Private and public sector banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month, as well as on Sundays, national and regional holidays, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Additionally, banks will be open on the first, third, and fifth (in some cases) Saturdays.
Yes, it is a bank holiday across India, as it is the fourth Saturday of the month. The RBI designates the Bank holidays as follows: Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.The Government of India has declared only three national holidays in 2024: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October).
Janmashtami bank holiday August 2024: Are banks open or closed on Monday, August 26?
Long weekend in these states
Banks are closed in some states on Monday August 26 on the occasion of Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi which is after fourth Saturday and Sunday.
Banks are closed in Gujarat, Orissa, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh state, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar.
No long weekend in these states
Tripura, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, New Delhi, Goa.
Festivals in the month of August
Banks are closed on the occasion of Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot’s Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi, Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi, depending on the state.
August bank holidays
| Aug-24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 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 | • | • |
Holidays in August
| Holiday Description | Day |
| Ker Puja | 3 |
| Tendong Lho Rum Faat | 8 |
| Patriot’s Day | 13 |
| Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) | 15 |
| Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur | 19 |
| Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi | 20 |
| Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi | 26 |
