Bank Holiday In May 2025: According to the bank holiday list of the Reserve Bank of India, there are a total of 12 holidays in banks in the month of May and these include weekly holidays as well.
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Bank Holiday: The month of May (May 2025) has started and if you have any important work related to the bank this month, then leave the house only after looking at the bank holiday list of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), lest you reach the branch and find it locked. According to the list of the central bank, there will be a total of 12 bank holidays in the month of May, that is, there will be no work. These include second and fourth Saturdays as well as Sunday holidays. Let us know when and why the banks will remain closed?
These major holidays in the month of May
Take a look at the list of holidays declared in the banks of the country this month, May has started with a holiday. Yes, today on 1 May 2025, there is a bank holiday on the occasion of Labor Day and Maharashtra Day, while there will be holidays in the banks on the occasions of Buddha Purnima and Maharana Pratap Jayanti. Out of the total 12 Bank Holidays, six days are declared as Sunday weekly and second and fourth Saturday holidays.
Banks closed on these dates
| date | Reason | City/State |
| 1 May | Labor-Day/Maharashtra Day | Mumbai, Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 4th May | Sunday Weekly Holiday | everywhere |
| 9th May | rabindranath tagore birth anniversary | banks closed in kolkata |
| 10th May | Second Saturday | everywhere |
| 11 May | Sunday Weekly Holiday | everywhere |
| 12th May | buddha purnima | Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar |
| 16th May | Statehood Day | Gangtok |
| 18th May | Sunday Weekly Holiday | everywhere |
| 24th May | Fourth Saturday | everywhere |
| 25th May | Sunday Weekly Holiday | everywhere |
| 26th May | Kazi Nazrul Islam Birth Anniversary | Agartala |
| 29th May | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Shimla |
Check the bank holiday list online
If you leave home for the bank, then go only after checking the bank holiday list of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The central bank uploads the complete list of bank holidays falling every month and their reasons, along with the cities in which these holidays are going to be observed, on its website. You can see it by clicking on the link (https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/HolidayMatrixDisplay.aspx).
This is how to complete your work when the bank is closed
Customers face problems due to continuous holidays in banks, but you can use ATM on bank holidays for cash withdrawal. You can use UPI, Net Banking or Mobile Banking to transfer money from one account to another. It is worth noting that the facility of Net Banking is available 24X7.
