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Why bank branches shut for 5 days this month — RBI holiday plan
August bank closures hit five days in some states as RBI holiday calendar drives staggered shutdowns. Find out which days your local branch stays shut.
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The Reserve Bank of India's holiday calendar for August will keep physical bank branches closed for five days this month across most states. Banks already close on all Sundays and on every second and fourth Saturday. In August, that means closures on 16 August, 22 August, and 23 August, plus regional holidays on 25 August, 26 August, and 28 August in several states.
On 25 August, banks in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh will shut for Milad-Un-Nabi and the first Onam celebration. The following day, 26 August, branches across multiple states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand will close for Id-E-Milad, Baravafat and Thiruvonam. On 28 August, Raksha Bandhan will shutter branches in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.
Branches operate from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on working days. On closure days, in-branch services like cash deposits, check clearing, and loan applications are unavailable. Digital channels including internet banking, mobile banking, UPI, and ATMs function normally during holidays, the RBI calendar states.
The staggered closures mean some states face up to five days without physical branch access in a single month. Kerala and Andhra Pradesh see the most breaks, with three regional holidays layered over standard weekend closures.