Bank Holidays in August 2024: During the month of August, banks are scheduled to remain closed for a total of 13 days due to both national and regional holidays. 

Customers are advised to schedule their bank appointments and errands in the month ahead after checking the complete bank holiday list below. This holiday list is issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The banking regulator decides these holidays on the basis of festivals, regional celebrations, and general weekend holidays. 

The typical weekend leaves are applicable for all banks and their branches across the country. The list below is inclusive of festivals, weekend holidays like fourth Saturdays, national holidays, and all Sundays. 

Date

Day

Holiday

Regions

August 3,

2024

 

Saturday

 

Ker Puja

Agartala

August 

4, 2024

 

Sunday

 

Weekend Holiday

Aizawl

August  

8, 2024

 

Thursday

 

Tendong Lho Rum Faat

 

Gangtok

 

August

10, 2024

 

Saturday

 

Second Saturday

All Over India

August  

11, 2024

 

Sunday

 

Weekend Holiday All Over India

August 

13, 2024

 

Tuesday

 

Patriot’s Day

Imphal

August  

15,  2024

 

Thursday

 

Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)

Agartala, Ahmedabad,  Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh,  Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati,  Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima,  Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram 

August

 18, 2024

 

Sunday

 

Weekend Holiday

All Over India

August 

19, 2024

 

Monday

 

Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur

 

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Shillong

 

August

20, 2024

 

Tuesday

 

Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi

 

Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram

 

August 

24, 2024

Saturday

Fourth Saturday

All Over India

August 

25, 2024

Sunday

Weekend Holiday 

All Over India

August 

26, 2024

Monday

Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi

Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, and Srinagar

During these holidays, the physical offices of the banks are shut down for business, however, digital banking services are completely operational in the period. Individuals can take advantage of servcies such as UPI, internet banking, mobile banking, etc, to handle their financial errands. Any disruption in these services is informed well in advance.

The State Government, Central Government, and Union Territories Act of 1881 lists the bank holidays. The  bank holiday calendar for the complete year is published by the RBI and this holiday calendar is adhered to by all banks in the country.

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