New Delhi:
Bank Holidays for Holi 2025: As soon as the festival of Holi comes, a wave of enthusiasm runs across the country and at the same time many questions start coming in the mind about the bank holidays. The question must have come in your mind that banks will open or remain closed during Holi days. At the same time, many people are wondering on which day on 13 or 14 March, the bank is going to remain holiday. This news is very important for those who want to do banking transactions during Holi days.
Here we will explain in detail when, how many days of bank holidays are there in which state and how these holidays can affect your transaction. Whether the banks of your city are open or closed, here you will get every important information, so that you can manage your work of banking without any hassle during Holi.
Will banks be closed or open on Holi day?
According to the bank holiday calendar released by RBI, banks will remain closed on the occasion of Holi in many states in March 2025. In some states, banks will be closed on 13 and 14 March on Holika Dahan and Holi, while some places are expected to leave on the third day i.e. 15 March.
Bank closed on March 13 and 14?
On the occasion of Holi in 2025, RBI has released a holiday calendar about bank holidays. According to RBI, in March 2025, banks will be closed in various states for 14 days in total (Bank Holiday in March 2025).
According to RBI’s bank holiday list, banks will be closed in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand on March 13 on the day of Holika Dahan. At the same time, on March 14, on the day of Holi, banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Orissa, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Assam, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu, Bengal, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar.
However, banks will remain open in most states on March 15 (Saturday) as this is the third Saturday of the month, which is working day. But banks may remain closed on 15 March in some states, such as Tripura, Orissa and Manipur.
Is the bank open or closed in your city?
If you are thinking of doing any work related to banking during Holi days, then check the bank holiday schedule of your city. You check the list of your nearest bank or state holidays so that you can make planning related to your bank properly during Holi.
4 -day continuous holiday on Holi (13 to 16 March 2025)
If you are planning to go to the bank on Holi, then the banks can be discharged for 4 consecutive days this week. In this way, banks may have a long consecutive day leave from 13 to 16 March.
- March 13 (Thursday) – Banks will be closed in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand due to Holika Dahan.
- March 14 (Friday) – On the day of Holi, there will be bank holiday in many states, such as Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar etc.
- March 15 (Saturday) – On the second day of Holi/Yaosang, banks in Tripura, Odisha and Manipur will remain closed, the rest can remain open.
- March 16 (Sunday) – Weekend holiday will be held in all banks of the country.
Complete information has been given in the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in March 2025, on which day and where the banks will remain closed. But it is not necessary that the banks in all the states remain closed for several days continuously or the holiday is every day. You should enjoy Holi 2025 by knowing the bank holidays of the city and state according to your convenience and do the work related to your banking transactions in advance.
