Independence Day bank holiday: Are banks open or closed for Independence Day on August 15, 2025?

Bank customers in India should plan beforehand as there are many public holidays lined up this week that may affect their banking transactions. With many holidays planned from August 15, 2025 to August 17, 2025, several bank holidays are scheduled across different states, in addition to the standard weekend off on Sunday.

Indian commercial banks are looking forward to a long weekend this week with Independence Day on Friday, followed by Janmashtami on Saturday, and then Sunday.

Bank holiday on August 15, 2025

Banks are closed across India on August 15, 2025 to celebrate Independence Day.


August bank holidays list: Check state wise bank holidays in August 2025

Bank holiday on August 16, 2025

Banks are closed on Aug 16, 2025 in Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Srinagar and Andhra Pradesh to celebrate Janmashtami/ Krishna Jayanthi.

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Long weekend in August 2025

Banks are closed for the long weekend in Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana , Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Srinagar and Andhra Pradesh to celebrate Janmashtami/ Krishna Jayanthi.

Are banks open on August 16, 2025?

Despite August 15, 2025 to August 17, 2025 being a long weekend in most states, August 16, 2025 is a working Saturday so banks will be open in Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh.

State wise bank holiday list for August 2025

Aug-25	8	9	13	15	16	19	25	27	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				•	•			•

Holiday Description	Day
Tendong Lho Rum Faat	8
Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima	9
Patriot’s Day	13
Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)/Janmashtami	15
Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi	16
Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur	19
Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva	25
Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Ganesh Puja/Vinayakar Chathurthi	27
Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day)/Nuakhai	28

Source- RBI website