Raksha Bandhan bank holiday 2024: Are banks shut in your city on August 19 ? Check full August holiday list

Raksha Bandhan bank holiday 2024: Are banks shut in your city on August 19 ? Check full August holiday list

Banks in multiple cities will remain closed on Monday, August 19 to celebrate the festival of Raksha Bandhan. The day is observed across the country to mark a special bond where sisters put tilak on their brother's forehead before tying a sacred thread on their wrist, called Rakhi.

Both public and private sector banks will remain shut in cities that will observe holiday on Monday, as per bank holiday calendar list published annually by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),

However, the customers should take note that while the physical banking services will remain closed on Thursday, the digital banking services including internet banking, mobile banking, WhatsApp banking, NEFT, and RTGS will continue to function as usual.

The holiday list published by the RBI differs from state to state and customers should check the holiday list before planning a visit to the bank branch.

The banks will remain shut for almost 6 days in the remaining 15 days of the month in different cities. Here's the full list of holidays:

August Bank Holidays in 2024

August 18 - Sunday

August 19 (Monday) - Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima/Birthday of Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur; Banks will remain shut in Tripura, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

August 20 (Tuesday)- Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi; Banks will remain shut in Kerala.

August 24 - Fourth Saturday

August 25 - Sunday

August 26 (Monday) - Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi; Banks will remain shut in Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Srinagar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh.