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

In March 2024, banks across states will be closed for 14 days, according to the Reserve Bank of India holiday list. The holidays are set by the respective state governments and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These include all Sundays, the second and fourth Saturdays, public holidays, and a few regional holidays. Bank customers should take note of the dates of upcoming bank holidays in the month of March so that they may organise their visits to their bank branches accordingly

However, there are various banking services that one can do online via Net banking, mobile banking and more even though banks are closed.

Also read: Two long holiday weekends in March 2024: Check when banks will be closed


March 2024 bank holidays
Banks are closed on the occasion of Chapchar Kut, /Sivarathri, Bihar Divas, Holi (Second Day) - Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi, Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi, Holi, Good Friday in March 2024.

The RBI has categorised these holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays, and Banks' Closing of Accounts

State wise bank holiday list
March 1 (Friday): Chapchar Kut (Mizoram)- Banks are closed in Mizoram.
March 8(Friday): Mahashivratri (Maha vad-13)/Sivarathri- Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttara Khand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu- Srinagar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.
March 22 (Friday): Bihar Divas- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 25 - (Monday): Holi (Second Day) - Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi- Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttara Khand, Andhra Pradesh, Bengal, Telangana, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh.
March 26 (Tuesday): Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi- Banks are closed in Orissa, Manipur and Bihar.
March 27 (Wednesday): Holi- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 29 (Friday)- Banks are closed in all states except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Srinagar.

Mar-24	1	8	22	25	26	27	29
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
Chapchar Kut	1
Mahashivratri (Maha vad-13)/Sivarathri	8
Bihar Divas	22
Holi (Second Day) - Dhuleti/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi	25
Yaosang 2nd Day/Holi	26
Holi	27
Good Friday	29