RBI Bank Holiday List for August 2025: From Raksha Bandhan to Independence Day and Ganesh Chaturthi, Banks To Remain Closed on These Days; Check Full List
In addition to the nine days of designated bank holidays announced by the RBI, physical banking will remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. If you're looking for "RBI Bank Holiday List for August 2025", then scroll below to know when and why banks will remain shut in the coming month.
Mumbai, July 31: Ahead of the upcoming month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of bank holidays for August 2025. According to the RBI's August 2025 bank holiday list, banks will remain closed for nine days on account of state-specific festivals and national holidays. These include Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Independence Day, and more. However, these holidays exclude the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays, when banks stay shut on account of weekend holidays.
These nine designated bank holidays apply to public and private banks across the country and are classified as holidays under the RBI's Negotiable Instruments Act. In addition to the nine days of designated bank holidays announced by the RBI, physical banking will remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. In the coming month, the second and fourth Saturdays are falling on August 9 and August 23, whereas Sundays are on August 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31. Scroll below to check the RBI's bank holiday list for August 2025. Stock Market Holidays in August 2025: NSE and BSE To Remain Closed for Trading for 12 Days Including Independence Day, Check Full List Here.
RBI Holiday List for August 2025
| Sr No | Date | Day | Occasion | States where banks are closed |
| 1 | Aug 3 | Sunday | Weekend holiday | All states |
| 2 | Aug 8 | Friday | Tendong Lho Rum Faat | Sikkim |
| 3 | Aug 9 | Saturday | Second Saturday holiday, Raksha Bandhan and Jhulana Purnima | All states |
| 4 | Aug 10 | Sunday | Weekend holiday | All states |
| 5 | Aug 13 | Wednesday | Patriot’s Day | Imphal |
| 6 | Aug 15 | Friday | Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)/Janmashtami | All states |
| 7 | Aug 16 | Saturday | Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi | Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Srinagar and Vijayawada |
| 8 | Aug 17 | Sunday | Routine weekly holiday | All states |
| 9 | Aug 19 | Tuesday | Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur | Agartala |
| 10 | Aug 23 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday holiday | All states |
| 11 | Aug 24 | Sunday | Weekend holiday | All states |
| 12 | Aug 25 | Monday | Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva | Guwahati |
| 13 | Aug 27 | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Ganesh Puja/Vinayakar Chathurthi | Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji and Vijayawada |
| 14 | Aug 28 | Thursday | Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day)/Nuakhai | Bhubaneswar, Panaji |
| 15 | Aug 31 | Sunday | Weekend holiday | All states |
While banks will remain closed for nine RBI-designated holidays in August 2025, digital services such as internet banking, ATMs, NEFT, RTGS, etc., will continue to be operational 24/7. In view of the nine designated bank holidays, second and fourth Saturdays, and all Sundays, customers across the country are advised to plan their bank visits in accordance with the bank holidays in August 2025.
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