{"id":7257,"date":"2025-07-01T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/?post_type=banking&#038;p=7257"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:08:50","slug":"bank-holidays-in-india-2025-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"banking","link":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/banking\/bank-holidays-in-india-2025-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Holidays in India (2025): What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Banks in India follow standard weekly closures and a set of national and state-specific holidays as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) calendar. Here&#8217;s a summary to help you plan branch visits or urgent work ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id='weekly-closures'  id=\"boomdevs_1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Closures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sundays<\/strong>: All branches across India remain closed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Second &amp; Fourth Saturdays<\/strong>: Also non-working days across all states. Twenty\u2011ninth May 2025, being a <strong>fifth Saturday<\/strong>, will be a working day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id='national-holidays-applicable-all-states'  id=\"boomdevs_2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Holidays (Applicable All States)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These holidays are observed uniformly across India by all scheduled banks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>January 26, 2025 (Sunday)<\/strong> \u2013 Republic Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 14, 2025 (Friday)<\/strong> \u2013 Holi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 14, 2025 (Monday)<\/strong> \u2013 Dr. B.\u202fR. Ambedkar Jayanti<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 18, 2025 (Friday)<\/strong> \u2013 Good Friday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 1, 2025 (Thursday)<\/strong> \u2013 May Day (International Workers\u2019 Day)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 12, 2025 (Monday)<\/strong> \u2013 Buddha Purnima<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>August 15, 2025 (Friday)<\/strong> \u2013 Independence Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 2, 2025 (Thursday)<\/strong> \u2013 Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id='regional-state-specific-holidays'  id=\"boomdevs_3\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regional \/ State-Specific Holidays<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks also shut for certain festivals depending on the state. These are only observed in specific regions. One notable example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id='july-2025-regional-holidays'  id=\"boomdevs_4\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>July 2025 Regional Holidays<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>July 3<\/strong> \u2013 Kharchi Puja (Tripura)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 5<\/strong> \u2013 Guru Hargobind Ji\u2019s Birthday (Jammu &amp; Kashmir)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 14<\/strong> \u2013 Beh Deinkhlam (Meghalaya)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 16<\/strong> \u2013 Harela (Uttarakhand)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 17<\/strong> \u2013 U Tirot Singh Death Anniversary (Meghalaya)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 19<\/strong> \u2013 Ker Puja (Tripura)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 28<\/strong> \u2013 Drukpa Tshe\u2011zi (Sikkim)<br>With these regular weekends, banks will be closed <strong>13 days in July<\/strong> 2025 in various states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id='quick-check-planning-tips'  id=\"boomdevs_5\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Check \u2014 Planning Tips<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For <strong>national holidays<\/strong>, expect closure across India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>regional holidays<\/strong>, confirm via your state\u2019s RBI circular or local bank branch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digital banking (net banking, UPI, mobile app)<\/strong> remains operational even on bank holidays.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Need in\u2011person banking? Visit the branch <strong>a day earlier than planned<\/strong> if it&#8217;s close to a holiday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id='at-a-glance-table'  id=\"boomdevs_6\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">At-a-Glance Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Type of Holiday<\/th><th>Who Observes It<\/th><th>Banks Closed On<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Weekly (Sunday; 2nd &amp; 4th Sat)<\/strong><\/td><td>All States<\/td><td>Every month<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>National Holidays<\/strong><\/td><td>All States<\/td><td>8\u201310 days a year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>State-Specific Holidays<\/strong><\/td><td>Only in some states<\/td><td>Varies by region<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7257","banking","type-banking","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/banking\/7257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/banking"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/banking"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}