Bank Holiday: In the coming month of August, banks in different states will be closed for a total of 14 days, which also include regular holidays on Sundays and Saturdays, as per the official bank holidays calendar by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Bank Holiday: Bank Remain close for 14 days in August.
The month of August will witness a number of festivals and special occasions like Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva, First Onam, Thiruvonam and more. People planning to visit the bank for some urgent work are advised to be mindful of the listed holidays.
And even though private and public sector banks will be closed for 14 days in August, internet banking services will be available throughout the country on all days. The Rs 2,000 denomination notes can be exchanged till September 30, 2023, as per the RBI guidelines, so people planning to visit the bank for this purpose can check the holiday list below to plan their visit adequately.
List of bank holidays for August 2023:
August 6: First Sunday of the month
August 8: Tendong Lho Rum Faat
August 12: Second Saturday of the month
August 13: Second Sunday of the month
August 15: Independence Day (Banks will remain closed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram for Independence Day)
August 16: Parsi New Year (Banks will remain shut in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur to celebrate Parsi New Year)
August 18: Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva (Banks will remain shut in Guwahati on account of Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva)
August 20: Third Sunday
August 26: Fourth Saturday of the month
August 27: Fourth Sunday of the month
August 28: First Onam (Banks will remain shut in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to celebrate First Onam)
August 29: Thiruvonam (Banks will remain shut in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to celebrate Thiruvonam.0
August 30: Raksha Bandhan (Banks will remain shut in Jaipur and Srinagar on account of Raksha Bandhan)
August 31: Raksha Bandhan/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Pang-Lhabsol (Banks will remain shut in Gangtok, Dehradun, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram on account of Raksha Bandhan/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi).
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