August 2024 Bank Holidays: In August, banks throughout India, each private and non-private, will likely be closed for up to 13 days, together with Sundays, nationwide and regional holidays, and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
Various festivals will likely be celebrated in numerous states throughout August, main to bank closures. These embrace Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot’s Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami.The particular dates and states affected by these closures range.
Various festivals will likely be celebrated in numerous states throughout August, main to bank closures. These embrace Ker Puja, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Patriot’s Day, Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami.The particular dates and states affected by these closures range.
August 2024: Full List of Bank Holidays
- August 3 (Saturday) – Ker Puja: Banks closed in Agartala.
- August 8 (Thursday) – Tendong Lho Rum Faat: Banks closed in Sikkim.
- August 13 (Tuesday) – Patriot’s Day: Banks closed in Manipur.
- August 15 (Thursday) – Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi): All banks in India closed.
- August 19 (Monday) – Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur: Banks closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh.
- August 20 (Tuesday) – Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi: Banks closed in Kerala.
- August 26 (Monday) – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi: Banks closed in Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar.
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This 12 months, August 15, which is Independence Day, falls on a Thursday, so there is not going to be an prolonged weekend throughout that week.
However, in sure states, there will likely be a protracted weekend due to the closure of banks on Monday, August 26, for Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi, which follows the fourth Saturday and Sunday of the month.
According to an ET report, the states affected by this lengthy weekend embrace Gujarat, Orissa, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar.
