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All India list of Bank Holidays 2018

(A Combined holiday list for all the states  in India)

This post contains  All India consolidated list of public holidays /Bank holidays with the particulars of festivals/occasions at each state)

Bank holidays in India are declared as public holidays under explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881. The holiday declared under NI Act is applicable exclusively to the banks located within the administration area of specific State and Union Territory.  In other States and Union territories where it is not a holiday, banks remain opened and allow normal banking transaction    similar to any other working days.

We have updated the names of the states that have declared holidays in gazettes or notified by IBA for the calendar year 2018. While preparing this list, some of the states/UTs have not yet published the list of holidays or not available to us for the year 2018 under NI Acts.  In such cases we have shown the dates of some important festivals of local importance as a general information.. We shall include the State’s/Union territory’s name as and when the specific state declares it as a public holiday under NI acts for 2018.

Click : STATE to find the holidays list of specific state in India

List of Bank Holidays and popular festivals of various states in India during 2018:

Dates Festival/Occasion  Indian States /UTs
1 Jan2018

Monday

 

New Year Day Arunachal Pradesh/Rajasthan/Manipur/Mizoram/Nagaland/Sikkim/Tamil Nadu
5 Jan 2018

Friday

Guru Govindji Jammu & Kashmir
12 Jan 2018

(Friday)

 

Birthday of Swami Vivekananda West Bengal (WB)
14 Jan 2018 Sunday

 

 Pongal/ Uthran/Lohri/  Bhogali Bihu/ Magh Bihu/Maghe Sankranti/Hadaga/Poki Arunachal Pradesh/Assam/Sikkim/Tamilnadu/Puducherry

Not included in Holiday List of many states

15 Jan 2018 Monday

 

Uttarayana Punyakala Sankranti Festival/

Makara Sankranti

Thiruvalluvar Day

Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka/

Puducherry/Tamilnadu(TN)/Telangana

16 Jan 2018

Monday

 

Uzhavar Tirunal Tamilnadu(TN)
22 Jan 2018

Monday

Basant Panchami/

Vasant  Panchami

/Saraswati Puja

Haryana/ Odisha/Tripura/West Bengal (WB)
23 Jan 2018

Tuesday

Netaji Birthday Odisha/Tripura/West Bengal
24 Jan 2018

Wednesday

 

Sri Chhotu Ram jayanti

 

 

25 Jan 2018

Thursday

 

Statehood Day

 

Himachal Pradesh/

26 Jan 2018 Friday Republic Day    All India

 National Holiday

31 Jan 2018

Wednesday

Sant Ravidas Jayanti Haryana/ Himachal Pradesh/ Punjab
10 Feb 2018

Saturday

Maharashi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti, Haryana  (2nd Saturday)
13 Feb 2018

Tuesday

Mahashivaratri Andhra Pradesh/Gujarat/Jharkhand/

Jammu & Kashmir/Karnataka /

Kerala/Maharashtra/Odisha/Rajasthan/Telangana/Tripura/UttarKhand

14 Feb 2018

Wednesday

Mahashivaratri Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Himachal Pradesh/Madhya Pradesh/Odisha/Uttar Pradesh
19 Feb 2018

Monday

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Maharastra
1 March 2018

Thursday

Holi/Dol Jatra
Assam/Odisha/Telanagana/Uttar Pradesh/(Jammu Province only in the state of Jammu & Kashmir)/UttarKhand
2 March 2018 Friday

 

Holi/Doli Jatra Andhra Pradesh/Arunachal Pradesh/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Goa/Gujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand/Maharashtra/Madhya Pradesh/Odisha/Punjab/Sikkim/Tripura/Uttar Pradesh /West Benga
3 Mar 2018

Saturday

Holi Bihar
18 Mar 2018 Sunday

 

Chandramana Ugadi/Gudi Padva/Telugu New Year Day Andhra/Goa/Jammu & Kashmir,

Karnataka/Maharashtra/RajasthanTamilnadu/Telangana

(Not included in holiday list of many states)

21 Mar2018

Wednesday

Nauroz

Moh.Hazrat Ali Janam Din

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttar Pradesh

22 Mar 2018

Thursday

Bihar Divas Bihar,
24 Mar 2018

Saturday

Samrat Ashok Astami Bihar  (4th Saturday)
25 Mar2018

Sunday

Rama Navami Bihar/Himachal Pradesh/Jammu & Kashmir/Jharkhand/Odisha/Punjab/Rajasthan/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh

(Not included in holiday list of many states)

26 Mar2018

Monday

Rama Navami /Chaite Dasain
Telangana/Sikkim/
29 Mar 2018 Thursday

 

Mahavir Jayanthi Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Haryana/Jammu & Kashmir/

Karnataka/Maharashtra/Rajasthan/

Tamilnadu/Uttar Pradesh

30 Mar2018 Friday

 

Good Friday

Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Arunachal Pradesh/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Goa/Himachal Pradesh/Jharkhand/ /Karnataka/Kerala/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Mizoram/Nagaland/Odisha/Puducherry/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Tamilnadu/Telangana/Tripura/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal

1 Apr2018

Sunday

 

Banks’  Annual Closing

Easter

Banks are closed all over India

(Not included in holiday list)

2 April 2018

Monday

Banks’  Annual Closing Chhattisgarh/Delhi/ Kerala/Manipur/Odisha/Punjab
5 Apr 2018

Thursday

 

Babu Jagajivanram birthday Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
13 Apr 2018

Friday

Shab-i-miraz/Baisaki Jammu & Kashmir
14 Apr 2018

Saturday

 

Dr.Ambedkar Jayanthi

Tamil New Year/Bohag Bihu/Mahavishuba Sankranti/Bohag Bihu


Andhra Pradesh/Assam /Arunchal Pradesh/Bihar/Goa/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh/Jharkhand/Maharashtra/Jammu & Kashmir/Odisha/Puducherry/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Tamilnadu/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal/

2nd Saturday Bank Holiday ,

Not included in holiday list of many states

15 Apr 2018

Sunday

 

Bengali New Year/Bohag Bihu
Assam/Mizoram/Tripura/West Bengal

Not included in holiday list

18 Apr 2018

Wednesday

 

Sri Basava Jayanthi

Parashuram Jayanti

Karnataka

/Himachal Pradesh

23 Apr 2018

Monday

Vir Kunvar Sinh Jayanti, Bihar
24 Apr 2018

Tuesday

Janaki Navami,
30 April 2018

Monday

 

Buddha Poornima Arunachal Pradesh/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Himachal Pradesh/Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Tripura/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
1 May2018

Tuesday

May Day,

/Maharashtra Din

Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Goa/Karnataka/Kerala/ Manipur/Puducherry/Tamilnadu /Telengana/Tripura/West Bengal/

Maharashtra

 

2 May 2018

Wednesday

Shab-e-Barat
9 May2018

Tuesday

Birth day of Rabindranath Tagore/ Lok Nayak Maharana Pratap Jayanti. West Bengal/
29 May 2018

Thursday

Buddha Poornima/

Saga Dawa

Maharashtra/

Sikkim

8 Jun 2018

Friday

Jumat-ul-vida Jamu & Kashmir
11 Jun 2018

Monday

Shab-i Qadr Jammu & Kashmir
14 Jun 2018

Thursday

Pahili Raja,  Odisha
15 Jun 2018

Friday

Idul Fitr

Raja Sankranti*

Arunachal Pradesh/Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Kerala /Maharashtra/Odisha/Puducherry/Rajasthan/Tamilnadu/Tripura/UttarKhand

*only Odisha

16 June 2018

Saturday

Ktub-E-Ramzan, Idul Fitr

Maharana Pratap Jayanti

 Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Goa/ Gujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Karnataka,/ Madhya Pradesh/Manipur/Nagaland/Punjab/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Telangana/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
17 Jun 2018

Sunday

Martydom day Guru Arjun devji Punjab
28 Jun 2018

Thursday

Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti
5 July 2018

Wednesday

Guru Hargobind Ji’s birthday Jammu & Kashmir
13 Jul 2018

Thursday

Martyr’s day Jammu & Kashmir
14 Jul 2018

Friday

Raja Sankranti
 Odisha
14 Aug 2018

Tuesday

Haryali Teej
15 Aug  2018 Wednesday Independence Day All India

National Holiday

16 Aug 2018

Thursday

De jure Transfer Day/
Puducherry/

 

17 Aug 2018

Friday

Parsi New Year Day Maharashtra/Gujarat
22 Aug  2018

Wednesday

Bakrid,Idul Juha, Arunachal Pradesh/Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Goa/Gujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Karnataka/Kerala/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Manipur/Mizoram/Nagaland/Odisha/Rajasthan/Tamil Nadu/Telangana/Tripura/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
23 Aug 2018

Thursday

Heroe’s Marytdrom,

Eid-ul-Azh

Haryana

Jammu & Kashmir

24 Aug 2018

Friday

First Onam

Huttari Festival*

Kerala

*Only for Kodagu district of Karnataka

25Aug 2018

Saturday

Thiru Onam Kerala (4th Saturday)
26 Aug 2018

Sunday

Raksha Bandan Rajasthan/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh

Not included in holiday lists of many states

27 Aug 2018

Monday

Sree Narayana Guru jayanthi Kerala
2 Sept 2018

Sunday

Krishna Jayanthi (TN) Odisha/Tamil Nadu
3 Sep 2018

Monday

Sri Krisna Ashtami Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh (H.P)/Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Madhya Pradesh/Punjab/Rajasthan/Tripura/Telangana/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh
13 Sept 2018

Thursday

Ganesh Chaturti /Vinayaka Chavti/Samvatsari(Charti Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vratha/Ganesh Puja  

Andhra Pradesh/Goa/Gujarat/

Karnataka/Maharashtra/ Odhisha/Puducherry

Tamil Nadu/ Telangana

14 Sept 2018

Friday

Nuakhai

Ganesh Puja 2nd Day

Odisha/

Goa

19 Sept 2018

Wednesday

Teja Dashami/Ramdev Jayanti  Rajasthan/
20 Sept 2018

Thursday

Karma Puja/Muharram,  Jharkhand/Odisha
21 Sept 2018

Friday

Muharam, Moharram, Last day of Muharam/ Ashoora

*Sree Narayana Guru Sanmadhi DAY

 

Andhra Pradesh/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Karnataka/Gujarat/Himachal Pradesh (H.P)/Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Odisha/Rajasthan/Tamil Nadu/Telangan/Uttar Pradesh (U.P)/West Bengal

*Kerala

 

2 Oct 2018

Tuesday

Mahatma Gandhi Birthday All India

  National Holiday

8 Oct 2018

Monday

Mahalaya Amavasye Karnataka/Odisha/Tripura/West Bengal
9 Oct 2018

Tuesday

Ghatasthapana,  Rajasthan
10 Oct 2018

Wednesday

Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti
16 Oct 2018

Tuesday

Maha Saptami Odisha/ Sikkim/Tripura/West Bengal
 

17 Oct 2018 Wednesday

Durga Ashtami,

Mohaashtami /

Birthday of Shahid Bhagat Singh Ji

Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Jharkhand/Manipur/Odhisha/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Tripura/Telangana/West Bengal
18 Oct 2018

Thursday

Ayudha Pooja,Kati Puja,Maha Navami, Maha Nabami Dussera Andhra Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Goa/ Gujarat/Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/ Karnataka/Kerala/Nagaland/Odisha/Puducherry/Sikkim//Tamil Nadu/Telanagana/Tripura/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
19 Oct 2018

Friday

Dasara/Dussera/Vijaya Dashami Arunachal Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Haryana/Jharkhand/Karnataka/Kerala/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Mizoram/Sikkim/Odisha/Nagaland/Rajasthan/Tamil Nadu/Tripura/UttarKhand
24 October 2018

Wednesday

Maharshi Valmiki Jayanthi

Durga Puja Dassain*

 

Delhi/Himachal Pradesh/Odisha

Karnataka/Punjab/Sikkim*/

 

30 Oct 2018

Tuesday

Chehllum
1 Nov 2018

Thursday

Rajyotsava,Kut,Puducherry Liberation Day, Haryana Day/  

Karnataka/Manipur/Puduchery/                                                              Haryana

 

6 Nov 2018

Tuesday

Naraka Chaturdashi/Kali Puja/Deepavali Assam/Goa/Karnataka/Kerala/Puduchery/

Tamil Nadu/West Bengal

7 Nov 2018

Wednesday

Deepavali Arunachal Pradesh/Andhra Pradesh/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Gujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Manipur/Mizoram/Odhisha/Punjab/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Telangana/Tripura/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh
8 Nov 2018

Thursday

Balipadyami, Balipada
Deepavali
Karnataka/Gujarat/Maharashtra/Rajasthan/Sikkim/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh
9 Nov 2018

Friday

Bhai Dooj/Ningol Chakkouba*,/Lakshmi Puja*
Bihar/Manipur*/Rajasthan/Rajasthan/Sikkim*/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh
13 Nov 2018

Tuesday

Chhath Puja/Surya Shashti
Bihar/Jharkhand/
14 Nov 2018

Wednesday

Chaat Puja Bihar
20 Nov 2018

Friday

Milad-e-sherif

( Birthday of Mohd. Pygambar)

Kerala
21 Nov 2018

Wednesday

Id-e-milad Andhra Pradesh/Arunchal Pradesh/Chhattisgarh/
Delhi/Jharkhand/Karnataka/Gujarat/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Mizoram/Odisha//Puduchery/Rajasthan/Tamil Nadu/Telanagana/Tripura/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh
23 Nov 2018

Friday

Kartika Poornima/Raasa Purnima/Guru Nanak Jayanti Arunachal Pradesh/Assam/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Nagaland/Odisha/Punjab/Rajasthan/Telangana/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh /West Bengal
26 Nov 2018

Monday

Kanakadasa Jayanthi Karnataka
3 Dec  2018

Monday

Feast of St.Francis Xavier Goa
5 Dec 2018

Wednesday

Birthday Of Shaikh Mohammed Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir
19 Dec 2018

Wednesday

Goa  Liberation Day Goa
25  Dec 2018

Tuesday

Christmas,

Andhra Pradesh/Aunchal Pradesh/Assam/Bihar/Chhattisgarh/Delhi/Goa/Gujarat/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh /Jharkhand/Jammu & Kashmir/Karnataka/Kerala/Madhya Pradesh/Maharashtra/Mizoram/Manipur/Nagaland/Odhisha/Punjab/Rajasthan/Rajasthan/Sikkim/Tamil Nadu/Telanagana/Tripura/UttarKhand/Uttar Pradesh)/West Bengal

26 Dec 2018

Wednesday

Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti Haryana
  • 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 or the community fraternity in government service may be granted special  holidays on the date observable.
  • All Sundays and 2nd & 4th Saturdays are Bank Holidays under the explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881.( Applicable to all commercial and co-operative banks operating  in entire India).

    Bank holiday for annual closing on April 1st is applicable only for commercial banks including co-operative banks in India. All other offices will be opened  if it is  otherwise not a declared holiday/Sunday.

  • Exclusive Public holidays in the states:
  • Sikkim:
    17/1 (wed)Sonam Locchar,16/2 (fri) Losar, 29/4 Sun Sakewa,16/5 (wed) State Day, 29/5 (Tue) Saga Dawa, 13/7 (Fri) Bhanu Jayanti,16/7 (Mon) Drkpa Tschechi, 22/7 Sun Guru Rimpoche’s Thungkar Tschechu,
    8/8 (wed)Tendong Lho Rum Faat, 26/8 Sun Pang-Lhabsol, 23/9 sun Indrajatra, 2/10,31/10 wed Lhabab Duechen, 6/12 Thus Kagyed Dance, 8/12 to 12/12 (Sat to wed) Losoong/Namsoong,13/12to 14/12 Thus/fri Nyenpa Guzom,22/12 (sat) Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam, 27/12 Thu Barahimizong , 30/12 Sun Tamu Lochar
    Manipur:15/2(Thu) LUI-Ngai-Ni, 3/3 (sat)Yaosang 2nd day, 13/8 (mon) Patriot’s day,Nov 1,(Thurs) Kut, ,9/11 Ningol Chakkouba,

    Meghalaya:

    3/7 (Tue) Beh Tinkham,17/7 Tue U Troit Sing Day, 9/11(Fri) Wangala Festival,23/11 (Fri) Seng Kut Snem, 12/12 Wed Pa-Togan Nengminz Sangma, 18/12 Wed Death anniversary of U So So Tham, 24/12 Xmas eve, 26/12 Christmas festival, 30/12 (Sun) U Kiang Nangbah

    Nagaland: 1/12 Sat State Inauguration Day, 24 to 27/12 Christmas festivals

    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 changes in holiday dates, mistake, errors, ambiguity, inconsistency, discrepancy or doubts may inadvertently creep up. The readers are therefore requested to be guided by the holiday list announced by the banks of respective states/UT or by the IBA for correct and as authentic information. 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 the contents of this write-up.

 

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