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March 2025 Bank Holidays: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of bank holidays for the month of March. Banks will remain closed for a total of 14 days next month, as per the RBI holiday calendar. These closures include public holidays, regional holidays, and regular closures on second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. In the case of state-specific festivals, the banks will remain shut only in those states, while during key festivals like Holi and Ramzan, banks will remain shut in most of the states.
The list of bank holidays is prepared by RBI for every month. It is notified under three categories namely Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.
Here is the complete list of national and regional holidays for March 2025:
- March 2 (Sunday) – Weekly holiday
- March 7 (Friday): Chapchar Kut – Banks will be closed in Mizoram
- March 8 (Second Saturday) – Weekly holiday
- March 9 (Sunday) – Weekly Holiday
- March 13 (Thursday): Holika Dahan and Attukal Pongala – Banks closed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Kerala
- March 14 (Friday): Holi (Dhuleti/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra) – A public holiday in most states, except Tripura, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Kerala, and Nagaland
- March 15 (Saturday): Holi in select states – Banks closed in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Imphal and Patna
- March 16 (Sunday) – Weekly Holiday
- March 22 (Fourth Saturday): Weekly Holiday and Bihar Diwas
- March 23 (Sunday) – Weekly Holiday
- March 27 (Thursday): Shab-e-Qadr – Banks closed in Jammu
- March 28 (Friday): Jumat-ul-Vida – Banks closed in Jammu and Kashmir
- March 30 (Sunday) – Weekly Holiday
- March 31 (Monday): Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan – Most states will observe a public holiday, except Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh
“All scheduled and non-scheduled banks will observe public holiday on second and fourth Saturdays,” as per RBI. It is advised that you plan your bank-related work accordingly. It must be noted that facilities like online banking and UPI will not be affected during these holidays despite the branches being shut.