Bank holiday on Holi: This time Holi is being celebrated across the country on 25th March. On this occasion, government and private banks will remain closed in various states of the country on March 25. There are a total of 14 bank holidays in March 2024, including all Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays, public holidays and regional holidays.
Bank holiday on Holi: Banks will remain closed in these states on March 25
This time Holi is being celebrated on 25th March. There will be a holiday in banks on this occasion. Along with this, there will be holiday on fourth Saturday i.e. 22nd March and Sunday 23rd March. After this, banks will remain closed on 25th March on the occasion of Holi/Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi.
Bank Holidays: Long weekend for Holi 2024
As per RBI calendar, after the holiday of fourth Saturday and Sunday, banks will remain closed on the occasion of Holi/Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi on March 25. On the occasion of Holi 2024, Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad (AP and Telangana), Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji. Holi will be celebrated in Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla. Banks will remain closed on this occasion.
List of Bank Holidays in March 2024
- 22 March, Friday, Bihar Day (Bihar)
- March 23, Saturday, fourth Saturday of the month across India
- March 24, Sunday, weekend bank holiday across India
- March 25, Monday, Holi (2nd day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi Many states
- 26 March, Tuesday, 2nd day/Holi Odisha, Manipur and Bihar
- 27 March, Wednesday, Holi Bihar
- March 29, Friday, Good Friday in many states
- March 31, Sunday, weekend bank holiday across India
- 22 March, Friday – Bihar Day
There will be a holiday in banks in Bihar on the occasion of Bihar Day. - March 23, Saturday- Fourth Saturday of the month
On March 23, 2024, all banks in the country will remain closed on the fourth Saturday of the month. - 24 March, Sunday – Weekend Bank Holiday
Banks across the country will remain closed on their weekly holiday on Sunday, March 24, 2024. - March 25, Monday – Holi (2nd day) – Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi
Banks will remain closed in many states on this day due to Holi. - 26 March, Tuesday – Yaosang second day/Holi
Banks will remain closed in many states due to Yaosang. - March 29, Friday – Good Friday
On the occasion of Good Friday, banks will remain closed in the entire country except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. - March 30, Saturday, Fourth Saturday
Banks are closed across the country on the fourth Saturday on 30 March 2024. - 31 March, Sunday – Weekend Bank Holiday
Banks across the country will remain closed on their weekly holiday on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Online services will continue
Banks will remain closed for 14 days in March, but online services will continue during this period. If you have bank related work on holidays, then you can avail online services sitting at home. Despite bank holidays, all online and ATM services continue. Apart from this, you can also make digital payment through credit card and debit card.