Banks in many states are closed today on the occasion of Ram Navami, according to the Reserve Bank of India holiday list. Rama Navami is a Hindu festival commemorating Rama’s birth. Important ceremonies on this day take place at Ayodhya and at other Rama temples around India.
Ram Navami: States where banks are closed
Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh for Ram Navami.
Other holidays in April
- April 19: Lok Sabha General Elections 2024- Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- April 20 ( third Saturday)- Garia Puja: Banks are closed in Tripura.
- April 26: Election in Bangalore
Full bank holiday list for April 2024
| Apr-24 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 26 |
| Agartala | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Aizawl | • | ||||||||||
| Belapur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | |||||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Gangtok | • | ||||||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Imphal | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | |||||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Jammu | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Kochi | • | • | |||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Kolkata | • | ||||||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Mumbai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Nagpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| New Delhi | • | • | |||||||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Patna | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Raipur | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Ranchi | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Shillong | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Shimla | • | • | |||||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • |
Bank holidays in April
| Holiday Description | Day |
| To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts | 1 |
| Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida | 5 |
| Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra | 9 |
| Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) | 10 |
| Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (1st Shawaal) | 11 |
| Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival | 13 |
| Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day/Shad Suk Mynsiem | 15 |
| Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain) | 17 |
| Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 | 19 |
| Garia Puja | 20 |
| Lok Sabha General Elections 2024 | 26 |
Apart from National festivals, bank holidays vary according to the state and their festivals. The Reserve Bank of India has categorised bank holidays into three categories: Negotiable Instruments Act Holidays, Real Time Gross Settlement Holidays, and Bank Account Closing Holidays.
Elections 2024 bank holidays
The elections will be held in seven stages. The first phase will be held on April 19, the second on April 26, the third on May 7, the fourth on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25, and the seventh phase on June 1, 2024.The government of Rajasthan has announced a paid holiday for all employees working in government and private sector establishments on the day of the state’s Lok Sabha elections.
In Shillong, all State Government Offices and Educational Institutions shall remain closed on the 19th April, 2024 in order to enable the voters to exercise their franchise in connection with the General Election to Lok Sabha, 2024.
