With the new month of August beginning today, individuals in all over India will be eagerly interested to learn about Bank Holidays in August this year. Below is a glimpse at the August 2025 bank holidays, as per the calendar released by the Reserve Bank of India.
According to RBI bank holiday schedule, banks will be shut for as much as 15 days in August in various regions of India. But this doesn’t signify that all banks at all locations will remain shut for 15 days because bank holidays vary from place to place.
Major Festivals and National Holidays in August
The August bank holidays consist of holidays on account of Ganesh Chaturthi, Rakshabandhan, Independence Day, Janmashtami and weekend listed holidays.
Banks remain shut on every Sunday and the second and fourth Saturdays in India. Banks in India, such as State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank, will also remain shut on August 15 on account of Independence Day celebrations.
Will Banks Remain Open on August 2?
Adding to the interest of the public, curiosity has surrounded whether banks would be open on August 2, the first Saturday of the month. In contrast with the second and fourth Saturdays which are off days for banks, the first Saturday is normally a working day. Banks will thus be open on August 2 in the majority of the country.
Note should be taken, however, that some local holidays could also impact banking activities in particular states or districts. Buyers are advised to refer to the holiday list issued by their respective banks or inquire from the local branches to prevent inconvenience.
List of August Bank Holidays
- August 3 (Sunday) — Banks across India closed for Sunday weekend holiday.
- August 8 (Friday) — Banks in Gangtok (Sikkim) to be closed for Tendong Lho Rum Faat.
- August 9 (Saturday) — Banks in Ahmedabad (Gujatrat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Kanpur and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), and Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) to be closed on account of Raksha Bandhan and Jhulana Purnima; and across India for second Saturday holiday.
- August 10 (Sunday) — Banks across India closed for Sunday weekend holiday.
- August 13 (Wednesday) — Banks in Imphal (Manipur) closed for Patriot’s Day.
- August 15 (Friday) — Banks across India closed for Independence Day and Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) and Janmashtami celebrations.
- August 16 (Saturday) — Banks in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Aizawl (Mizoram), Bhopal and Ranchi (Madhya Pradesh), Chandigarh (UT), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Gangtok (Sikkim), Hyderabad (Telangana), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Kanpur and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Shillong (Meghalaya), Jammu and Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) will be shut on account of Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) and Krishna Jayanthi.
- August 17 (Sunday) — Banks across India closed for Sunday weekend holiday.
- August 19 (Tuesday) — Banks in Agartala (Tripura) to be closed for Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur.
- August 23 (Saturday) — Banks across India closed for fourth Saturday weekend off.
- August 24 (Sunday) — Banks across India closed for Sunday weekend holiday.
- August 25 (Monday) — Banks in Guwahati (Assam) will be closed on account of Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva.
- August 27 (Wednesday) — Banks in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (Telangana), Panaji (Goa), and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) will be closed for Ganesh Chaturthi and Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha) and Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata and Ganesh Puja and Vinayakar Chathurthi.
- August 28 (Thursday) — Banks in Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) and Panaji (Goa) to be closed for second day of Ganesh Chaturthi and Nuakhai.
- August 31 (Sunday) — Banks across India closed for Sunday weekend holiday.
