Bank holiday
The festival of Rakshabandhan is being celebrated today i.e. on 9 August 2025. In such a situation, there is a confusion among many people about this whether banks will be open or closed today. If you are going to buy money from the bank to buy gifts for your sisters, to buy sweets, then read this news. Let us tell you the full list of bank holiday of August.
The day Rakshabandhan is being celebrated on 9 August 2025. The same day is the second Saturday of the month. According to the RBI rules, there is a holiday in banks across the country on the second and fourth Saturdays. Due to this, banks will not work on the day of Rakshabandhan today. Banks will remain completely closed.
Will be able to shop online
However, there will be no work in banks. But if you want to buy some goods. If you are going to get some sweets or gifts, then you can pay through UPI. The facility of online payment will continue to run even after the bank remained closed. Digital banking service such as UPI, Net Banking, Mobile Banking and ATM service will continue to be available as before. If you have to go to the branch for any important banking work, then it would be better to plan next week.
August 2025 Bank Holiday List
August 8 (Friday) Tendong Lho Room Fat
Bank closed- Gangtok
9 August (Saturday) Rakshabandhan / Jhulan Purnima
Bank shutdown- Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhubaneswar
August 13 (Wednesday) Patriots Day
Bank closed- Imphal
15 August (Friday) Independence Day / Parsi New Year / Janmashtami
National holiday closed all banks across the country
16 August (Saturday) Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanti
Bank shutdown- Aizol, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar
August 19 (Tuesday) Maharaja Bir Bikram Jayanti
Bank shutdown- Agartala
25 August (Monday) Shrimant Shankardev Tirobabha
Bank closed- Guwahati
27 August (Wednesday) Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari
Bank shutdown- Mumbai, Belapur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Panaji
August 28 (Thursday) Ganesh Chaturthi (second day) / Nuakhai
Bank closed- Bhubaneswar, Panaji