August 2026 is packed with festivals like Independence Day, Onam, Raksha Bandhan, and Varavafat, which means bank employees will enjoy several holidays this month.
Apart from weekly offs, banks will remain closed on different dates in different cities.
Before visiting your bank branch, check the holiday list below.
Are Banks Open Today? (August 1)
Yes. Today, August 1, is the first Saturday of the month, so banks across India are open as usual.
According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), only the second and fourth Saturdays are bank holidays.
August 2026 Bank Holiday List
August 4 (Ker Puja): Banks closed in Agartala.
August 8: Banks closed in Gangtok.
August 13 (Patriot Day): Banks closed in Imphal.
August 15 (Independence Day & Parsi New Year): Banks closed across India.
August 19 (Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur’s Birth Anniversary): Banks closed in Agartala.
August 25 (Onam, Milad-un-Nabi, Milad-e-Sharif): Banks closed in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.
August 26 (Varavafat): Banks closed in Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Delhi, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
August 28 (Raksha Bandhan): Banks closed in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Gangtok, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Shimla, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
Weekly Bank Holidays
Apart from festival holidays, banks will also remain closed on weekly holidays:
Sundays: August 2, 9, 16, and 23
Second Saturday: August 8
Fourth Saturday: August 22
Customers are advised to complete important banking work in advance or use online banking, UPI, mobile banking, and ATMs, which will continue to operate during bank holidays.
