Bank Holiday on Janmashtami: If you are thinking of doing some important bank work on Janmashtami, then first check the list of holidays in your state. This time Janmashtami is on Saturday 16 August 2025, which is also the third Saturday of the month
Bank Holiday on Janmashtami : If you are thinking of doing some important bank work on Janmashtami, then first check the list of holidays of your state. This time Janmashtami is on Saturday 16 August 2025, which is also the third Saturday of the month. Usually banks are open on the third Saturday, but due to the festival, banks will be closed in many places.
Banks will remain closed here on Janmashtami
According to the RBI list, on August 16 , banks will remain closed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand , Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh , Meghalaya, Mizoram, Jammu, Srinagar and Chandigarh .
Banks will remain open here
At the same time, banks will remain fully open and function normally in Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Goa and Himachal Pradesh.
That is, if you are in Delhi or Mumbai , you can go to the bank and work even on the day of Janmashtami, but in states like UP or Rajasthan, banks will be closed.
Today is Independence Day on Friday 15 August 2025, and on this day banks will remain closed across the country. This public holiday is in the list of RBI holidays and will be applicable to all government and private banks. However, digital services like ATM, internet banking and mobile banking will remain operational as before on these days , so tasks like cash withdrawal or transfer can be done online.
List of Holidays for August 2025
- August 15 (Friday) – Independence Day/Parsi New Year/Janmashtami – Banks will remain closed across the country.
- On this day, India will celebrate its 78th Independence Day. It is celebrated to commemorate independence from British rule in 1947.
- 16 August (Saturday) – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanti – Holiday. Many cities like Chennai, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Jammu etc will be closed.
- Janmashtami is the festival of the birth of Lord Krishna, celebrated on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month.
- 19 August (Tuesday) – Birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur – Holiday in Agartala only
- 25 August (Monday) – Srimanta Sankardeva Tirubhav Tithi – Holiday in Guwahati only
- 27 August (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari / Ganesh Puja – Holiday in cities like Mumbai, Nagpur, Chennai, Hyderabad etc.
- 28 August (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) / Nuakhai – Holiday in Bhubaneswar and Panaji
Stock market holiday
BSE and NSE will also remain closed on 15th August 2025 on the occasion of Independence Day.
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