August 2024 Bank Holidays: In August, banks across India, both public and private, will be closed for up to 13 days, including Sundays, national and regional holidays, and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
Various festivals will be celebrated in different states during August, leading to bank closures. These include Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot’s Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami. The specific dates and states affected by these closures vary.
- August 3 (Saturday) – Ker Puja: Banks closed in Agartala.
- August 8 (Thursday) – Tendong Lho Rum Faat: Banks closed in Sikkim.
- August 13 (Tuesday) – Patriot’s Day: Banks closed in Manipur.
- August 15 (Thursday) – Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi): All banks in India closed.
- August 19 (Monday) – Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur: Banks closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh.
- August 20 (Tuesday) – Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi: Banks closed in Kerala.
- August 26 (Monday) – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi: Banks closed in Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar.
This year, August 15, which is Independence Day, falls on a Thursday, so there will not be an extended weekend during that week.However, in certain states, there will be a long weekend due to the closure of banks on Monday, August 26, for Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi, which follows the fourth Saturday and Sunday of the month.
According to an ET report, the states affected by this long weekend include Gujarat, Orissa, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar.
