Holi will be celebrated across the country tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4. Holi is also being celebrated on 3 March in many states. Today, Tuesday, the stock market is closed due to Holi and trading will resume tomorrow, March 4. Many people are confused about whether banks will be open or closed tomorrow, Wednesday. According to the RBI list, due to Holi in March, banks will remain closed on different days in different parts of the country.
What does RBI bank holiday list say?
According to the state holiday list of RBI, there will be bank holidays in different states on March 3 and 4. There is a little confusion regarding the date of Holi this year, as some states will celebrate the festival on March 3, while some states will celebrate Holi on March 4. Therefore, banks will remain closed on both days in different states.
Banks will remain closed in these states on March 3
Banks will remain closed in 16 cities and areas on Tuesday, March 3. These include Belapur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
Banks will remain closed in these states tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4.
There will be a bank holiday at 18 places on Wednesday, March 4. These include Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla. This year Holika Dahan will take place on March 3. The auspicious time will be from 6:22 pm to 8:50 pm. The next day, Holi of colors, will be celebrated on March 4. The date of Holi is decided every year according to the Hindu calendar, so there may be a slight difference in the dates in different places.
The second day of Holi is celebrated with different names in different states. In North India it is called Dhuleti or Dhulandi, where people celebrate by applying colors and gulal to each other. In Manipur it is called the second day of Yaosang, a big festival there. On this day children and youth play with colors, cultural programs take place and people mingle. Overall, the second day of Holi is a day of colours, fun and brotherhood.
Banks are usually closed on national and local festivals. Banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month and also on all Sundays. However, digital banking services will continue even if bank branches are closed. Customers can transfer money through net banking, mobile banking and UPI. Cash can be withdrawn from ATM.
Andhra Pradesh
March 3 – Holi (second day)
March 19 – Ugadi/Telugu New Year
20 March – Eid-ul-Fitr (Jumaat-al-Wida)
27 March – Shri Ram Navami
Arunachal Pradesh
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Assam
March 3 – Holi (Dol Jatra)
March 21 – Ramzan Eid / Sarhul
Bihar
3rd and 4th March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
27 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Chandigarh
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
Chhattisgarh
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 31 – Mahavir Jayanti
Delhi
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Goa
3 March – Holi
19 March – Gudi Padwa
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
Gujarat
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Himachal Pradesh
4 March – Holi
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
Jammu and Kashmir
4 March – Holi
17 March – Shab-e-Qadr
19 March – Gudi Padwa / Navratri
March 20 – Eid-ul-Fitr (Jumaat-al-Wida)
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
Jharkhand
3 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
March 31 – Mahavir Jayanti
Karnataka
19 March – Ugadi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Kerala
March 3 – Holi / Attukal Pongala
20 March – Eid-ul-Fitr
Madhya Pradesh
3 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 and 27 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Maharashtra (including Mumbai and Nagpur)
3 March – Holi
19 March – Gudi Padwa
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
Manipur
March 4 – Holi / Yaosang
19 March – Sajibu Nongpanba
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
Meghalaya
March 4 – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
Mizoram
March 4 – Holi
March 13 – Chapchar Kut
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 26 – Shri Ram Navami
Nagaland
March 21 – Ramzan Eid / Sarhul
Odisha
March 4 – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 27 – Shri Ram Navami
Rajasthan
March 3 – Holi / Dhulandi
March 19 – Gudi Padwa / Navratri
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 26 – Shri Ram Navami
Sikkim
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 27 – Shri Ram Navami
Tamil Nadu
March 19 – Ugadi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
March 26 – Shri Ram Navami
March 31 – Mahavir Jayanti
Telangana
March 3 – Holi
19 March – Ugadi
27 March – Shri Ram Navami
Tripura
4 March – Holi
Uttarakhand
3rd and 4th March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
Uttar Pradesh (including Kanpur and Lucknow)
2 March – Holika Dahan
4 March – Holi
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti
west bengal
3 March – Holi/Dol Jatra
March 21 – Ramzan Eid
26 March – Shri Ram Navami
31 March – Mahavir Jayanti