Banks will remain closed for 14 days in March, which includes five Sundays, two Saturdays and festival holidays. Festivals like Holi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, Parsi New Year. Online facilities will continue.
If you are planning your bank work, here is some important information for you. Banks will remain closed for 14 days in March. The 14-day bank holiday includes five Sundays, two Saturdays and one festival holiday. That is, banks will remain closed for seven days in March due to festivals. March includes festivals like Holi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, Parsi New Year etc.
Banks will have holidays in different states due to many festivals. If you are planning to go to the bank in March, then first know about these holidays. Banks will not be closed at the same time in all states. Banks do not close at the same time across the country. Banks are closed only in the state where there is a holiday.
Complete list of holidays in the month of March
March 1 (Saturday) – Ramakrishna Jayanti (West Bengal, Odisha, Assam)
March 7 (Friday) – Chapchar Kut
March 8 (Saturday) – Second Saturday
March 9 (Sunday) – Sunday
March 13 (Thursday) – Choti Holi, Holika Dahan (All India, Regional Bank Holiday)
March 14 (Friday) – Holi (National Holiday, Major Bank Holiday)
March 14 (Friday) – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (Maharashtra)
March 15 (Saturday) – Holi/Yaosang Second Day
March 16 (Sunday) – Sunday
March 20 (Thursday) – Parsi New Year (Jamshedi Navroz) (Maharashtra, Gujarat)
March 22 (Saturday) – Bihar Day and Fourth Saturday
March 23 (Sunday) – Jumat-ul-Vida (Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh – Depending on the sighting of the moon)
March 27 (Thursday)- Shab-e-Qadr
28th March (Friday) – Ugadi (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
31st March (Monday) – Ramadan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) (Shawwal-1)/ Khutb-e-Ramadan
Due to the consecutive holidays in some places, ATMs may be busy, so you should withdraw some money in advance. However, online facilities will continue to operate during this period. Therefore, transferring money, filling nominees, or other small payment tasks can be done online. You can do these tasks with the help of internet banking.
