As the new financial year starts, it brings some important changes like UPI payments, credit cards, and new income tax rules. To plan your finances better, it’s good to know the list of bank holidays. After all, time is money.
April begins with a holiday for most banks because rules from the Reserve Bank of India , which requires banks to close on April 1st for ‘closing of accounts’. The RBI holiday calendar, released at the start of each year, shows when banks will be closed in each city. This depends on local traditions and important national events. Here’s a list of cities with bank holidays and the reasons behind them, according to the RBI calendar.
Bank holiday list for April 2025 :
City | April 1st | April 5 | April 10 | April 14 | April 15 | April 16 | April 18 | April 21 | April 29 | April 30 |
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Agartala | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | Garia Puja | ||||||
Ahmedabad | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Aizawl | Mahavir Jayanti | Good Friday | ||||||||
Belapur | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Bengaluru | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya | |||||
Bhopal | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Good Friday | |||||||
Bhubaneswar | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Chandigarh | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | ||||||||
Chennai | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Dehradun | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Gangtok | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Guwahati | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | Bohag Bihu | ||||||
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Hyderabad (Telangana) | Banks’ closing of accounts | Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Imphal | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Itanagar | Banks’ closing of accounts | Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | Good Friday | |||||||
Jaipur | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | |||||||
Jammu | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | ||||||||
Kanpur | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Kochi | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Kohima | Banks’ closing of accounts | Good Friday | ||||||||
Kolkata | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | Good Friday | |||||
Lucknow | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Mumbai | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Nagpur | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
New Delhi | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Good Friday | |||||||
Panaji | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Patna | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | |||||||
Raipur | Mahavir Jayanti | Good Friday | ||||||||
Ranchi | Banks’ closing of accounts | Mahavir Jayanti | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | Good Friday | ||||||
Shillong | Good Friday | |||||||||
Shimla | Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | Parshuram Jayanti | ||||||||
Srinagar | Banks’ closing of accounts | Ambedkar Jayanti/Bihu/Baisakh | ||||||||
Thiruvananthapuram | Banks’ closing of accounts |
Also, banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays, as well as on Sundays. However, you can still use net banking services like transferring money through NEFT or IMPS, setting up standing instructions, and opening Fixed Deposits (FD) or Recurring Deposits (RD). To use these services, you just need to have a valid bank account with net banking activated.”