Banks to remain closed for 16 days in January 2024; check list of bank holidays

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 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. Banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month.

Bank Holidays January 2024: Furthermore, the banks will also remain closed on 7 January (Sunday), 13 January (Second Saturday), 14 January (Sunday), 21 January (Sunday), 27 January (Fourth Saturday) and 28 January (Sunday). 

January 1 (Monday) – New Year’s Day: Banks are closed in Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata and Shillong, on the occasion of New Year’s Day. 

January 2 (Tuesday) – New Year’s Celebration: Banks will remain closed in Aizawl on January 2.

January 11 (Thursday) – Missionary Day: Banks will be closed on January 11 in Aizawl. 

January 12 (Friday) – Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda: Banks will be closed in Kolkata.

January 15 (Monday) – Uttarayana Punyakala/Makara Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu: Banks will be closed on January 15 in Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, and Hyderabad – Telangana

January 16 (Tuesday) – Thiruvalluvar Day: Banks will be closed in Chennai. 

January 17 (Wednesday) – Uzhavar Thirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday: Banks to stay shut in Chandigarh and Chennai. 

January 22 (Monday) – Imoinu Iratpa: Banks are closed in Imphal.

January 23 (Tuesday) – Gaan-Ngai/Netaji’s Birth Day: Banks are closed in Imphal and Kolkata. 

January 25 (Thursday) – Thai Poosam/Birthday of Md. Hazarat Ali: Banks are closed in Chennai, Kanpur and Lucknow.

January 26 (Friday)- Republic Day: Banks are closed across all India.