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Bank Holiday Today: Janmashtami on August 16 leads to bank closures in cities like Aizawl, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Online banking remains functional.
Bank Holiday Today: Banks To Remain Closed In Certain Parts Of the Country On Account Of Janmashtami.
Bank Holiday Today: As a Hindu festival, Janmashtami falls today, August 16, and also on the 3rd Saturday; there has been confusion among people regarding the banking holiday. The RBI has designated certain days as public holidays on the occasion of religious or constitutional events. Even though banks remain closed during a public holiday, online services remain functional as usual, allowing customers to send or receive money, avail net banking and many more. During the public holiday in banks, only offline services will be hampered.
Are Banks Closed Today, August 16 On Janmashtami?
RBI has designated Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanthi as a public holiday as per RBI’s holiday list. However, it’s not a country-wide holiday with the closure of banks only in certain parts across the country. As per RBI’s list, banks in Aizawl, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar will be closed.
Banks not mentioned in the above list will remain functional as usual.
RBI has designated only 2nd and 4th Saturdays as bank holidays.
Janmashtami, also known as Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It typically falls in August or September, on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the month of Bhadrapada, according to the Hindu lunar calendar.
Bank Holiday In August 2025
August 08 (Friday) – Tendong Lho Rum Faat
🔹 Holiday in Gangtok
August 09 (Saturday) – Raksha Bandhan / Jhulana Purnima
🔹 Holiday in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhubaneswar
August 13 (Wednesday) – Patriot’s Day
🔹 Holiday in Imphal
August 15 (Friday) – Independence Day / Parsi New Year / Janmashtami
🔹 Nationwide Holiday – All banks across India will remain closed
August 16 (Saturday) – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanthi
🔹 Holiday in Aizawl, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar
August 19 (Tuesday) – Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur
🔹 Holiday in Agartala
August 25 (Monday) – Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva
🔹 Holiday in Guwahati
August 27 (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari / Ganesh Puja
🔹 Holiday in Mumbai, Belapur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Panaji
August 28 (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) / Nuakhai
🔹 Holiday in Bhubaneswar, Panaji
National Holidays (All Banks Closed Across India) In August
August 03 (Sunday)
August 09 (2nd Saturday)
August 10 (Sunday)
August 17 (Sunday)
August 24 (Sunday)
August 30 (4th Saturday)
August 31 (Sunday).
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