Bank Holiday on Friday 8 August 2025: Banks are going to be closed tomorrow on Friday 8 August. All private and public sector banks will remain closed only in this state. Otherwise, bank branches will remain open in all states. Know why RBI has given holiday on Friday 8 August
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Bank Holiday on Friday 8 August 2025: Banks are going to be closed tomorrow on Friday 8 August. All private and public sector banks will remain closed only in this state. Rest, bank branches will remain open in all states. Know why RBI has given holiday on Friday 8 August.
Will banks remain closed on Friday 8 August?
Banks are going to be closed on Friday 8 August. Banks will remain closed only in Sikkim tomorrow. Banks will remain open in all other states. Banks will remain closed in Sikki on Friday due to Tendong Lho Rum Phat. Tendong Lho Rum Phat is a traditional festival of Sikkim, which is celebrated by the Limbu community with great reverence and gaiety. This festival is celebrated to express gratitude to nature and the environment. ‘Tendong’ is the name of a hill, which is considered sacred, and it is believed that this hill once saved the lives of people during a severe flood. ‘Lho Rum Phat’ means ‘thanks to the earth’. In this festival people worship the mountain with traditional songs, dances and rituals.
Bank Holiday List for August 2025
August 8 (Friday) – Tendong Lho Rum Phat
Banks Closed: Gangtok
August 9 (Saturday) – Rakshabandhan / Jhulan Purnima
Banks Closed: Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhubaneshwar
August 13 (Wednesday) – Patriots Day
Banks Closed: Imphal
August 15 (Friday) – Independence Day / Parsi New Year / Janmashtami
National Holiday – All banks closed across the country
16 August (Saturday) – Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanti
Banks closed: Aizawl, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar
19 August (Tuesday) – Maharaja Bir Bikram Jayanti
Banks closed: Agartala
25 August (Monday) – Srimanta Sankardev Disappearance
Banks closed: Guwahati
27 August (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari
Banks closed: Mumbai, Belapur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Panaji
28 August (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day) / Nuakhai
Banks closed: Bhubaneswar, Panaji
Weekly Holiday (Sunday and Saturday)
3 August (Sunday)
9 August (2nd Saturday)
10 August (Sunday)
17 August (Sunday)
23 August (4th Saturday)
24 August (Sunday)
31 August (Sunday)
