Bank holidays in January 2024
In January 2024, banks will be closed for a total of 16 days, which includes the second and fourth Saturdays, Sundays, and other regional holidays. To eliminate any confusion, here are the details of the upcoming weekends.
January 13, 2024
Saturday, January 13, 2024, will be a non-working day for banks as it falls on the second Saturday of the month.
Other weekends
- January 20: Working Saturday
- January 27: Non-working Saturday
Special considerations for January 15, 2024
On Monday, January 15, 2024, banks will be closed in several states due to the Uttarayana Punyakala/Makar Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu.
The following states will observe a bank holiday on this day: Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Sikkim, and Assam. As January 13 is a bank holiday (second Saturday) and Sunday is a recognised holiday, banks in these states will enjoy an extended weekend.
Notable national bank holidays
Apart from the regional holidays, some well-known national bank holidays in India include Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), Independence Day (August 15), Republic Day (January 26), and Christmas (December 25). Additionally, there are various religious holidays, the dates of which may vary each year.
Other holidays in January 2024
- January 16 (Tuesday): Thiruvalluvar Day (Banks closed in Tamil Nadu)
- January 17 (Wednesday): Uzhavar Thirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday (Banks closed in Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu)
- January 22 (Monday): Imoinu Iratpa (Banks closed in Manipur)
- January 23 (Tuesday): Gaan-Ngai (Banks closed in Manipur)
- January 25 (Thursday): Thai Poosam/Birthday of Md. Hazarat Ali (Banks closed in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh)
State-wise breakdown bank holidays of January 2024:
| Jan-24 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 |
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| Ahmedabad | • | ||||||||||
| Aizawl | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Belapur | • | ||||||||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | |||||||||
| Bhopal | • | ||||||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | |||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | |||||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Dehradun | • | ||||||||||
| Gangtok | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | |||||||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | |||||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | |||||||||
| Imphal | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | |||||||||
| Jaipur | • | ||||||||||
| Jammu | • | ||||||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | |||||||||
| Kochi | • | ||||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | |||||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | |||||||||
| Mumbai | • | ||||||||||
| Nagpur | • | ||||||||||
| New Delhi | • | ||||||||||
| Panaji | • | ||||||||||
| Patna | • | ||||||||||
| Raipur | • | ||||||||||
| Ranchi | • | ||||||||||
| Shillong | • | • | |||||||||
| Shimla | • | ||||||||||
| Srinagar | • | ||||||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • |
| Holiday Description | Day |
| New Year’s Day | 1 |
| New Year Celebration | 2 |
| Missionary Day | 11 |
| Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12 |
| Uttarayana Punyakala/Makara Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu | 15 |
| Thiruvalluvar Day | 16 |
| Uzhavar Thirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday | 17 |
| Imoinu Iratpa | 22 |
| Gaan-Ngai/Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose | 23 |
| Thai Poosam/Birthday of Md. Hazarat Ali | 25 |
| Republic Day | 26 |
