Bank holidays in April 2024: Banks closed for 14 days across states; check state-wise list of bank holidays in April

Banks will be closed for 14 days in the month of April in different states including Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)holiday list.

Bank customers should make sure to check the bank holiday list in the state their are residing in before visiting the bank.

Also read: Credit card rules to NPS: 6 important money-related changes that will come into effect in April 2024

April 2024 bank holidays

These are the holidays for which banks will closed for in April 2024:

Banks to close their yearly accounts, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida, Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra, Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr), Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival, Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day, Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain), Garia Puja.

Ugadi, Gudi Padwa bank holiday: Banks will be closed on April 9, Tuesday in these states; banks in some states working for 3 days

Bank holidays in April- State wise list

• April 1, 2024: To enable banks to close their yearly accounts, banks will remain closed in most of the states except Mizoram, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya.
• April 5 (Friday)- Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida: Banks are closed in Hyderabad – Telangana, Jammu and Srinagar.
• April 9 (Tuesday)- Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra: Banks are closed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, , Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Manipur, Goa, Jammu and Srinagar.
• April 10 (Wednesday)- Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr): Banks are closed in Kerala.
• April 11 (Thursday)- Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (1st Shawaal): Banks are closed in most of the states except Chandigarh, Sikkim, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.
• April 13 (second Saturday)- Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival: Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Srinagar.
• April 15 (Monday)- Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day: Banks are closed in Assam and Himachal Pradesh.
• April 16 (Tuesday)- Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain: Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, HImachal Pradesh.
• April 20 ( third Saturday)- Garia Puja: Banks are closed in Tripura.

Apr-24	1	5	9	10	11	13	15	17	20
Agartala	•				•	•			•
Ahmedabad	•				•			•
Aizawl					•
Belapur	•		•		•			•
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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
To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts	1
Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday/Jumat-ul-Vida	5
Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra	9
Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr)	10
Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (1st Shawaal)	11
Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi/Biju Festival	13
Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day	15
Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain)	17
Garia Puja	20

Apart from National festivals, bank holidays vary according to the state and their festivals. The Reserve Bank of India has categorised bank holidays into three categories: Negotiable Instruments Act Holidays, Real Time Gross Settlement Holidays, and Bank Account Closing Holidays.