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According to the holiday list of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks in various states will remain closed for a total of 14 days in April. These closures include public holidays, regional holidays and regular closures on second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. In case of state-specific festivals, banks will remain closed only in those states, while during national festivals like Eid-ul-Fitr, Ram Navami and Baisakhi, banks will remain closed across the country.
The list of holidays is prepared by RBI for every month. It has been notified under three categories, namely Negotiable Instruments Act, holidays, real time gross settlement holidays and closure of accounts of banks.
Bank customers should ensure that they check the bank holiday list of the state in which they reside before visiting the bank.
April 2024 Bank Holidays
These are the holidays for which banks will remain closed in April 2024:
Banks will close their annual accounts on Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday/Jumaat-ul-Vida, Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanaba (Cheiraoba)/First Navratri, Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr), Bohag Bihu/Cheraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival, Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day, Shri Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain), Garia Puja.
Bank Holidays in April – State Wise List
April 1, 2024: To enable banks to close their annual accounts, banks will remain closed in most states except Mizoram, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
April 5 (Friday) – Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday/Jumaat-ul-Vida: Banks are closed in Hyderabad-Telangana, Jammu and Srinagar.
April 9 (Tuesday) – Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year Day/Sajibu Nongmapanaba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratri: Banks closed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Manipur, Goa. , Jammu and Srinagar.
April 10 (Wednesday) – Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr): Banks are closed in Kerala.
11 April (Thursday) – Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) (1st Shawwal): Banks are closed in most states except Chandigarh, Sikkim, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.
13 April (2nd Saturday) – Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival: Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Srinagar.
15 April (Monday) – Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day: Banks are closed in Assam and Himachal Pradesh.
April 16 (Tuesday) – Shri Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain): Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.
20 April (3rd Saturday) – Garia Puja: Banks are closed in Tripura.