Bank Holidays January 2023: Banks will remain closed for ten days in February 2023 including weekends, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday list. These holidays include second and fourth Saturdays, as well as Sundays. The central bank has placed the holidays under three brackets- Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act; Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. Some of these bank holidays are state-specific. The banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. In January Bank stayed closed for 14 days, including Saturdays and Sundays. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2015, announced that both private and PSU banks in India would remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. While on other Saturdays banks will stay operational full-day. Meanwhile, banks across the country remain closed on Sundays.
Bank Holidays February 2023
February 15 – Lui-Ngai-Ni – Imphal
February 18 – Mahashivratri (Maha Vad-14)/Sivarathri – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram.
February 20 – State Day – Aizawl
February 21 – Losar – Gangtok
Weekend Bank Holidays February 2023
February 5 – Sunday
February 11 – Second Saturday
February 12 – Sunday
February 19 – Sunday
February 25 – Fourth Saturday
February 26 – Sunday
Bank Holiday List 2023
8 March: Holi
22 March: Ugadi
30 March: Ram Navami
4 April: Mahavir Jayanti
7 April: Good Friday
14 April: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
22 April 22: Id-ul-Fitr
1 May: May Day/ Labour Day
5 May: Buddha Purnima
29 June: Bakrid/ Eid al Adha
29 July: Muharram
15 August: Independence Day
16 August: Parsi New Year
31 August 31: Raksha Bandhan
7 September: Janmashtami
19 September: Ganesh Chaturthi
28 September: Eid e Milad
2 October: Gandhi Jayanti
21 October: Maha Saptami
22 October: Maha Ashtami
23 October: Maha Navami
24 October: Vijaya Dashami
12 November: Diwali
13 November: Deepavali Holiday
15 November: Bhai Dooj
27 November: Guru Nanak Jayanti
25 December: Christmas Day