Holi 2024: Are banks open/closed today? Private as well as public banks will remain closed in several parts of the country on Monday, March 25 for Holi, Dhuleti, Dol Jatra or Dhulandi. Bank holiday rules often vary from city to city in the country, with some days marked as public holidays nationwide and others specific to certain regions.

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For instance, banks in cities including Mumbai, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Lucknow and Kolkata will be shut on Monday, whereas banks in cities such as Patna and Bhubaneswar will observe a holiday the next day, March 26, according to the Reserve Bank of India website, rbi.org.in.

Here's the full list of bank holidays across several cities: 

Holi Bank holiday 2024-Full list

On March 25, banks will remain closed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad (AP and Telangana), Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, and Shimla, but remain open in Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Imphal, Kochi, Kohima, Patna, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Are banks closed on Tuesday?

On March 26, banks in Bhubaneswar, Imphal, and Patna will remain closed on Tuesday, March 26 for Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi.

Here's the full list of other bank holidays in March:

  • Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi: March 26
  • Holi: March 27
  • Good Friday: March 29

Bank Holidays in March 2024 state-wise: Full list

March 2024 1 8 22 25 26 27 29
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          

These bank holidays fall into three main categories, as per the RBI webdsite:

  • Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act
  • Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real time gross settlement holidays
  • Bank's closing of accounts

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