Bank Holidays 2023: Banks will remain shut on these days next year. Full list

The banks will be shut on Sundays as well as the second and fourth Saturdays of every month.

Published on: Jan 1, 2023, 24:14:41 IST

By HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash

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If you are planning to visit your bank in the upcoming new year, you should definitely read this. The Reserve Bank of India has released a list of bank holidays for 2023.

The central bank defines holidays into three categories i.e, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.

The banks will be shut on Sundays as well as the second and fourth Saturdays of every month.

Here's a complete month-wise list of bank holidays in 2023.

JANUARY

An unmanned customer service counter of a closed Maharashtra bank is pictured during a nationwide bank strike, in Mumbai. AFP Photo/Punit Paranjpe

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
JANUARY 2	NEW YEAR CELEBRATION	AIZAWL
JANUARY 3	IMOINU IRATPA	IMPHAL
JANUARY 4	GAAN-NGAI	IMPHAL
JANUARY 12	SWAMI VIVEKANAND'S BIRTHDAY	KOLKATA
JANUARY 16	THIRUVALLUVAR DAY	CHENNAI
JANUARY 17	UZHAVAR THIRUNAL	CHENNAI
JANUARY 23	NETAJI'S BIRTHDAY	KOLKATA
JANUARY 26	REPUBLIC DAY	NATIONWIDE

FEBRUARY

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
FEBRUARY 15	LUI-NGAI-NI	IMPHAL
FEBRUARY 18	MAHASHIVRATRI	SOME CITIES
FEBRUARY 20	STATE DAY	AIZAWL
FEBRUARY 21	LOSAR	GANGTOK

Some cities include Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Kochi and Mumbai.

MARCH

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
MARCH 3	CHAPCHAR KUT	AIZAWL
MARCH 7	HOLI	SOME CITIES
MARCH 8	HOLI 2ND DAY	SOME CITIES
MARCH 9	HOLI	PATNA
MARCH 22	GUDI PADWA	SOME CITIES
MARCH 30	RAM NAVAMI	SOME CITIES

March 7: Bank holidays in some cities including Belapur, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow and Nagpur.

March 8: Bank holidays in some cities including Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Gangtok.

March 22: Bank holidays in some cities including Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji and Patna.

March 30: Bank holidays in some cities including Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Patna, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur.

APRIL

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
APRIL 1	BANKS TO CLOSE EARLY ACCOUNTS	ALL
APRIL 3	MAHAVEERA JAYANTHI	BENGALURU
APRIL 4	MAHAVIR JAYANTI	SOME CITIES
APRIL 5	BABU JAGJIVAN RAM'S BIRTHDAY	HYDERABAD
APRIL 7	GOOD FRIDAY	ALL
APRIL 14	AMBEDKAR JAYANTI	ALL
APRIL 15	VISHU/BOHAG BIHU/NABABARSHA/HIMACHAL DAY	GUWAHATI, KOCHI, KOLKATA, SHIMLA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
APRIL 21	EID-UL-FITR	AGARTALA, KOCHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
APRIL 22	RAMZAN EID	ALL

April 4: Bank holiday on Mahavir Jayanti in some cities including Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur.

MAY

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
MAY 1	MAHARASHTRA DAY/MAY DAY	SOME CITIES
MAY 5	BUDDHA PURNIMA	SOME CITIES
MAY 9	RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S BIRTHDAY	KOLKATA
MAY 16	STATE DAY	GANGTOK
MAY 22	MAHARANA PRATAP JAYANTI	SHIMLA

May 1: Bank holiday in some cities including Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur and Patna.

May 5: Bank holiday in some cities including Agartala, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Nagpur.

JUNE

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
JUNE 15	YMA DAY/RAJA SANKRANTI	AIZAWL, BHUBANESWAR
JUNE 20	KANG/RATH YATRA	BHUBANESWAR, IMPHAL
JUNE 26	KHARCHI PUJA	AGARTALA
JUNE 28 & 29	BAKRI EID	SOME CITIES
JUNE 30	REMNA NI	AIZAWL, BHUBANESWAR

June 28: Bank holiday in Belapur, Kochi, Mumbai and Nagpur

June 29: Bank holiday in some cities including Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata and Lucknow.

JULY

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
JULY 6	MHIP DAY	AIZAWL
JULY 11	KER PUJA	AGARTALA
JULY 13	BHANU JAYANTI	GANGTOK
JULY 17	U TIROT SING DAY	SHILLONG
JULY 21	DRUKPA TSHE-ZI	GANGTOK
JULY 29	MUHARRAM	AL,MOST ALL REGIONS

AUGUST

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
AUGUST 8	TENDONG LHO RUM FAAT	GANGTOK
AUGUST 15	INDEPENDENCE DAY	ALL
AUGUST 16	PARSI NEW YEAR	BELAPUR, MUMBAI, NAGPUR
AUGUST 18	TITHI OF SRIMANTA SANKARDEVA	GUWAHATI
AUGUST 28	FIRST ONAM	KOCHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
AUGUST 29	THIRUVONAM	KOCHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
AUGUST 30	RAKSHA BANDHAN	IMPHAL, SHIMLA
AUGUST 31	RAKSHA BANDHAN	DEHRADUN, GANGTOK, KANPUR, KOCHI, LUCKNOW, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

SEPTEMBER

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
SEPTEMBER 6	SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI	BHUBANESWAR, CHENNAI, HYDERABAD (AP), PATNA
SEPTEMBER 7	JANMASHTAMI	SOME CITIES
SEPTEMBER 18	VARASIDDHI VINAYAKA VRATA	BENGALURU, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA)
SEPTEMBER 19	GANESH CHATURTHI	AHMEDABAD, BELAPUR, BHUBANESWAR, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA
SEPTEMBER 20	GANESH CHATURTHI (2ND DAY)	BHUBANESWAR, PANAJI
SEPTEMBER 22	SREE NARAYANA GURU SAMADHI DAY	KOCHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
SEPTEMBER 25	JANMOTSAV OF SRIMANTA SANKARDEVA	GUWAHATI
SEPTEMBER 27	MILAD-E-SHERIF	KOCHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
SEPTEMBER 28	EID-E-MILAD	SOME CITIES
SEPTEMBER 29	INDRAJATRA	GANGTOK

September 7: Bank holiday in some cities including Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla.

September 28: Bank holiday in some cities including Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Chennai, Dehradun, Jammu, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur.

OCTOBER

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
OCTOBER 2	GANDHI JAYANTI	ALL
OCTOBER 14	MAHALAYA	KOLKATA
OCTOBER 18	KATI BIHU	GUWAHATI
OCTOBER 21	DURGA PUJA - MAHA SAPTAMI	GUWAHATI, IMPHAL, KOLKATA
OCTOBER 23	DUSSEHRA- MAHANAVAMI	AGARTALA, BENGALURU, BHUBANESWAR, CHENNAI AND SOME CITIES
OCTOBER 24	VIJAYA DASHAMI	ALMOST ALL CITIES
OCTOBER 25-27	DASAIN	GANGTOK
OCTOBER 28	LAKSHMI PUJA	KOLKATA
OCTOBER 31	SARDAR PATEL BIRTHDAY	AHMEDABAD

NOVEMBER

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
NOVEMBER 1	KANNADA RAJYOTSAVA/KARVA CHAUTH	BENGALURU, IMPHAL, SHIMLA
NOVEMBER 10	WANGALA FESTIVAL	SHILLONG
NOVEMBER 13	GOVARDHAN POOJA	DEHRADUN, GANGTOK, IMPHAL, JAIPUR, KANPUR, LUCKNOW, KOLKATA, SHIMLA
NOVEMBER 14	DIWALI	AHMEDABAD, BELAPUR, BENGALURU, GANGTOK, MUMBAI, NAGPUR,
NOVEMBER 15	BHAIDOOJ/CHITRAGUPTA PUJA	GANGTOK, IMPHAL, KANPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, SHIMLA
NOVEMBER 20	CHHATTH	PATNA, RANCHI
NOVEMBER 23	SENG KUTSNEM	DEHRADUN, SHILLONG
NOVEMBER 27	GURU NANAK JAYANTI	ALMOST ALL CITIES
NOVEMBER 30	KANAKADASA JAYANTI	BENGALURU

DECEMBER

DATE	HOLIDAY	REGION
DECEMBER 4	FEAST OF FRANCIS XAVIER	PANAJI
DECEMBER 12	PA-TOGAN NENGMINJA SANGMA	SHILLONG
DECEMBER 13 & 14	LOOSONG	GANGTOK
DECEMBER 18	DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF U SO SO THAM	SHILLONG
DECEMBER 19	GOA LIBERATION DAY	PANAJI
DECEMBER 25	CHRISTMAS	ALL
DECEMBER 26	CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION	AIZAWL, SHILLONG
DECEMBER 30	U KIANG NANGBAH	SHILLONG

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