Banks across the country will remain closed for some days in December due to public holidays including Christmas.

All commercial banks such as SBI, PNB, Union Bank, BoB, HDFC, ICICI, etc. will be closed on 25 December, Tuesday, on account of Christmas – a national holiday. This is besides the second and fourth Saturday offs, which will be 8 December and 22 December 2018.

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Banks in every state and city will therefore remain closed on 8 December, 22 December and 25 December.

But banks in many states will remain closed on other days due to other festivals or events of importance. Sikkim, for instance, has a five-day major festival called Losoong Namsong in December, during which banks will remain closed.

Here is a list of states where banks holidays are for more than 3 days in December:

Arunachal Pradesh: Banks will be closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

1 December: Indigenous Faith Day

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Chhattisgarh: Banks will remain closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

18 December: Guru Ghasidas Jayanti

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Daman & Diu: Banks will remain closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

19 December: Liberation Day

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas Day

Goa: Banks will be closed for a total of 5 days excluding Sundays.

3 December: Feast of St Francis Xavier.

8 December: Second Saturday

19 December: Liberation Day

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Haryana: Banks will remain closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

26 December: Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti

Jammu & Kashmir: Banks will remain closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

5 December: Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Manipur: Banks will be closed for a total of 4 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

31 December: New Year’s Eve

Meghalaya: Banks will remain closed for 8 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

12 December: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

18 December: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

22 December: Fourth Saturday

24 December to 27 December: Christmas Holidays

Mizoram: Banks will remain closed for a total of 5 days excluding Sundays.

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

24 to 26 December: Christmas

Sikkim: Banks will be closed for a total of 11 days excluding Sundays.

6 December: Kagyed Dance

8 to 12 December: Losoong Namsong (Coinciding with Second Saturday and including a Sunday)

13 and 14 December: Nyenpa Guzom

22 December: Teyongsi Sirijunga Sawan Tongnam (coinciding with Fourth Saturday)

25 December: Christmas

27 December: Barahimizong

30 December: Tamu Losar

Major states such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh will have only three bank holidays.

Delhi:

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Uttar Pradesh:

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Maharashtra:

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

Andhra Pradesh:

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas

West Bengal:

8 December: Second Saturday

22 December: Fourth Saturday

25 December: Christmas