Bank Holidays 2019 In India

Both public and private sector banks remain shut on Republic Day, which is observed on 26 January every year; Independence Day, which falls on 15 August every year; and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, which is celebrated on 2 October every year. They also remain closed on certain public holidays and state-specific holidays. The weekly bank holidays are observed on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month as per the guidelines of the RBI. The following table narrates you the date, day and type of bank holidays observed in different states in the calendar year 2019.

List of Bank Holidays in India 2019

This is a page for bank holidays in India for the calendar year 2019. Bank holiday dates may be changed if there is an official notification. Keep checking the bank holidays periodically.

Types of Bank Holidays 2019

Bank holidays are of two types: National Holidays and Government Holidays. India observes three national holidays that include 1) Republic Day 2) Independence Day and 3) Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. National holidays are also known as Gazetted holidays. Banks and other types of financial institutions remain shut on national holidays.

Government holidays are further classified as state government bank holidays and Central Government bank holidays. State government bank holidays differ amid Indian states whereas Central Government bank holidays are commonly observed across the country. Maharashtra Day is a bank holiday in Maharashtra. Goa Liberation Day is a bank holiday in Goa, while Haryana Day is a bank holiday in Haryana.

RTGS and NEFT Holidays 2019

RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement whereas NEFT stands for National Electronic Funds Transfer. Both RTGS and NEFT allow people to transfer cash from one bank to another. The Reserve Bank of India maintains both NEFT and RTGS.

Note: The services of RTGS and NEFT can be used on other types of bank holidays. If an individual transfers money on a bank holiday, money gets credited to the receiver’s account but the sender may get the receipt on the following bank working day.

Bank Holidays on the Second and Fourth Saturdays

In addition to the aforementioned bank holidays, banks also remain shut on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. If a month has five Saturdays, the fifth Saturday will be a bank working day. Earlier banks used to work half a day on all Saturdays.

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Brief Description of Bank Holidays 2019

Makar Sankrati/Pongal: Banks will remain off on account of Makar Sankrati/Pongal that falls on 14 January 2019. 

Republic Day: Republic Day is a gazetted holiday in India and the day celebrates the formation of the Constitution of India. Like government offices, the banks will also remain shut. In the national capital, military are organised. Schools and colleges also organise cultural events.

Maha Shivaratri: Maha Shivaratri is a bank holiday observed in many parts of India. It is a yearly major festival for the Hindus, who celebrate the night of God Shiva.

Holi: Holi, which is also called the festival of colors, symbolises the arrival of harvest. People play colors. While some states celebrate Holi on the 20th March, the festival is also observed on the 21st of March in 2019.

Ugadi: Ugadi is a bank holiday 2019. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana celebrate Ugadi as the commencement of the New Year. It called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. The festival is historically important for the Hindus across India.

Ram Navami/Ambedkar Jayanti: Both Ram Navami and Ambedkar Jayanti fall on 14 April in 2019. On account of these two festivals, a bank holiday is observed in several states. While Ram Navami celebrates the birth of Lord Rama, Ambedkar Jayanti celebrates the birth of Dr. B R Ambedkar, who was the creator of the Constitution of India.

Mahaveer Jayanti: Mahaveer Jayanti is a Jain festival, which honors the birth of Mahaveer, who was the last Tirthankara. It falls in March or April. 

Good Friday: Good Friday is a major festival falling in the month of April 2019. The day is observed in many states across the country during the Holy Week. 

Vaisakhi: Vaisakhi is observed by the Sikhs and the Hindus and falls either on 13 or 14 of April every year. The day commemorates the New Year for the Sikhs.

May Day: May Day is an international Workers’ Day. The day falls on 1 May each year and has been promoted by the overseas labor movement. 

Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti is a bank holiday 2019 in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. 

Maharana Pratap Jayanti: As it name indicates, the birth of Maharana Pratap is celebrated in April 2019. It is celebrated in a few states in India.

Bakrid/Eid al Adha Holiday: Bakrid/Eid al Adha Holiday is a famous Islamic festival celebrated in a majority of states. Like government offices, banks will not remain open on Bakrid/Eid al Adha.

Independence Day: Needless to mention, Independence Day celebrates the independence of the country from the United Kingdom (UK). It is a bank holiday across India.

Janmashtami: Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. Many states in India observe this festival every year.

Gandhi Jayanti: Gandhi Jayanti is a national festival. The entire India celebrates the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, who is also addressed as the Father of the Nation.

Diwali: Diwali is celebrated by the Hindus. The festival is observed on the 26th, 27th and 28th of October in 2019 in various parts of India. 

Christmas Day: On account of Christmas, it is a bank holiday on 25 December this year. The Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

List of Bank Holidays 2018

List of Bank Holidays 2018

Date	Day	Holiday	States
01 January 2018	Monday	New Year’s Day	Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Telangana
02 January 2018	Tuesday	New Year Holiday	Mizoram
5 January 2018	Friday	Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti	Haryana, Chhattisgarh
11 January 2018	Thursday	Missionary Day	Mizoram
12 January 2018	Friday	Swami Vivekananda Jayanti	West Bengal
14 January 2018	Sunday	Makar Sankrati	Gujarat, Sikkim, Telangana, Karnataka
14 January 2018	Sunday	Pongal	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
15 January 2018	Monday	Thiruvalluvar Day	Tamil Nadu
15 January 2018	Monday	Kanuma Panduga	Andhra Pradesh
15 January 2018	Monday	Magh Bihu	Assam
16 January 2018	Tuesday	Uzhavar Thirunal	Puducherry
18 January 2018	Thursday	Sonal Losar	Sikkim
22 January 2018	Monday	Vasant Panchami	West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Tripura
23 January 2018	Tuesday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti	Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha
24 January 2018	Wednesday	Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti	Haryana
25 January 2018	Thursday	State Day	Himachal Pradesh
26 January 2018	Friday	Republic Day	National holiday (All-India bank holiday in 2018)
31 January 2018	Wednesday	Me-Dum-Me-Phi	Assam
31 January 2018	Wednesday	Guru Ravidas Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab
10 February 2018	Saturday	Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	Haryana
13 February 2018	Tuesday	Maha Shivaratri	Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
14 February 2018	Wednesday	Maha Shivaratri	Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura
15 February 2018	Thursday	Lui-Ngai-Ni	Manipur
16 February 2018	Friday	Losar	Sikkim
19 February 2018	Monday	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti	Maharashtra
20 February 2018	Tuesday	State Day	Mizoram
20 February 2018	Tuesday	State Day	Arunachal Pradesh
01 March 2018	Thursday	Holi	Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal
02 March 2018	Friday	Holi	National except Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry Tamil Nadu, Manipur,
03 March 2018	Saturday	Yaoshang Second Day	Manipur
05 March 2018	Monday	Panchayatiraj Divas	Odisha
18 March 2018	Sunday	Ugadi	Telangana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat
18 March 2018	Sunday	Sajibu Nongma Panba	Manipur
18 March 2018	Sunday	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra
18 March 2018	Sunday	Telugu New Year	Tamil Nadu
20 March 2018	Tuesday	Sarhul	Jharkhand
22 March 2018	Thursday	Bihar Day	Bihar
23 March 2018	Friday	S. Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana, Punjab
25 March 2018	Sunday	Ram Navami	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
26 March 2018	Monday	Ram Navami	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim
29 March 2018	Thursday	Mahavir Jayanti	Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
30 March 2018	Friday	Good Friday	Nationally observed holiday except Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir
31 March 2018	Saturday	Easter Saturday	Nagaland
31 March 2018	Saturday	Hazrat Ali Jayanti	Uttar Pradesh
01 April 2018	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Nagaland, Kerala
01 April 2018	Sunday	Odisha Day	Odisha
05 April 2018	Thursday	Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
13 April 2018	Friday	Bohag Bihu Holiday	Assam
14 April 2018	Saturday	Vaisakhi	Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir
14 April 2018	Saturday	Ambedkar Jayanti	National except Tripura, Puducherry, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Lakshadweep, Delhi, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
14 April 2018	Saturday	Tamil New Year	Tamil Nadu
14 April 2018	Saturday	Maha Vishuba Sankrati	Odisha
14 April 2018	Saturday	Bohag Bihu	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
14 April 2018	Saturday	Cheiraoba	Manipur
15 April 2018	Sunday	Vishu	Kerala
15 April 2018	Sunday	Bengali New Year	Tripura, West Bengal
15 April 2018	Sunday	Himachal Day	Himachal Pradesh
18 April 2018	Wednesday	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
18 April 2018	Wednesday	Maharshi Parshuram Jayanti	Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan
21 April 2018	Saturday	Garia Puja	Tripura
29 April 2018	Sunday	Sakewa	Sikkim
30 April 2018	Monday	Buddha Purnima	West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
01 May 2018	Tuesday	Maharashtra Day	Maharashtra
01 May 2018	Tuesday	May Day	West Bengal, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry, Manipur, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Bihar, Assam
09 May 2018	Wednesday	Guru Rabindranath Jayanti	West Bengal, Tripura
16 May 2018	Wednesday	State Day	Sikkim
25 May 2018	Friday	Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti	Tripura
29 May 2018	Tuesday	Saga Dawa	Sikkim
29 May 2018	Tuesday	Buddha Purnima	West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh
8 June 2018	Friday	Jumat-ul-Wida	Jammu and Kashmir
11 June 2018	Monday	Shab-i-Qadr	Jammu and Kashmir
14 June 2018	Thursday	Pahili Raja	Odisha
15 June 2018	Friday	YMA Day	Mizoram
15 June 2018	Friday	Raja Sankrati	Odisha
15 June 2018	Friday	Jumat-ul-Wida	Mizoram
15 June 2018	Friday	Idul Fitr	National except Tripura, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Punjab, Odisha, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh
16 June 2018	Saturday	Maharana Pratap Jayanti	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
16 June 2018	Saturday	Idul Fitr Holiday	Telangana
17 June 2018	Sunday	Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s Martyrdom Day	Punjab
28 June 2018	Thursday	Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh
30 June 2018	Saturday	Remna Ni	Mizoram
3 July 2018	Tuesday	Behdienkhlam Festival	Meghalaya
5 July 2018	Thursday	Guru Hargobind Birthday	Jammu and Kashmir
06 July 2018	Friday	MHIP Day	Mizoram
13 July	Friday	Bhanu Jayanti	Sikkim
13 July 2018	Friday	Martyr’s Day	Jammu and Kashmir
14 July 2018	Saturday	Ratha Yatra	Odisha
16 July 2018	Monday	Drupka Teshi	Sikkim
17 July 2018	Tuesday	U Tirot Singh Day	Meghalaya
20 July 2018	Friday	Kharchi Puja	Tripura
22 July 2018	Sunday	Guru Rinpoche’s Trungkar Tshechu	Sikkim
31 July 2018	Tuesday	Shaheed Udham Singh’s Martyrdom Day	Haryana
03 August 2018	Friday	Ker Puja	Tripura
06 August 2018	Monday	Bonalu	Telangana
13 August 2018	Monday	Patriots Day	Manipur
13 August 2018	Monday	Haryali Teej	Haryana
15 August 2018	Wednesday	Independence Day	National holiday
16 August 2018	Thursday	De Jure Transfer Day	Puducherry
17 August 2018	Friday	Parsi New Year	Maharashtra, Gujarat
17 August 2018	Friday	Demise of A B Vajpayee	National except West Bengal, Tripura, Sikkim, Puducherry, Mizoram, Manipur, Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh
22 August 2018	Wednesday	Bakrid	National except Arunachal Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Sikkim
23 August 2018	Thursday	Bakrid	Jammu and Kashmir
24 August 2018	Friday	First Onam	Kerala
25 August 2018	Saturday	Thiruvonam	Kerala
26 August 2018	Sunday	Raksha Bandhan	Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
26 August 2018	Sunday	Jhulan Purnima	Odisha
27 August 2018	Monday	Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti	Kerala
03 September 2018	Monday	Janmashtami	National except West Bengal, Puducherry, Mizoram, Manipur, Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
13 September 2018	Thursday	Ganesh Festival	Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Andhra Pradesh
14 September 2018	Friday	Nuakhai	Odisha
14 September 2018	Friday	Ganesh Festival	Goa
18 September 2018	Tuesday	Baba Sri Chand Ji Jayanti	Punjab
19 September 2018	Wednesday	Ramdev Jayanti	Rajasthan
19 September 2018	Wednesday	Teja Dashmi	Rajasthan
21 September 2018	Friday	Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi	Kerala
21 September 2018	Friday	Muharram	National except West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Punjab, Puducherry, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Kerala, Goa, Daman and Diu, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
23 September 2018	Sunday	Heroes’ Martyrdom Day	Haryana
24 September	Monday	Indra Jatra	Sikkim
28 September 2018	Friday	S Bhagat Singh Ji Birthday	Punjab
02 October 2018	Tuesday	Gandhi Jayanti	National holiday
08 October 2018	Monday	Mahalaya Amavasya	West Bengal, Tripura, Odisha, Karnataka
09 October 2018	Tuesday	First Day of Bathukamma	Telangana
10 October 2018	Wednesday	Ghatasthappa	Rajasthan
10 October 2018	Wednesday	Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti	Haryana
16 October 2018	Tuesday	Maha Saptami	West Bengal, Tripura, Sikkim, Odisha
17 October 2018	Wednesday	Maha Ashtami	West Bengal, Tripura, Telangana, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Odisha, Manipur, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
18 October 2018	Thursday	Maha Navami	West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Puducherry, Odisha, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam
19 October 2018	Friday	Vijaya Dashami	National except Puducherry, Manipur
24 October 2018	Wednesday	Lakshmi Puja	West Bengal, Tripura, Odisha
24 October 2018	Wednesday	Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti	Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh
26 October 2018	Friday	Prakash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji	Punjab
30 October 2018	Tuesday	Lhabab Duchen	Sikkim
31 October 2018	Wednesday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti	Gujarat
01 November 2018	Thursday	Puducherry Liberation Day	Puducherry
01 November 2018	Thursday	Haryana Day	Haryana
01 November 2018	Thursday	Kannada Rajyotsava	Karnataka
01 November 2018	Thursday	Kut	Manipur
06 November 2018	Tuesday	Deepavali	Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh
07 November 2018	Wednesday	Diwali	National except Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh
08 November 2018	Thursday	Vikram Samvat New Year	Gujarat
08 November 2018	Thursday	Deepavali Holiday	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Daman and Diu
09 November 2018	Friday	Bhai Dooj	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Gujarat
09 November	Friday	Ningol Chakkouba	Manipur
09 November 2018	Friday	Wangala Festival	Meghalaya
13 November 2018	Tuesday	Chhath Puja	Bihar, Jharkhand
14 November 2018	Wednesday	Chhath Puja Holiday	Bihar
16 November 2018	Friday	Shaheedi Diwas S Kartar Singh Sarabha Ji	PB
21 November 2018	Wednesday	Eid e Milad	National except West Bengal, Sikkim, Punjab, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Chandigarh, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
23 November 2018	Friday	Karthika Purnima	Telangana, Odisha
23 November 2018	Friday	Guru Nanak Jayanti	National except Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Puducherry, Odisha, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Daman and Diu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh
23 November 2018	Friday	Friday Following Eid e Milad	Jammu and Kashmir
23 November 2018	Friday	Seng Kut Snem	Meghalaya
26 November 2018	Monday	Kanakadasa Jayanti	Karnataka
01 December 2018	Saturday	Indigenous Faith Day	Arunachal Pradesh
03 December 2018	Monday	Feast of St Francis Xavier	Goa
05 December 2018	Wednesday	Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti	Jammu and Kashmir
06 December	Thursdays	Kenyan Dance	Sikkim
08 December	Saturday	Losoong Namsoong	Sikkim
09 December	Sunday	Losoong Namsoong	Sikkim
10 December	Monday	Losoong Namsoong	Sikkim
11 December	Monday	Losoong Namsoong	Sikkim
12 December 2018	Wednesday	Pa Togan Nengminza Sangama	Meghalaya
12 December	Wednesday	Losoong Namsoong	Sikkim
18 December 2018	Tuesday	Guru Ghasidas Jayanti	Chhattisgarh
18 December 2018	Tuesday	Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham	Meghalaya
19 December 2018	Wednesday	Liberation Day	Goa, Daman and Diu
22 December 2018	Saturday	Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam	Sikkim
24 December 2018	Monday	Christmas Holiday	Meghalaya, Mizoram
25 December 2018	Tuesday	Christmas Day	National
26 December 2018	Wednesday	Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti	Haryana
26 December 2018	Wednesday	Christmas Day	Telangana, Mizoram, Meghalaya
30 December 2018	Sunday	Tamu Losar	Sikkim
30 December 2018	Sunday	U Kiang Nangbah	Meghalaya
31 December 2018	Monday	New Year’s Eve	Manipur

Note: We recommend you to check bank holidays in India in 2019regularly as there may be a new update.