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Is today a bank holiday? Here’s full list of days banks will remain closed in 2024

Bank Holidays in 2024: Banks will be shut on second and fourth Saturdays as well as every Sunday round the year.

Bank Holidays 2024: Here's full list of days banks will remain closed in 2024

Bank Holidays Calendar 2024: RBI categorises bank holidays into three types: Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. (File)

Bank Holidays List 2024: If you are wondering whether today (January 1, 2024) is a bank holiday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a list of bank holidays stating that banking operations will remain shut on the first day of the new year in only a few states.

RBI categorises bank holidays into three types: Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.

Besides these, banks in the country will also be shut on the second and fourth Saturdays as well as every Sunday round the year. It must be noted that despite these bank holidays, account holders can use net banking and mobile banking services to fulfill some of their bank chores.

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Here is a month-wise list of bank holidays in 2024 according to the RBI website:

Bank Holidays in January 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
January 1	New Year’s Day	Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu
January 2	New Year Holiday	Mizoram
January 2	Mannam Jayanti	Kerala
January 11	Missionary Day	Mizoram
January 12	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	West Bengal
January 15	Magh Bihu	Assam
January 15	Makara Sankranti	Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, and Sikkim
January 15	Pongal	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Pondicherry, and Tamil Nadu
January 16	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu
January 16	Kanuma Panduga	Andhra Pradesh
January 17	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Chandigarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, and Rajasthan
January 17	Uzhavar Thirunal	Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu
January 23	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal
January 23	Gaan-Ngai	Manipur
January 25	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Uttar Pradesh
January 25	State Day	Himachal Pradesh
January 26	Republic Day	National

Bank Holidays in February 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
February 10	Losar	Sikkim
February 10	Sonam Losar	Sikkim
February 14	Vasant Panchami	Haryana, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal
February 15	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
February 19	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra
February 20	State Day	Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram
February 24	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab

Bank Holidays in March 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
March 5	Panchayatiraj Divas	Odisha
March 8	Maha Shivaratri	National except for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal
March 22	Bihar Day	Bihar
March 23	S. Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana
March 25	Holi	National except Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, & West Bengal
March 25	Doljatra	West Bengal
March 25	Yaosang	Manipur
March 26	Yaosang 2nd Day	Manipur
March 29	Good Friday	National except Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir
March 30	Easter Saturday	Nagaland
March 31	Easter Sunday	Kerala and Nagaland

Bank Holidays in April 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
April 1	Odisha Day	Odisha
April 5	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
April 5	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu Kashmir
April 7	Shab-i-Qadr	Jammu and Kashmir
April 9	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
April 9	Telugu New Year	Tamil Nadu
April 9	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Telangana
April 10	Id-ul-Fitr	National
April 11	Id-ul-Fitr Holiday	Telangana
April 11	Sarhul	Jharkhand
April 13	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam
April 13	Maha Vishuba Sankranti	Odisha
April 13	Vaisakh	Jammu Kashmir and Punjab
April 14	Bengali New Year	Tripura and West Bengal
April 14	Bohag Bihu	Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
April 14	Cheiraoba	Manipur
April 14	Dr Ambedkar Jayanti	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
April 14	Tamil New Year	Tamil Nadu
April 14	Vishu	Kerala
April 15	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh
April 17	Ram Navami	National apart from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, and West Bengal
April 21	Garia Puja	Tripura
April 21	Mahavir Jayanti	Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh

Bank Holidays in May 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
May 1	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra
May 8	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	Tripura and West Bengal
May 10	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
May 10	Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti	Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
May 16	State Day	Sikkim
May 23	Buddha Purnima	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
May 24	Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti	Tripura

Bank Holidays in June 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
June 9	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan
June 10	Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s Martyrdom Day	Punjab
June 14	Pahili Raja	Odisha
June 15	Raja Sankranti	Odisha
June 15	YMA Day	Mizoram
June 17	Bakrid / Eid-al-Adha	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Sikkim
June 18	Bakrid / Eid-al-Adha Holiday	Jammu and Kashmir
June 22	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab
June 30	Remna Ni	Mizoram

Bank Holidays in July 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
July 5	Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
July 6	MHIP Day	Mizoram
July 7	Ratha Yathra	Odisha
July 8	Behdeinkhlam Festival	Meghalaya
July 13	Bhanu Jayanti	Sikkim
July 13	Martyrs’ Day	Jammu and Kashmir
July 17	Muharram	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal
July 17	U Tirot Sing Day	Meghalaya
31 July 2024	Bonalu	Telangana
July 31	Shaheed Udham Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana

Bank Holidays in August 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/State
August 7	Haryali Teej	Haryana
August 8	Tendong Lho Rum Faat	Sikkim
August 13	Patriots Day	Manipur
August 15	Independence Day	National
August 15	Parsi New Year	Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat & Maharashtra
August 16	De Jure Transfer Day	Pondicherry
August 19	Raksha Bandhan	Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
August 19	Jhulan Purnima	Odisha
August 26	Janmashtami	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Pondicherry & West Bengal

Bank Holidays in September 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/State
September 5	Hartalika Teej	Chhattisgarh & Sikkim
September 5	Tithi of Srimanta Shankardev	Assam
September 7	Ganesh Chaturthi	Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Telangana and Tamil Nadu
September 8	Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday	Goa
September 8	Nuakhai	Odisha
September 13	Ramdev Jayanti	Rajasthan
September 13	Teja Dashmi	Rajasthan
September 14	First Onam	Kerala
September 15	Thiruvonam	Kerala
September 16	Eid e Milad	National except Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, and West Bengal
September 17	Indra Jatra	Sikkim
September 18	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala
September 20	Friday Following Eid e Milad	Jammu Kashmir
September 21	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala
September 23	Heroes Martyrdom Day	Haryana

Bank Holidays in October 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/State
October 2	Mahalaya Amavasye	Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal
October 2	Gandhi Jayanti	National
October 3	First Day of Bathukamma	Telangana
October 3	Ghatasthapana	Rajasthan
October 3	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Haryana
October 10	Maha Saptami	Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal
October 11	Maha Ashtami	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and West Bengal
October 12	Maha Navami	Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
October 13	Vijaya Dashami	National except Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Manipur
October 13	Janmostav of Srimanta Shankardev	Assam
October 17	Lakshmi Puja	Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal
October 17	Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Punjab
October 17	Kati Bihu	Assam
October 31	Deepavali	Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Telangana & Tamil Nadu
October 31	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti	Gujarat

Bank Holidays in November 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
November 1	Diwali	National except Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu & Telangana
November 1	Haryana Day	Haryana
November 1	Kannada Rajyothsava	Karnataka
November 1	Kut	Manipur
November 1	Puducherry Liberation Day	Pondicherry
November 2	Deepavali Holiday	Daman and Diu, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh
November 2	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat
November 3	Bhai Dooj	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
November 7	Chhath Puja	Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
November 15	Guru Nanak Jayanti	National except Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Tripura
November 15	Karthika Purnima	Odisha and Telangana
November 18	Kanakadasa Jayanti	Karnataka
November 22	Lhabab Duchen	Sikkim
November 23	Seng Kut Snem	Meghalaya

Bank Holidays in December 2024

Day	Holiday Description	Region/States
December 1	Indigenous Faith Day	Arunachal pradesh
December 3	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa
December 5	Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti	Jammu and Kashmir
December 6	Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s Martyrdom Day	Punjab
December 12	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma	Meghalaya
December 18	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Meghalaya
December 18	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Chhattisgarh
December 19	Liberation Day	Daman and Diu, Goa
December 24	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya and Mizoram
December 25	Christmas Day	National
December 26	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya and Telangana
December 26	Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti	Haryana
December 30	Tamu Losar	Sikkim
December 30	U Kiang Nangbah	Meghalaya
December 31	New Year’s Eve	Manipur and Mizoram

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