Are banks opened or closed on March 8? Check details
Saturday bank holiday: Banks will remain closed on specified holidays, along with second and fourth Saturdays. Customers can still use digital banking services.
Saturday bank holiday: Banks are usually open on the first, third, and fifth Saturdays (if any) of a month, while they are closed on all second and fourth Saturdays as well as on all Sundays, according to the mandate of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The banks across India will remain closed on March 8 as it is the second Saturday in March after March 1.
List of bank holidays in February 2025
| March 2025 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 31 |
| Agartala | • | • | ||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | ||||||
| Aizawl | • | • | ||||||
| Belapur | • | • | ||||||
| Bengaluru | • | |||||||
| Bhopal | • | • | ||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | ||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | ||||||
| Chennai | • | |||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | |||||
| Gangtok | • | • | ||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | ||||||
| Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh | • | • | ||||||
| Hyderabad - Telangana | • | • | ||||||
| Imphal | • | • | ||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | ||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | ||||||
| Jammu | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | |||||
| Kochi | • | |||||||
| Kohima | • | |||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | ||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | |||||
| Mumbai | • | • | ||||||
| Nagpur | • | • | ||||||
| New Delhi | • | • | ||||||
| Panaji | • | • | ||||||
| Patna | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Raipur | • | • | ||||||
| Ranchi | • | • | • | |||||
| Shillong | • | • | ||||||
| Shimla | • | |||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • |
| Holiday Description | Day |
|---|---|
| Chapchar Kut | 7 |
| Holika Dahan/Attukal Pongala | 13 |
| Holi (Second Day) - Dhuleti/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra | 14 |
| Holi/Yaosang 2nd Day | 15 |
| Bihar Diwas | 22 |
| Shab-I-Qadr | 27 |
| Jumat-ul-Vida | 28 |
| Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan |
Source: Reserve Bank of India
It is however, best advised to contact your nearest bank branch in case there are any further confusions regarding bank holidays.
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What banking services will be available on bank holidays?
While bank branches will be closed for all the aforementioned dates, customers can still access digital or net banking services throughout the year, unless the bank notifies otherwise (usually for maintenance work).
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All bank websites, banking apps, UPI, and ATM services will be active throughout the year otherwise. You can even start a fixed deposit or a recurring deposit on such days digitally.
