Banking operations across India will be closed on August 15 for Independence Day, while several states will also see a shutdown on August 16 for Janmashtami, followed by regular Sunday closure, creating an extended weekend of limited banking services from August 15 to 17.Banks in Manipur will also remain closed on August 13, 2025 to observe Patriot’s Day.
Closure on August 15
All banks across India will remain closed on August 15, Friday for Independence Day celebrations.
Closure on August 16
August 16 will be a holiday for banks in several states due to Janmashtami/Krishna Jayanthi celebrations. The states observing the holiday include Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Srinagar, and Andhra Pradesh.While August 15 to 17 constitutes a long weekend in most states, banks will operate in Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, and Himachal Pradesh on Saturday.
State-wise bank holidays
Here’s a list of Bank Holidays for the month of August (As cited by ET):
| City/State | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agartala | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Ahmedabad | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Aizawl | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Belapur | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Bengaluru | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Bhopal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Bhubaneswar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Chandigarh | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Chennai | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Dehradun | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Gangtok | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Guwahati | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Hyderabad | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Imphal | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Itanagar | ✓ | ||||||||
| Jaipur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Jammu | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Kanpur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Kochi | ✓ | ||||||||
| Kohima | ✓ | ||||||||
| Kolkata | ✓ | ||||||||
| Lucknow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Mumbai | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Nagpur | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| New Delhi | ✓ | ||||||||
| Panaji | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Patna | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Raipur | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Ranchi | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Shillong | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Shimla | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Srinagar | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | ✓ | ||||||||
| Vijayawada | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Why the holidays?
- August 8: Tendong Lho Rum Faat
- August 9: Raksha Bandhan / Jhulana Purnima
- August 13: Patriot’s Day
- August 15: Independence Day / Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) / Janmashtami
- August 16: Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanthi
- August 19: Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur
- August 25: Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva
- August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha) / Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata / Ganesh Puja / Vinayakar Chathurthi
- August 28: Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) / Nuakhai
