patna will be open. Mahavir Jayanti will commence at 10:55 pm of 9th and end on 1 am of 10th April. Since banks will be closed on 10 April, all kinds of payment systems will be operating for the full day on Saturday. However, all ATMs will be open. 

As per the holiday calendar released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), 1 April 2025 was observed as a bank holiday across the country. The day is observed as a holiday because the new financial year begins on 1 April, and this has been mandated by RBI. On this day, banks close accounts, update records, reconcile their transactions, and prepare for the new fiscal year. This practice is effective in most scheduled and non-schedules banks across the country except banks in Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal.  

Banks in several states will remain closed from 13 March 2025 to 16 March 2025 on the occasion of Holi as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In Kerala, Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, banks will remain closed on 13 March 2025 (Thursday) on the occasion of Holika Dahan and Attukal Pongala.  

Banks in most states will remain closed on 14 March 2025 due to Holi (Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Dol Jatra), except Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Tripura, Karnataka, Kerala, and Nagaland. Banks in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Patna will remain closed on 15 March 2025 due to Holi or Yaosang 2nd Day. While on 16 March 2025 (Sunday) banks will be closed in all states. 

According to the holiday schedule provided by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) on its official website, bank will remain closed two days in some states on the occasion of Mahashivratri and Losar. Bank holidays will be considered on 26 February 2025 (Mahashivratri) in Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Jammu- Srinagar, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. While in Sikkim, both government and private banks will be closed on 28 February 2025 (Losar). 

Banks in Tamil Nadu will remain closed today, 11 February 2025, on the occasion of Thai Poosam festival. Customers will not be able to operate financial transactions through banks but digital banking services such as mobile banking, UPI (Unified Payment Interface) and internet banking will be available on this day. 

As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks in several parts of the country will remain closed on 14 January 2025 due to festivals celebrated under various names, including Makar Sankranti, Uttarayana Punyakala, Pongal, Maghe Sankranti, Magh Bihu, and the Birthday of Hazrat Ali. Cities where banks will observe closures on this day include Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Kanpur, and Lucknow.