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Bank holidays in August 2025: Banks to remain closed on 15 days; check full list

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By Upstox News Desk

3 min read | Updated on August 01, 2025, 10:09 IST

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SUMMARY

Banks across the country will be closed for 15 days in the month of August, including the weekend holidays. Banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays, and all Sundays of each month. In August, all banks will be closed on Independence Day and Ganesh Chaturthi.

August 2025 bank holidays, bank holidays 2025 full list

All banks across the country will remain closed on August 15 for Independence Day.

Bank holidays in India vary from state to state due to regional and cultural diversity. Each state observes different festivals and local events, resulting in a staggered schedule of holidays across the country. In August 2025, there will be a total of 15 bank holidays, including the weekends.

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Both public and private banks in India are all closed on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays of the month. There are many important occasions in August, including Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami.

All banks across the country will remain closed on August 15 for Independence Day, which also coincides with Janmashtami and Parsi New Year. Let’s take a look at the holiday schedule of August as per the Reserve Bank of India:

Bank holidays August 2025

DateDayRegions/States with bank closuresReason
August 3SundayAll IndiaSunday weekend holiday
August 8FridayGangtok (Sikkim)Tendong Lho Rum Faat
August 9SaturdayAhmedabad (Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Kanpur and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), All IndiaRaksha Bandhan, Jhulana Purnima, Second Saturday holiday
August 10SundayAll IndiaSunday weekend holiday
August 13WednesdayImphal (Manipur)Patriot’s Day
August 15FridayAll IndiaIndependence Day, Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Janmashtami
August 16SaturdayAhmedabad (Gujarat), Aizawl (Mizoram), Bhopal and Ranchi (Madhya Pradesh), Chandigarh (UT), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Gangtok (Sikkim), Hyderabad (Telangana), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Kanpur and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Shillong (Meghalaya), Jammu and Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8), Krishna Jayanthi
August 17SundayAll IndiaSunday weekend holiday
August 19TuesdayAgartala (Tripura)Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur
August 23SaturdayAll IndiaFourth Saturday weekend off
August 24SundayAll IndiaSunday weekend holiday
August 25MondayGuwahati (Assam)Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva
August 27WednesdayAhmedabad (Gujarat), Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (Telangana), Panaji (Goa), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)Ganesh Chaturthi, Samvatsari, Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata, Ganesh Puja, Vinayakar Chathurthi
August 28ThursdayBhubaneshwar (Odisha), Panaji (Goa)Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day), Nuakhai
August 31SundayAll IndiaSunday weekend holiday

When banks are closed, individuals can still access online or mobile banking services as usual, unless specified otherwise by the bank. Further, ATMs remain open for cash withdrawals on these holidays, and UPI functions routinely.

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