Bank holiday in December 2023: Banks to be closed for up to 5 days for Christmas in these states

Christmas falls on Monday this year and banks across the country will be closed. And because December 25 is a Monday and this is the fourth Saturday of the month, it is a long holiday as well. In fact, in some states, banks will be closed for five consecutive days.

Christmas state-wise bank holiday list

• December 25 (Monday)- (Christmas)- Banks are closed in all states.
• December 26 (Tuesday)- Christmas Celebration- Banks are closed in Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
• December 27 ( Wednesday)- Christmas- Banks are closed in Arunachal Pradesh.

Bank holidays in December 2023

Under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881, all bank holidays have been divided into four separate categories: Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday, Holidays Under Negotiable Instruments Act, and Banks' Closing of Accounts Holiday.


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Banks will be closed on the occasion of State Inauguration Day/Indigenous Faith day, Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Pa-Togan Nengminja Sangma, Losoong/Namsoong, Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham, Goa Liberation Day, Christmas, U Kiang Nangbah.

Dec-23	1	4	5	12	13	14	18	19
Agartala
Ahmedabad
Aizawl
Belapur
Bengaluru
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Chandigarh
Chennai		•	•
Dehradun
Gangtok					•	•
Guwahati
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad - Telangana
Imphal
Itanagar	•
Jaipur
Jammu
Kanpur
Kochi
Kohima	•
Kolkata
Lucknow
Mumbai
Nagpur
New Delhi
Panaji		•						•
Patna
Raipur
Ranchi
Shillong				•			•
Shimla
Srinagar
Thiruvananthapuram

Dec-23	25	26	27	30
Agartala	•
Ahmedabad	•
Aizawl	•	•
Belapur	•
Bengaluru	•
Bhopal	•
Bhubaneswar	•
Chandigarh	•
Chennai	•
Dehradun	•
Gangtok	•
Guwahati	•
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh	•
Hyderabad - Telangana	•
Imphal	•
Itanagar	•
Jaipur	•
Jammu	•
Kanpur	•
Kochi	•
Kohima	•	•	•
Kolkata	•
Lucknow	•
Mumbai	•
Nagpur	•
New Delhi	•
Panaji	•
Patna	•
Raipur	•
Ranchi	•
Shillong	•	•		•
Shimla	•
Srinagar	•
Thiruvananthapuram	•

Holiday Description	Day
State Inauguration Day/Indigenous Faith day	1
Feast of St. Francis Xavier/Cyclone Michaung	4
Cyclone Michaung	5
Pa-Togan Nengminja Sangma	12
Losoong/Namsoong	13
Losoong/Namsoong	14
Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	18
Goa Liberation Day	19
Christmas	25
Christmas Celebration	26
Christmas	27
U Kiang Nangbah	30

Source: RBI website