Bank Holiday on Shivratri: Today Friday, banks are going to remain closed in many states of the country due to Shivratri. Today is the festival of Mahashivratri on 8 March 2024. There is a holiday in most states on the day of Shivratri.
Bank holidays in the country are decided by the state government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reserve Bank of India’s holiday list shows that banks in the states will remain closed for 14 days in March 2024. These holidays include Sunday, second and fourth Saturday, public holidays and some local holidays. Let us tell you in which states banks will remain closed due to Mahashivratri.
Bank holiday on Mahashivratri
Today, March 8, 2024, banks will remain closed due to Mahashivratri. After that, banks are closed on second Saturday and Sunday. That is, the bank is going to remain closed for three days on 8th, 9th and 10th March. Banks will now open directly on Monday 11 March.
Banks will remain open in these states on the day of Shivratri
Banks will remain open in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu-Srinagar, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Banks are closed in these states
March 8: Banks will remain closed in Tripura, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Itanagar, Rajasthan, Nagaland, West Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Meghalaya on Mahashivratri.
bank holidays in march
26 March (Tuesday): Yaosang 2nd day/Holi – Banks are closed in Orissa, Manipur and Bihar.
27 March (Wednesday): Holi- Banks are closed in Bihar.
March 29 (Friday) – Banks are closed in all states except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Srinagar.
Regular bank closure:
- Every second Saturday (9 March)
- Every fourth Saturday (23 March)
- Sunday: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 March
