List of Indian Bank Holidays for 2025 (भारतीय बैंकों की छुट्टियों की सूची)
The dates for bank holidays in 2025 are decided on the grounds of national, religious and regional festivals. In this list I have attempted to gather information about Indian bank holidays so that you have the information of when is banking available and when not and you can make the banking accordingly and there is no last minute task left. Performing any financial work or work related to the banking operation is important only for you to avoid any disturbance during these holidays.
List of Major Bank Holidays in 2025
However, there will be bank holidays in 2025 against the festival, religious days and the state local festival. Not only that, we have compiled a list of some of the important bank holiday 2025 so that you can plan all your banking activities well in advance and also perform them accordingly to any holiday.
Date | Day | Holiday Reason |
---|---|---|
1st January | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
6th January | Monday | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti |
14th January | Tuesday | Makar Sankranti / Pongal |
26th January | Sunday | Republic Day |
12th February | Wednesday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti |
26th February | Wednesday | Maha Shivaratri |
14th March | Friday | Holi |
1st April | Tuesday | Bank Account Year-End Closing |
5th April | Saturday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti |
10th April | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti |
14th April | Monday | Tamil New Year |
12th May | Monday | Buddha Purnima |
7th June | Saturday | Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
15th August | Friday | Independence Day / Janmashtami |
2nd October | Thursday | Gandhi Jayanti / Dussehra |
20th October | Monday | Diwali |
25th December | Thursday | Christmas Day |
The Importance of the Holidays
These holidays keep the bank closed and customers don’t work on the bank. For this reason, it’s important to plan ahead and avoid these holidays. If you have to do some important work like cheque clearance, loan application etc. you should finish all such work by these dates.
Some holidays are state wise — they depend on the festival or religious occasion celebrated in that state. Find out which holidays are celebrated in that state where you live; and while you’re at it, get information about the local holidays so that you can accordingly plan time for bank related work.
Weekend Vacations
Weekends being banking holidays, banks remain closed on Sundays, as also the second and fourth Saturdays of every month, other than weekends. If you got any banking work and there is any work on weekends days, then sort it out in advance yourself, you don’t realise when you are going to have it.
Vacation Plans
We regularly need to get organized, whether you’re at work or at home. Bank holidays give you information on some important things that you need to complete on time. But if it’s an urgent check or transaction that needs to be processed, get it done before the holidays. If you need to do some paperwork with the bank or make a financial plan, you do not want to wait until you realize you have borrowed more than you can pay back to deal with it.
Holiday information is provided by most banks to their customers and more of it can be found on the bank’s website or from the local branch. Bank will be closed so that if there’s something that you have to do bank related work then bank will not be closed.
State holidays
There are special local holidays in every state of India, which are decided on the basis of festivals and other important events of a local nature. The state governments declare these holidays and the banks follow it. For e.g. there are local holidays such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu and Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra.
If you stay in a certain state, make sure that you have all details of local holidays in that certain state so you don’t get stuck for any of the work in terms of banks.
Conclusion
Holiday in banks will be celebrated on various national, religious, and local festivals only in 2025; therefore, it is important to ensure that your banking plan is ready ahead of time. During the holidays, banks are closed and if you want to do any work, you should plan in advance according to your need so that there would not be any delay in any work.
To know more, you can see the Reserve Bank of India website or you can reach your neighboring bank branch. You can avoid any inconvenience throughout the holidays, thanks to this type of information, which can even make this experience even more convenient than before.