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.
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