Bank Holiday In August 2021: Settle Your Pending Bank Work Before These Dates; View List

With the beginning of the month of August, the month of festivals also started. Hence there are many bank holidays in August. 

The festival season starts in the country in August. The bank remains closed on the occasion of the festival but this time in the month of August there are many additional holidays due to various reasons. Therefore, if your bank work is pending, it is better to settle it in time.

Most of the people in big cities use internet banking these days. Still, a lot of people do not have access to net banking. It is important for them that they are aware of the additional holidays of the bank. According to the list of holidays released by the RBI, banks will remain closed for eight days in different zones in August, except Sundays and the second-fourth Saturdays of every month. 

Weekly holiday on August 1  
The first bank holiday in August starts from 1st August, as it is Sunday on August 1. The second-fourth Saturdays of every month are bank holidays. Apart from this, there will be at least 8 additional holidays in different parts of the country. On August 13, 2021, there will be a holiday in the banks of the Imphal zone due to Martyrdom day. On August 14, 2021, due to the second Saturday, there will be a bank holiday. Independence Day will be a holiday (5th August) although it falls on a Sunday. Therefore, there will be a holiday for four consecutive days in the Imphal Zone. On August 16, 2021, due to the Parsi New Year, there will be a bank holiday in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur zones of Maharashtra. 

Long leave from 19 to 23
Due to Muharram on August 19, 2021, Agartala Zone, Ahmedabad Zone, Belapur Zone, Bhopal Zone, Hyderabad Zone, Jaipur Zone, Jammu Zone, Kanpur Zone, Kolkata Zone, Lucknow Zone, Mumbai Zone, Nagpur Zone, New Delhi Zone, Patna Zone, in Raipur Zone, Ranchi Zone, and Srinagar Zone, there will be a bank holiday. Due to Muharram and first Onam on August 20, 2021, there will be a bank holiday in Bangalore Zone, Chennai Zone, Kochi Zone, and Kerala. On August 21, 2021, due to Thiruvonam being on this day, there will be a bank holiday in the Kochi zone and Kerala. August 22, 2021, being a Sunday will be a weekly holiday for banks. On August 23, 2021, being Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti, there will be a bank holiday in Kochi Zone and Kerala.

28 to 30 continuous leave of three days in the north. 
August 28 being the fourth Saturday, there will be a bank holiday. August 29 being a Sunday, banks will have a weekly holiday. Janmashtami is on August 30 due to which there will be a holiday in most of the banks in North India. There will be a bank holiday in Janmashtami in the Ahmedabad zone, Chennai zone, and Gangtok zone. There will be a continuous holiday of three days. 

The complete list of holidays in banks is as follows-

• Banks will remain closed on August 1 and August 8 as it is a Sunday.


• Banks in Imphal Zone will remain closed due to Martyrdom Day on August 13.


• Banks will remain closed on August 14 due to the second Saturday.


• Sunday, August 15 and will be closed on account of Independence Day.


• Banks will remain closed in Belapur, Mumbai, and Nagpur zones of Maharashtra due to Parsi New Year on August 16.
  Banks will remain closed due to Muharram on August 19.


• Due to Muharram and first Onam on August 20, there will be a holiday in Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi and Kerala zones.


• On August 21, there will be a holiday in Kochi and Kerala zone due to Thiruvonam.


• There will be a bank holiday on August 22 due to Raksha Bandhan and Sunday.


• Banks will remain closed in Kochi and Kerala zones on August 23 due to Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti.


• Banks will remain closed due to August 28 being the fourth Saturday.
  Banks will remain closed on August 29 as it is Sunday.


• Banks will be there due to Janmashtami on August 30.


• On August 31: Banks will remain closed in Hyderabad on the day due to Shri Krishna Ashtami.