Bank holidays in May: Branches will not open on these 12 days. Check full list

Bank holidays in May: Branches will be non-functional on account of festivals, as well as second and fourth Saturdays, and Sundays.

Updated on: May 1, 2023, 08:37:13 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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According to the Reserve Bank of India, there will be a total of 12 bank holidays in May. Branches will be non-functional on account of festivals, important days, Sundays, and second and fourth Saturdays. It is to be noted, however, that some festivals/important days are specific only to certain states. In such a case, therefore, banks will not open in that state or region.

In case of regional festivals, banks only in that particular region will remain closed (Pradeep Gaur/Mint. Image for representational purpose)

RBI, the country's central bank, categories bank holidays as ‘national’ and ‘regional.’ Under the former category, branches across the country are closed. Also, even on non-working days, online financial services remain functional as usual.

Bank holidays in May:

S No.	Date	Day	Reason	Regional Office
1.	May 1	Monday	Maharashtra Day/May Day	Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram
2.	May 2	Tuesday	Municipal Corporation Elections	Shimla
3.	May 5	Friday	Buddha Purnima	Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar
4.	May 7	Sunday	Sunday	Everywhere
5.	May 9	Tuesday	Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary	Kolkata
6.	May 13	Saturday	Second Saturday	Everywhere
7.	May 14	Sunday	Sunday	Everywhere
8.	May 16	Tuesday	State Day (Sikkim)	Gangtok
9.	May 21	Sunday	Sunday	Everywhere
10.	May 22	Monday	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Shimla
11.	May 27	Saturday	Fourth Saturday	Everywhere
12.	May 28	Sunday	Sunday	Everywhere

Bank holidays in April

In April, meanwhile, there were as many as 15 bank holidays.

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