Bank Holiday: Are you planning to settle any bank related work on Saturday 8 March 2025? So let us tell you whether the banks will be open this Saturday or not? This is the second Saturday of the month. According to RBI, banks are open on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of every month. Otherwise, banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.
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Bank Holiday: Are you planning to settle any bank related work on Saturday 8 March 2025? So let us tell you whether the banks will be open this Saturday or not? This is the second Saturday of the month. According to RBI, banks are open on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of every month. Rest, banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.
Banks are closed on second and fourth Saturdays
Customers should keep in mind that banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays as a public holiday. Apart from this, banks are also closed on Sundays and other national and local holidays. On the days when banks are closed, customers can do financial and non-financial transactions using services like internet banking, SMS banking and WhatsApp banking. To avoid any kind of hassle, first check that you are registered with the bank for all these services.
RBI Holidays List
March 8 (Second Saturday) – Weekly Holiday
March 9 (Sunday) – Weekly Holiday
March 13 (Thursday): Holika Dahan and Attukal Pongala – Banks will remain closed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Kerala.
March 14 (Friday): Holi (Dhuleti/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra) – Public holiday in most states except Tripura, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Kerala and Nagaland.
March 15 (Saturday): Holi in select states – Banks closed in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Imphal and Patna
March 16 (Sunday) – Weekly holiday
March 22 (fourth Saturday): Weekly holiday and Bihar Day
March 23 (Sunday) – Weekly holiday
March 27 (Thursday): Shab-e-Qadr – Banks closed in Jammu
March 28 (Friday): Jumat-ul-Vida – Banks closed in Jammu and Kashmir
March 30 (Sunday) – Weekly holiday
March 31 (Monday): Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) (Shawwal-1)/Khutub-e-Ramzan – Holiday in most states except Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh.
