Bank holiday August list 2024: Are banks closed on August 16, 17? Check before going

Bank holiday August list 2024: Are banks closed on August 16, 17? Check before going

Bank holiday August list 2024: We are in the latter part of the year 2024. Yes, it is August already! Where did the months go? Well, time flies and no man can say ‘time is on his side’. And since it is August, a bank holiday will seem to fall virtually every day. So, how many bank holidays are there in August 2024? Even more pressing is the fact that Independence Day is almost here. While that day would be a bank holiday, the question on everyone’s mind is: are banks closed on August 16, 17, 2024? While rumors abound, the truth is available only in the RBI bank holiday list 2024.

Bank holiday August list 2024

Since Independence Day is on Thursday, and the next day is Friday, then the answer should likely be no, banks are not closed on August 16. But is Friday a working day or a holiday for everyone or in some states?

Are banks closed on August 16 and August 17?

So, what does the RBI bank holiday list 2024 say on whether banks are closed on August 16 and August 17, 2024? 

According to RBI, while August 15 is a bank holiday, August 16 and August 17 are not a bank holiday. After that August 18, which is a Sunday is a holiday.

Is August 16 a bank holiday due to it being a 2nd Saturday? No, banks are open on Saturday as it is a third Saturday. 

Are banks closed on August 19?

Those with business to transact in a bank, should know that there is a bank holiday on August 19 for Raksha Bandhan. 

Where will banks be closed on August 19? Bank holiday has been declared in a number of states on that day. Some of these states where banks will be closed are Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh.

In case you want to know, then there is a bank holiday in Manipur on August 13, which is today.

RBI Bank Holiday August List, 2024

August 2024
3
8
13
15
19
20
26

Agartala


Ahmedabad


Aizawl

Belapur

Bengaluru

Bhopal

Bhubaneswar


Chandigarh

Chennai

Dehradun


Gangtok

Guwahati

Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad – Telangana

Imphal


Itanagar

Jaipur


Jammu

Kanpur


Kochi

Kohima

Kolkata

Lucknow


Mumbai

Nagpur

New Delhi

Panaji

Patna

Raipur

Ranchi

Shillong

Shimla


Srinagar

Thiruvananthapuram

RBI data.

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