Bank Holidays in August 2023: Including weekends, the banks in India will remain shut for 14 days in August 2023. As per the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banks will be closed on various festivals and special occasions that are lined up next month like Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva, First Onam, Thiruvonam and more.
First, check the calendar and mark all non-working days next month and make plans accordingly if you have some work at the bank. However, internet banking services will be accessible throughout the month.
Check the complete list of bank holidays for August 2023-
Date | Occasion | Banks to remain shut in which cities/state |
August 6 | First Sunday | |
August 8 | Tendong Lho Rum Faat | Banks to remain shut in Gangtok on this date |
August 12 | Second Saturday | |
August 13 | Second Sunday | |
August 15 | Independence Day | Banks to remain closed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram for Independence Day |
August 16 | Parsi New Year | Banks to remain shut in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur |
August 18 | Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva | Banks to remain shut in Guwahati |
August 20 | Third Sunday | |
August 26 | Fourth Saturday | |
August 27 | Fourth Sunday | |
August 28 | First Onam | Banks to remain shut in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram |
August 29 | Thiruvonam | Banks to remain shut in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram |
August 30 | Raksha Bandhan | Banks to remain shut in Jaipur and Srinagar |
August 31 | Raksha Bandhan/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Pang-Lhabsol | Banks to remain shut in Gangtok, Dehradun, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram |