All India Bank Holidays 2017

(The list of holidays and festivals in Indian for all states/UTs of India during 2017)

Indian bank holidays are declared under explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. These holidays are declared separately by each administration of various Union Territories and State Governments. Bank holidays declared by a state/UT is observed only by the banks situated within the administrative limit of that state/UT. The banks situated in other states where it is not a holiday would remain open for normal banking transactions.

Bank Holidays 2017:

We have updated the holidays and names of the states that have already declared holidays under the explanation to Section 25 of NI Act 1881.  However, the dates of the holidays marked (#) alongside the names of states in the below list have till date not announced the official list of state holidays under NI Act. Yet, in view of the occasions of local importance, we have shown the dates and names of some important festivals which were reflected in previous years holiday list of those states with the mark (#), as a general information. We will update this page and remove (#) marks as soon as the official holiday lists are released by the concerned State Governments.

In addition to public holidays listed below, all the commercial & Co-operative Banks across the country closed on all Sundays and 2nd & 4th Saturdays as ‘Public Holidays’ under the explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881.

The list of holidays and festivals during 2017 are as under.

JANUARY 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
New Year Day 1 January 2017- Sunday	Arunachal Pradesh (#)/Meghalaya/Nagaland/Tamilnadu
New Year Festival 2 January 2017 –Monday	Mizoram
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 5 January 2017 –Thursday	Chandigarh/Himachal Pradesh
Gaan-Ngai 10 January 2017-Tuesday	Manipur
Missionary Day 11 January 2017-Wednesday	Mizoram
Birthday of Swami Vivekananda 12 January 2017 –Thursday	West Bengal
Makara ankranti/Ponga/Magh Bihu/ Uttarayana punyakala /Lohri/ Bhogali Bihu/ Hadaga/Poki 14 January 2017 –Saturday	Andaman & Nicobar (#)/Arunachal Pradesh (#)/Assam/ Gujarat/Karnataka/Nagaland/Tamilnadu/Puducherry
Thiruvalluvar Day 15 January 2017 –Sunday	Tamilnad
Uzhavar Tirunal 16 January 2017-Monday	Tamilnadu/Puducherry
Netaji Birthday 23 January 2017 –Monday	Tripura/West Bengal
Republic Day 26 January 2017 –Thursday	All India Holiday National Holiday

 

FEBRUARY 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami/Basant Panchami) 1Feb 2017 –Wednesday	Odisha/Tripura/West Bengal
Guru Ravidas’s Birthday 10 Feb2017- Friday	Chandigarh/Himachal Pradesh/Haryana /Punjab
Lui Ngai-Ni 15 Feb2017- Wednesday	Manipur
State Day /Statehood day, 20 Feb2017-Monday	Mizoram/Arunachal Pradesh (#)
Mahashivratri 24 Feb 2017-Friday)	Andaman & Nicobar (#) /Chandigarh/Chhatisgarh /Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh/Haryana /J&K /Jharkhand/Karnataka/Kerala/Maharastra/Odisha/Telangana/Uttar Pradesh /Uttar Khand

MARCH 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Chapchar Kut 3 March 2017	Mizoram
Holi / Dol Jatra 12 March 2017- Sunday	Andaman /Assam/Chandigarh /Jammu Province only/Lakshdweep (#)/Nagaland(#)//Odisha/Punjab#/Sikkim /Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh/West  Bengal
Holi (2nd day)/Yaosang 2nd Day/Hola 13 March 2017- Monday	Arunachal Pradesh (#)/Bihar /Chandigarh/Chhatisgar/Daman-Diu (#)/Delhi/Gujarat/Himachal  Pradesh/Haryana/Jharkhand/Madhya Pradesh/Maharastra/Manipur/Meghalaya/Mizoram/Odisha/Punjab/Rajastan/Uttar Pradesh/Uttara Khand
Holi 14 March 2017- Tuesday	Bihar
Holi 17 March 2017 -Tuesday	Nagaland
Bihar Day 22 March 2017 Wednesday	Bihar
Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Cheti Chand/Chaitra Sukladi, 1st Navratra 28 March 2017-Tuesday	Goa/J& K/Maharastra
Chandramana Ugadi/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Julelal Jayanti 29 March 2017-Wednesday	Andhra Pradesh /Goa/Karnataka/ Manipur/Tamilnadu/Telangana /
Sarhul 30 March 2017 Thursday	Jharkhand

APRIL 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Annual closing of Accounts of Commercial and Co-operative Banks 1 Apr2017-Saturday	Banks are closed all over India
Shree Ram Navami 4 Apr  2017-Tuesday	Chandigarh/Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand//Maharastra/Odisha/Punjab /Rajastan/Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh
Ram Navami/Babu Jagajivanram birthday 5 Apr  2017-Wednesday	Andhra Pradesh/Bihar/Madhya Pradesh/Telangana
Mahavir Jayanti 9 Apr  2017 Sunday	Andaman & Nicobar (#)/Chandigarh/ Daman-Diu (#)/Delhi/Haryana /Karnataka/ Maharashtra/Tamilnadu
Birthday of Mohammad Hajarat Ali 11 Apr 2017-Tuesday	Uttar Pradesh
Vaisakhi /baisakhi/Vishu 1st day 13 Apr 2017-Thursday	Chandigarh/J&K/Mahe Region (Puducherry)/Punjab (#)
Good Friday/  Solar New year ( Vishu/Tamil New year day/  Puthandu/ B R Ambedkar Jayanti/Mesadi yugadi 14 April 2017- Friday	Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Chandigarh/Daman-Diu/ Dadra-Nagar-HaveliDelhi/Goa/Gujarat/Haryana#/Jharkhand/J&K/Karnataka/Kerala/ Lakshdeep(#)/Maharashtra/Mahe  Region/Manipur/ Meghalay/Mizoram/Nagaland /Odisha /Puducherry/ Rajastan/Sikkim (#)//Tamilnadu /Telangana /Tripura/Uttar Pradesh/Uttar Khand/West Bengal
Bengali New Year’s Day/Himchal Day / Rongali Bihu/Bohag Bihu/Vaisakhadi/Vishu (2nd day) 15 April 2017-Saturday	Assam/Himachal Pradesh/Tripura/West Bengal
Easter 16 April 2017-Sunday	Andaman/Kerala/ Daman-Diu/ Dadra-Nagar-Haveli (#) Lakshdweep(#)/Sikkim (#)/Nagaland (#)
Garia Puja 21 April 2017- Friday	Tripura
Basava Jayanthi 29 Apr 2017-Friday	Karnataka

MAY 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Maharashtra Din/May Day 1 May 2017 Sunday	Andhra Pradesh/Assam /Bihar/ Dadra & Nagar-Haveli (#)Goa/Karnataka/Kerala/ Lashdweep (#)/Maharashtra/Manipur/Puducherry/Sikkim (#)/ Tamilnadu /Telangana/Tripura/West Bengal
Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore / Lok Nayak Maharana Pratap Jayanti 9 May2017-Tuesday	West Bengal
Buddha Pournima 10 May 2017 Wednesday	Andaman(#)/Arunachal Pradesh (#)/Chhatisgarh/Delhi/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh/J&K /Jharkhand/Madhya Pradesh/Maharastra/Uttara Khand/Uttar Pradesh
Martyrdom day Sri Guru Arjun Devji 29 May 2017 Monday	Punjab

JUNE 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Y.M.A Day /Raja Sankranti 15 June 2017-Thursday	Miziram/Odisha
Martyrdom Day Sri Guru Arjun singhji 16 June 2017 Friday	Punjab (#)
Shab-i-Qadr 22 June 2017 – Thursday,	J&K
Jumat-ul-wida 23 June 2017- Friday	J&K
Rath Jatra/Ramzan (Idul-Fitr) 25 June 2017-Sunday	Odisha/Kerala
Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr) 26 June 2017- Monday	Andhra Pradesh/Andaman (#)/Assam /Arunachal Pradesh/Bihar/Chandigarh/Chhatisgarh/Delhi/ Daman-Diu (#)/Gujarat/ Himachal Pradesh/ Haryana/ J&K /Lakshadweep(#)/Jharkand/Karnataka/Madhya Padesh/Maharastra/Mahe Region/Manipur/Nagaland (#)/Punjab /Puducherry/Odisha/Rajastan/Tamilnadu/Telangana/Tripura/Uttar Khand/ Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal,
Remna Ni 30 June 2017- Thursday	Mizoram

JULY 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Annual Closing of RBI Kharch Puja 1 July 2017- Friday	RBI offices closed for public Tripura
Guru  Hargobind Ji Birthday 5 July 2017- Tuesday	J& K
MHIP Day 6 July 2017-Wednesday	Mizoram
Bonalu 10 July 2017-Monday
Martyr’s day 13 July 2017 –Thursday	J&K
Ker Puja 15 July 2017- Saturday	Tripura
U Tirot Sing Day                16 *& 17 July 2017 –Monday	(* 16/7/2017 Beh Deinkhlam -Sunday) Meghalaya

AUGUST 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Raksha Bandhan 7 August 2017-Monday	Madhya Pradesh/Punjab#/Rajastan/Uttara Khand/Uttar Pradesh/Himachal Pradesh*(*Holiday  only for women employees working in all Government offices, boards, Corporations, educational institutions in Himachal Pradesh)
Janmashtmi /Krishna Jayanthi/Krishna astami 14 August  2017-Monday	Bihar/Odisha/ Tamilnadu/Telangana/Uttara Khand#
Independence  Day   (Janmastami for Vaisnavs) 15 August  2017 Tuesday	All India Holiday (National Holiday)
De jure Transfer day 16 August  2017 Wednesday	Puducherry
Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)   17 August 2017-Thursday	Maharastra
Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvantsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata                25 August  2017 –Friday	Andhra Pradesh/Daman-Diu (#)/Gujarat/Karnataka/Maharastra/Odisha/Puducherry/Tamilnadu /Telangana
Ganesh Chaturthi  2nd Day 26 August 2017-Wednesday	Goa

SEPTEMBER 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Bakrid (Idul Ad’ha) 1 Sep 2017-Friday	Kerala/Pudhucherry
Bakri Id (Id-ul-Zuha)/Karma Puja 2 September 2017 –Saturday	Andhra Pradesh/Assaam /Bihar /Chhatisgarh/Daman-Diu (#)/DelhiGujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh/J&K / Jharkhand /Karnataka/Madhya Pradesh /Maharastra/Manipur/Meghalaya/Odisha/Punjab (#)/Rajastan/Tamilnadu/Telangana/Tripura/Uttara Khand /Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
First Onam/) Idul Zuha Holiday 3 Sep 2017-Sunday	Kerala/J&K /
Thiruvonam 4 Sept 2017-Monday	Kerala
Shree Narayana Guru Jayanthi 6 Sept 2017-Wednesday	Kerala
Mahalaya Amavasye 19 Sept 2017-Tuesday	Karnataka/Odisha/Tripura/West Bengal
Bathukamma starting day 20 Sept 2017-Wednesday	Telangana
Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day 21 Sept 2017-Thursday	Kerala
Maha Saptami 27 Sept  2017 *Wednesday	Tripura/West Bengal
Durga Ashtami,Mohaashtami /Birthday of Shahid Bhagat Singh Ji 28 Sept  2017 – Thursday	Andhra Pradesh/Jharkhand/ Manipur/Odisha/Tripura/Telangana/West Bengal /
Maha Navami,Ayudha Pooja, Maha Nabami 29 Sept  2017 –Friday	Assam/Bihar/J&K /Jharkhand/Karnataka /Kerala/ Meghalaya/Mizoram/Puducherry /Punjab(#)/Tamilnadu /Tripura/Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal
Vijayadashami,Vijaya Doshami, Dusshera,Dasara, 30 Sept  2017- Saturday	Andhra Pradesh/Andaman(#)/ Arunchal Pradesh (#)Bihar/Chhatisgarh/ Daman-Diu (#)/Delhi/Goa/Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh /Haryana/J&K/Jharkhand//Karnataka /Kerala/Lakshdweep (#)/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Meghalaya/Mizoram/Nagaland (#)/Odisha/Punjab/ Rajastan/ /Tamilnadu /Telangana/Tripura/Uttara Khand/ Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal

 

OCTOBER 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Moharram, Muharam 1 October 2017-Sunday	Andaman (#)/Bihar/Chhatisgarh/Daman-Diu (#)/Delhi/J&K /Karnataka /Maharashtra/Odisha/ Tamilnadu /Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal/
Mahatma Gandhi Birthday 2 October 2017-Monday	All India Holiday /National Holiday/
Lakshmi Puja/Mahrsi Valmiki Jayanti/ Meerabai Jayanti, 5 October 2017-Thursday	Chandigarh/Karnataka /Odisha/Punjab/ Tripura/West Bengal
Karva Chauth/Karaka Chaturthi 8 October 2017-Sunday	Himachal Pradesh (*Holiday for women employees working in all Government offices, boards, Corporations, educational institutions in Himachal Pradesh)
Narak Chaturdashi,Kali Puja/ Chhat Puja /Deepavali/Kati Bihu 18 October 2017-Wednesday	Assam /Goa/Karnatakaa /Kerala/ Puducherry/Tamilnadu/Telangana
Diwali Lakshmi Puja/Kali Puja 19 October 2017-Thursday	Andhra Pradesh/Andaman (#)/Arunchal Pradesh/ Assam/Bihar/Chandigarh/Chhatisgarh/ Dadra & Nagar-Haveli (#)/Daman-Diu(#)/Delhi/Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh /J&K /Jharkhand/Lakshdweep (#)/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Manipur/Meghalaya/Mizoram/Nagaland (#)/Odisha/Punjab/Rajastan#/Tripura/ Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal
Bali Padyami/Diwali (Balipratipada)/Govardhan Puja/ Vikram Samvant New Year Day 20 October 2017-Friday	Gujarat/Karnataka/Maharashtra/Meghalaya/Rajastan/Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh
Bhai Dhuj/ Chitragupt Jayanti/Ningol Chakkouba 21 October2017-Saturday	Manipur/Mizoram/ Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh/ Himachal Pradesh (* Holiday for women employees working in all Government offices, boards, Corporations, educational institutions in Himachal Pradesh)
Chath (Evening Ardhya) Pratihar Sashti/Surya Sashti/Chhatpuja 26 Oct 2017-Thursday	Bihar/Jharkhand
Chhat Puja 27 October 2017-Friday	Bihar

NOVEMBER 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Kannada Rajyothsava/Kut/ Puducherry Liberation Day 1 Nov 2017-Wednesday	Karnataka/Manipur/Puducherry
Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima 4 Nov 2017-Saturday	Andhra Pradesh/Andaman (#)/Arunachal Pradesh/Assam /Chandigarh/Chhatisgarh/Delhi/Himachal Pradesh/J& K /Jharkhand/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Punjab/Rajastan/Telangana/Uttar Khand/Uttar Pradesh/West Bengal
Kanakadasa Jayanthi 6 Nov 2017-Monday	Karnataka
Wangala Festival 10 Nov 201-Friday	Meghalaya
Seng Kut Snem 23 Nov 2017 –Thursday	Meghalaya
Guru Tej Bahadur Martyrdom day 24 Nov 2017-Friday	Haryana# /Punjab#

DECEMBER 2017

Holiday description with date	States/UTs Observing Public Holiday
Eid-Milad,Milad un-Nabi, Id-e-Milad/ Indigenious Faith day 1  Dec 2017 – Friday	Andhra Pradesh/Andamman (#) /ArunachalPradesh(#)/ Jammu & Kashmir/Karnataka /Maharashtra/ Tamilnadu /Telangana
Id-e-milad /Milad-I-shariff (birthday of prophet  Mohammed)/ 2  Dec 2017 Saturday	Chhatisgarh/ Daman-Diu (#)/Delhi/Jharkhand//Kerala/Madhya Pradesh/ Puducherry/Uttar Pradesh/Uttar Khand
Feast of St.Francis Xavier 4 Dec 2017-Monday	Goa
Birthday of Shaikh Mohammed Abdulla 5 DEC 2017 –Tuesday	Jammu & Kashmir
Friday following Id 8 Dec 2017- Friday	Jammu & Kashmir
Goa  Liberation Day/ Liberation day of Daman & Diu 19 Dec 2017-Tuesday	Goa/  Daman & Diu
Christmas/Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 25  Dec 2017-Monday	Andhra Pradesh/Andaman (#)/Arunachal Pradesh (#)/Assam /Bihar/Chandigarh/Chhatisgarh/Delhi/ Dadra & Nagar-Haveli (#)/Daman-Diu (#)/Goa/Gujarat/J&K /Jharkhand/ Karnataka /Kerala/Lakshadweep (#)/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Meghalaya/Odisha/ Pudhucherry/Punjab(#)/Sikkim (#)/Tamilnadu /Telangana/Uttar Khand /Uttar Pradesh/West Ben
December 2017 Holidays in North East States	Holidays  in Meghalaya 12/12  (Tuesday )Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma, 18/12 (Monday)Death Anniversary of U Soso Tham,24/12 to 26/12/2017 Christmas festival,30/12/2017 Saturday U Kiang Holidays in Nagaland: 23/12 to 31/12/2017  Christmas eve Festival

1. Bank holiday for annual closing on April 1^st is applicable only to commercial banks including co-operative banks in India. All other offices will be opened. The banks are closed for public dealings on September 30 for their half-yearly closing of accounts. The day for banks’ half-yearly closing of accounts sometime falls on dissimilar dates at different states due to holidays declared by different States under the Negotiable Instruments Act, In such cases, the last working day in September may be closed by the commercial and co-operative banks in India for their half-yearly closing.
2. If any of the holidays for the festivals of Muslim fraternity notified above does not fall on the date notified, the holiday date may be altered by the concerned Government.

Disclaimer: Every effort has been taken to avoid errors or omissions in the list of holidays published above. In spite of this, it is possible that any mistake, errors, ambiguity, inconsistency, discrepancy or doubts may inadvertently creep up. Such mistakes or errors noticed by anyone may please be brought to the notice of the author for the rectification.  The author or anyone connected directly or indirectly to this website accepts no responsibility whatsoever and will not be liable for any losses, claims or damages which may arise because of inaccuracy in the information.

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