Bank Holidays in March 2025: Banks will remain closed on THESE 13 days; check list here

RBI has released the list of March bank holidays. There is also a notification with it. There will be no bank holiday on March 31, the day of Eid. It is bank closing day. Banks have to close all their books on that day. Let us also tell you on which days banks will remain closed in the month of March.

Even though the Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the holiday on Eid i.e. on March 31 due to bank closing, you should still plan for bank related work in March. There is a reason for this. Banks are going to remain closed for 13 days in the month of March. There is no dearth of festivals in the month of March. A big festival like Holi will also be coming in this month. There are many occasions like Bihar Day, Shab-e-Qadr, Jamaat ul Vida, when banks will remain closed in different states of the country. Apart from this, banks will remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays. This time there are also 5 Sundays. In such a situation, if you have to get any work related to banks done before the date of bank closing, then make a plan from now itself. Let us also tell you that on which date banks are going to remain closed in which state.

List of bank holidays in the month of March

1. March 2, Sunday: Sunday Holiday: All banks in the country will remain closed on this day.
2. March 7, Friday: Chapchar Kut Festival: On this day banks will remain closed in Aizawl.
3. March 8, Friday: Chapchar Kut Festival: On this day banks will remain closed in Aizawl.
4. March 9, Saturday: Second Saturday: All banks in the country will remain closed on this day.
5. March 13, Thursday: Holika Dahan: Banks will remain closed in Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ranchi and Thiruvangapuram.
6. 14th March, Friday: It will be a colourful day: Banks will remain closed across the country.
7. March 15, Saturday: Yaoseng Day: Banks will remain closed on this day in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Patna.
8. March 16, Sunday: Sunday Holiday: All banks in the country will remain closed on this day.
9. 22nd March, Saturday: Fourth Saturday and Bihar Day: Since this day is fourth Saturday, there will be a holiday in the whole country. But since it is Bihar Day, there will be a special holiday for banks in Bihar.
10. March 23, Sunday: Sunday Holiday: All banks in the country will remain closed on this day.
11. March 27, Thursday: Shab-e-Qadr: Banks will remain closed in Jammu and Srinagar on this day.
12. March 28, Friday: Jamaat ul Vida: Banks will remain closed on this day in Jammu and Srinagar.
13. March 30, Sunday: Sunday Holiday: All banks in the country will remain closed on this day.

31st march holiday got cancelled

RBI holiday calendar still mentions holiday on 31st March i.e. Eid, but about a week ago RBI has issued a new notification saying that 31st March is a bank closing day. In such a situation, there will be no holiday for banks. All the banks of the country will remain open. However, on the day of Eid, banks are closed in all the states except Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh.