Today Janmashtami is a holiday, know which states will be open, where the banks will be closed
Delhi: Janmashtami is being celebrated today and a holiday has been announced in many institutions. At the same time, banks also include holiday on this day, but in many states, banks will still be open, while in some states, banks will also be holiday. Banks where banks do not have a holiday today will work in general. According to the Holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India i.e. RBI, a total of 15 holidays are declared in banks in August 2025, including festivals like Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami. Also, banks in all states will remain closed every Sunday and second and fourth Saturday (9 and 23 August).
Where is the closed bank today, where will the banks be open?
Today, all private and government banks will be open in Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
At the same time, all banks will be holidayed in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Jammu, Srinagar and Chandigarh.
In which states, when is there a holiday in banks
August 16 (Saturday): Banks will remain closed on the occasion of Janmashtami/Krishna Janmashtami in 18 cities including Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Shillong, Srinagar, Gangtok.
August 19 (Tuesday): There will be a holiday in banks on the occasion of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur in Agartala (Tripura).
August 25 (Monday): Banks will remain closed due to the Tirusha date of Shrimant Shankardev in Guwahati (Assam).
August 27 (Wednesday): There will be a holiday in banks due to Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Panaji, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.
August 28 (Thursday): Nuakhai in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Ganesh Chaturthi in Panaji (Goa) is the second day holiday.
Its practices may vary from the basis of local festivals in the states. For this, please confirm from your local bank branch.
These services will continue even during the holidays
Digital services, such as net banking, mobile app, UPI transactions and ATM services will also be available in holidays.
There will be no processes on the day of the holidays like check processing service, check, demand draft under the negotiable instrument act.
Do this work
Given the long weekends (eg 9-10 August or 23-24 August) and the festive season, necessary transactions, such as depositing checks, cash withdrawal, or large transactions already complete. ATMs do not face cash shortage or technical difficulties, so prefer online options for essential works. However, there is no problem about holidays, as ATM machines are open for 24 hours and you can avail the facilities provided with balance checks with cash withdrawn from ATMs.
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