Bank Holiday on Janmashtami: Today, Saturday 16 August 2025, the festival of Janmashtami is being celebrated across the country. This is also the third Saturday of the month. Usually banks are open on the third Saturday, but due to the festival, bank branches will remain closed in many states
Bank Holiday on Janmashtami: Today, Saturday 16 August 2025, the festival of Janmashtami is being celebrated across the country. It is also the third Saturday of the month. Usually banks are open on the third Saturday, but due to the festival, bank branches will remain closed in many states.
Banks will remain closed in these states
According to the list of holidays of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), today bank branches will remain closed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Jammu, Srinagar and Chandigarh.
Normal banking services will be available here
At the same time, banks will remain fully open today in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Goa and Himachal Pradesh. People of these states can do all their banking work normally.
Digital services will remain operational
Even if your bank is closed today, digital services like ATM, internet banking and mobile banking will remain available as before. With these, you can easily do things like cash withdrawal, money transfer and bill payment.
List of holidays for August 2025
16 August (Saturday) – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanti – Holiday will remain closed in many cities like Chennai, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Jammu etc.
Janmashtami is the festival of birth of Lord Krishna, which is celebrated on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month.
19 August (Tuesday) – Birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur – Holiday in Agartala only
25 August (Monday) – Srimanta Sankardeva Tirubhav Tithi – Holiday in Guwahati only
27 August (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari / Ganesh Puja – Holiday in cities like Mumbai, Nagpur, Chennai, Hyderabad etc.
28 August (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (second day) / Nuakhai – Holiday in Bhubaneswar and Panaji
Stock Market Holiday
BSE and NSE will also remain closed on 15 August 2025 on the occasion of Independence Day.
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