In March 2024, banks across states will be closed for 14 days, according to the Reserve Bank of India holiday list. The holidays are set by the respective state governments and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These include all Sundays, the second and fourth Saturdays, public holidays, and a few regional holidays. Bank customers should take note of the dates of upcoming bank holidays in the month of March so that they may organise their visits to their bank branches accordingly.
However, there are various banking services that one can do online via Net banking, mobile banking and more even though banks are closed.
March 2024 bank holidays
Banks are closed on the occasion of Chapchar Kut, /Sivarathri, Bihar Divas, Holi (Second Day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi, Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi, Holi, Good Friday in March 2024.
The RBI has categorised these holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts
State wise bank holiday list
March 1 (Friday): Chapchar Kut (Mizoram)- Banks are closed in Mizoram.
March 8(Friday): Mahashivratri (Maha vad-13)/Sivarathri- Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttara Khand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu- Srinagar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.
March 22 (Friday): Bihar Divas- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 25 – (Monday): Holi (Second Day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi- Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttara Khand, Andhra Pradesh, Bengal, Telangana, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.
March 26 (Tuesday): Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi- Banks are closed in Orissa, Manipur and Bihar.
March 27 (Wednesday): Holi- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 29 (Friday)- Banks are closed in all states except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Srinagar.
Mar-24 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
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Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||
Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||
Chandigarh | • | • | • | ||||
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Dehradun | • | • | • | ||||
Gangtok | • | • | |||||
Guwahati | • | ||||||
Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | ||||
Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | ||||
Imphal | • | • | |||||
Itanagar | • | • | |||||
Jaipur | • | ||||||
Jammu | • | • | |||||
Kanpur | • | • | • | ||||
Kochi | • | • | |||||
Kohima | • | ||||||
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Lucknow | • | • | • | ||||
Mumbai | • | • | • | ||||
Nagpur | • | • | • | ||||
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Panaji | • | • | |||||
Patna | • | • | • | • | |||
Raipur | • | • | • | ||||
Ranchi | • | • | • | ||||
Shillong | • | • | |||||
Shimla | • | • | |||||
Srinagar | • | ||||||
Thiruvananthapuram | • | • |
Holiday Description | Day |
Chapchar Kut | 1 |
Mahashivratri (Maha vad-13)/Sivarathri | 8 |
Bihar Divas | 22 |
Holi (Second Day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi | 25 |
Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi | 26 |
Holi | 27 |
Good Friday | 29 |