
Bank holidays in April 2023 India: Customers are advised to plan their bank work in advance as April has a lot of bank holidays this year around. Banks will be closed for a total of 15 days in the month including weekends. While banks are open on the first and third Saturdays, banks will remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays as well as all Sundays.
All banks will remain closed on April 1 for customers to enable banks to close their annual accounts. Banks will remain closed in all states except Mizoram, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya. Besides this, banks will also be closed on occasions such as Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday, Ambedkar Jayanti, Id-Ul-Fitr, and Baisakhi in April this year.
It, however, is always a good idea to check the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday calendar before planning any bank-related work. The RBI classifies bank holidays into three categories– Banks’ Closing of Accounts, Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, and Holidays under Negotiable Instruments and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays.
List of bank holidays in April 2023
Date | Occasion | States |
April 1 | Annual closing of Bank Accounts | All states except Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram |
April 4 | Mahavir Jayanti | Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Lucknow, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu |
April 5 | Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday | Telangana |
April 7 | Good Friday | Most states except Assam, Jammu, Srinagar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Tripura |
April 14 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Tamil New Year's Day/Maha Bisubha Sankranti/Biju Festival/Buisu Festival | Most states except Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram |
April 15 | Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day/Bengali New Year's Day (Nababarsha) | Assam, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tripura |
April 18 | Shab-I-Qadr | Jammu and Srinagar |
April 21 | Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)/ Garia Puja/Jummat-ul-Vida | Jammu and Srinagar, Tripura, and Kerala |
April 22 | Ramzan Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) | All except Kerala, Kochi, Chandigarh, Odisha, Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, and Karnataka |
Even though bank branches will remain shut on these days, mobile and net banking will remain functional. Customers can make any urgent transactions via online modes.
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