Is today is a bank holiday for Holi?

Banks are closed on March 7, 8 in some states on the occasion of the festival of Holi, as per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) bank holiday list. Also, some states will have two consecutive days off. Bank consumers who plan to visit banks should check which day the banks will be closed for Holi in the state where they are residing. Note that holidays can vary depending on the states and their official holidays.

According to the RBI regulations, banks are open on the first and third Saturdays of each month but are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays.

States where it is a bank holiday on March 7: Maharashtra, Assam, Rajasthan, Srinagar, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Srinagar, Telangana, and Jharkhand.


States where it is a bank holiday on March 8: Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh.

States where it is a bank holiday for two consecutive days
According to the RBI holiday calendar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand will all get consecutive bank holidays on March 7, 8, to celebrate the Holi celebration. Banks in Bihar will be closed for two days in a row on March 8 and 9.

Other holidays in March
March 22: Banks will be closed on account of Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Bihar Divas/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Telugu New Year's Day/1st Navratra in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu, Goa, Bihar, and Srinagar.

On March 30, banks will be closed on the occasion of the Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dashain) festivals in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Shimla.

March Bank Holidays

Mar-23	3	7	8	9	22	30
Agartala			•
Ahmedabad			•			•
Aizawl	•		•
Belapur		•			•	•
Bengaluru					•
Bhopal			•			•
Bhubaneswar			•			•
Chandigarh			•			•
Chennai					•
Dehradun		•	•			•
Gangtok			•			•
Guwahati		•
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad - Telangana		•			•	•
Imphal			•		•
Jaipur		•				•
Jammu		•			•
Kanpur		•	•			•
Kochi
Kolkata		•
Lucknow		•	•			•
Mumbai		•			•	•
Nagpur		•			•	•
New Delhi			•
Panaji		•			•
Patna			•	•	•	•
Raipur			•
Ranchi		•	•			•
Shillong			•
Shimla			•			•
Srinagar		•			•
Thiruvananthapuram		•

Mar-23	3	7	8	9	22	30
Agartala			•
Ahmedabad			•			•
Aizawl	•		•
Belapur		•			•	•
Bengaluru					•
Bhopal			•			•
Bhubaneswar			•			•
Chandigarh			•			•
Chennai					•
Dehradun		•	•			•
Gangtok			•			•
Guwahati		•
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad - Telangana		•			•	•
Imphal			•		•
Jaipur		•				•
Jammu		•			•
Kanpur		•	•			•
Kochi
Kolkata		•
Lucknow		•	•			•
Mumbai		•			•	•
Nagpur		•			•	•
New Delhi			•
Panaji		•			•
Patna			•	•	•	•
Raipur			•
Ranchi		•	•			•
Shillong			•
Shimla			•			•
Srinagar		•			•
Thiruvananthapuram		•

Holiday Description	Day
Chapchar Kut	3
Holi/Holi (Second Day)/Holika Dahan/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra/Attukal Pongala	7
Holi/Holi 2nd Day - Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day	8
Holi	9
Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Bihar Divas/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Telugu New Year's Day/1st Navratra	22
Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dashain)	30