The month of March is about to begin, and with it a new list of bank holidays will come into effect. Festivals like Holi and others will be celebrated during this month.
If you are planning to finish any important banking work, it is better to first check which days banks will remain closed in March.
Banking services may be affected on several days due to festivals and regular weekly holidays in different states and cities.
So, reviewing the holiday list in advance will help you avoid inconvenience. Below are the details of bank holidays in March.
Bank Holidays Around Holi and Other Festivals
Banks will remain closed in Kanpur and Lucknow on March 2 for Holika Dahan.
On March 3, banking services will be affected in Belapur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, and Vijayawada due to festivals like Dol Jatra, Dhulandi, and Holika Dahan.
Banks will also be closed on March 4 for Holi in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, New Delhi, Raipur, Shillong, and Shimla.
In addition, banks in Aizawl will remain closed on March 13 for the Chapchar Kut festival.
Bank Holidays Later in March
Banks will be closed in Jammu and Srinagar on March 17 for Shab-e-Qadr.
On March 19, banking services will be affected in Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, and Vijayawada due to Gudi Padwa, Telugu New Year’s Day, and the first day of Navaratri.
On March 20, banks will remain closed in Jammu, Srinagar, Kochi, Trivandrum, and Vijayawada for Ramzan and Jumat-ul-Vida.
On March 21, banks will be closed across the country for Ramadan-Eid and Sarhul, except in Kochi, Vijayawada, Trivandrum, and Shimla.
Banks will also be closed in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Ranchi on March 26 for Ram Navami.
Additionally, banks will remain closed in many cities on March 27 for Ram Navami and on March 31 for various reasons.
