Saturday bank holiday: Are banks open or closed today on August 1, 2026? Check if HDFC Bank, SBI, PNB and others are open

If you're planning to visit your bank branch this Saturday (August 1, 2026), it is worth checking whether banks are open or closed before heading out. In India, not all Saturdays are working days. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks remain closed on certain Saturdays.

Are banks open or closed today on August 1, 2026?

Banks are open today (Saturday, August 1, 2026) as it is the first Saturday of the month. All scheduled and non-scheduled banks observe public holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
Banks remain open on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month, unless specified as a holiday in the RBI holiday calendar.

Festivals in August 2026

Banks in August will be closed for festivals such as Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot’s Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, Milad-Un-Nabi/First Onam/Milad-i-Sherif (birthday of Prophet Muhammed), Id-E-Milad/Baravafat/Milad-un-Nabi (birthday of Prophet Mohammad)/Thiruvonam depending on the state.

It is important to note that the closure of banks varies across states.

August bank holidays

Aug-26	4	8	13	15	19	25	26	28
Agartala	•			•	•
Ahmedabad				•				•
Aizawl				•
Belapur				•			•
Bengaluru				•			•
Bhopal				•			•	•
Bhubaneswar				•
Chandigarh				•
Chennai				•			•
Dehradun				•			•	•
Gangtok		•		•				•
Guwahati				•
Hyderabad				•			•
Imphal			•	•			•
Itanagar				•
Jaipur				•				•
Jammu				•			•	•
Kanpur				•			•	•
Kochi				•		•	•	•
Kohima				•
Kolkata				•
Lucknow				•			•	•
Mumbai				•			•
Nagpur				•			•
New Delhi				•			•
Panaji				•
Patna				•			•
Raipur				•			•
Ranchi				•			•
Shillong				•
Shimla				•				•
Srinagar				•			•	•
Thiruvananthapuram				•		•	•	•
Vijayawada				•		•

August holiday description

Holiday Description	Day
Ker Puja	4
Tendong Lho Rum Faat	8
Patriot’s Day	13
Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)	15
Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur	19
Milad-Un-Nabi/First Onam/Milad-i-Sherif (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed)	25
Id-E-Milad/Baravafat/Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)/Thiruvonam	26
Raksha Bandhan/Pang-Lhabsol/Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Ayyankali Jayanthi	28