Banks in India will remain closed for a total of 16 days in the month of April. This includes city-specific holidays as well as regular closures during the weekends. Banks typically remain closed closed on the second and fourth Saturday of the month as well as all Sundays. April 1 was also observed as an off day in order to allow banks to close their yearly accounts.
What are the nationwide bank holidays in April?
There will be nationwide bank closures on 7 days out of 30 in April. This includes an off day for banks to close their yearly accounts on April 1 and well as the usual weekend holidays.
April 1 – Off day for banks to close their yearly account
April 6 – Sunday (weekly bank holiday)
April 12 – Second Saturday (bi-monthly bank holiday)
April 13 – Sunday (weekly bank holiday)
April 20 – Sunday (weekly bank holiday)
April 26 – Fourth Saturday (bi-monthly bank holiday)
April 27 – Sunday (weekly bank holiday)
What are the city or state-wise bank holidays for April?
There are several overlapping holidays in the month of April with different states celebrating different festivals and commemorative days.
Here is a full list:
April 1 – Sarhul
The festival takes place primarily in Jharkhand with capital city Ranchi observing a bank holiday.
April 5 – Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday
Observed in Telangana with a bank holiday for Hyderabad.
April 10 – Mahavir Jayanti
Observed in Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi
April 14 – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Vishu/Biju/Buisu Festival/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Tamil New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba
Observed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram
April 15 – Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/ Bohag Bihu
Observed in Agartala, Guwahati, Itanagar, Kolkata, Shimla
April 16 – Bohag Bihu
Observed in Guwahati
April 18 – Good Friday
Observed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Imphal, Itanagar, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram
April 21 – Garia Puja
Observed in Agartala
April 29 – Bhagvan Shri Parshuram Jayanti
Observed in Jaipur
April 30 – Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya
Observed in Bengaluru and Shimla