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

Indian bank customers, take note. Several holidays are coming up this week. These holidays may impact banking services. Independence Day falls on Friday. Check the holiday list to plan your transactions.

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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

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