Holi bank holidays: Banks to be shut for three days next week in these states

Banks will remain closed for up to two days next week due to Holi. However, bank holidays differ from one state to another. There are two-day consecutive holidays in some of the states on account of the Holi festival. Customers should check which day banks will be closed next week in their state on the occasion of Holi. Do remember that bank holidays are released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on its official website.

Banks are open on the first and third Saturdays of each month but are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.

March 7 (Tuesday): Holi/Holi/Holika Dahan/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra – Banks are closed in Maharashtra, Assam, Rajasthan, Srinagar, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Srinagar, Telangana, and Jharkhand.

March 8 (Wednesday): Holi/Holi second day – Dhuleti/Yaosang second day: Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh.

March 9: (Thursday): Holi – Banks are closed in Bihar.

March 11: Second Saturday bank holiday.

States witness two consecutive holidays
According to the RBI holiday calendar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand will have consecutive bank holidays on March 7, and 8 on the occasion of the Holi festival. Banks in Bihar will be closed for two consecutive days on March 8, and 9.

Other holidays in March
March 22: Banks will be closed on account of Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Bihar Divas/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Telugu New Year’s Day/1st Navratra in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu, Goa, Bihar, and Srinagar.

On March 30 banks will be closed on the occasion of the Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dashain) festivals in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Shimla.