August is packed with festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, Onam, and Varavafat. Because of these celebrations, banks will remain closed on several days across different states.
Apart from the regular Saturday and Sunday holidays, banks will observe festival holidays in many cities. Here’s the complete holiday list.
Are Banks Closed Today? (August 1)
No. Today, August 1, is the first Saturday of the month, so banks across India, including SBI, HDFC Bank, PNB, and others, are open as usual.
According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), only the second and fourth Saturdays are bank holidays.
Festival-Wise Bank Holidays in August
August 4 (Ker Puja)
Banks will remain closed only in Agartala.
August 8 (Local Festival)
Banks will remain closed only in Gangtok.
August 13 (Patriot Day)
Banks will remain closed only in Imphal.
August 15 (Independence Day & Parsi New Year)
Banks will remain closed across India.
August 19 (Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Jayanti)
Banks will remain closed only in Agartala.
August 25 (Onam, Milad-un-Nabi & Milad-e-Sharif)
Banks will remain closed in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.
August 26 (Varavafat)
Banks will remain closed in Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Delhi, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
August 28 (Raksha Bandhan and Other Festivals)
Banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Gangtok, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Shimla, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
Weekly Bank Holidays
Apart from festival holidays, banks will also remain closed on the following days:
Sundays: August 2, 9, 16, and 23
Second & Fourth Saturdays: August 8 and 22
If you have important banking work, it is a good idea to check your city’s holiday schedule before visiting your branch.