Bank holidays in April 2023 : There will be some significant changes that take effect as of the start of the next fiscal year (2023–24) on April 1. Bank customers should be aware of the bank holidays in April 2023 in order to make arrangements for their bank visits. Note that holidays differ depending on the state the individual resides.
In April 2023, banks will be closed for 15 days including bank closing, regional holidays along with Sundays and the second and fourth Saturdays.
Banks will be closed in April on the occasions of yearly accounts closing, Mahavir Jayanti, Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday, Good Friday, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, Sankranti/Biju Festival/Buisu Festival, Tamil New Year’s Day, Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day/Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha), Shab-l-Qadr, Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)/Garia Puja/Jumat-ul-Vida and Ramzan Eid (Eid-Ul-Fitr).
Bank holidays are categorized under three categories-
- Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act
- Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday.
- Banks’ Closing of Accounts
April 1 (Saturday) – Yearly closing- Banks are closed in all states except in Mizoram, Chandigarh, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh.
April 4 (Tuesday)- Mahavir Jayanti- Banks are closed in Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharastra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Lucknow, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand.
April 5 (Wednesday)- Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday- Banks closed in Hyderabad.
April 7 (Friday)- Good Friday- Banks are closed in most of the states except Tripura, Gujarat, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Srinagar.
April 14 (Friday)- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Tamil New Year’s Day/Maha Bisubha Sankranti/Biju Festival/Buisu Festival- Banks are closed in most of the except Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Mehalaya, Homalchal Pradesh.
April 15 (Saturday)- Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day/Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)- Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Kerala, Bengal, Himachal Pradesh.
April 18 (Tuesday)- Shab-l-Qadr- Banks are closed in Jammu and Srinagar.
April 21 (Friday)- Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)/Garia Puja/Jumat-ul-Vida- Banks are closed in Tripura, Jammu and Srinagar, Kerala.
April 22 (Saturday)- Ramzan Eid (Eid-Ul-Fitr): Banks are closed on account of fourth Saturday.
April Bank holidays 2023
| Apr-23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 |
| Agartala | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | • | ||||||
| Aizawl | • | • | |||||||
| Belapur | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Bhopal | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | • | ||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Gangtok | • | • | • | ||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Imphal | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Jaipur | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Jammu | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Kochi | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Kolkata | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Mumbai | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Nagpur | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| New Delhi | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Patna | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Raipur | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Ranchi | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Shillong | • | • | |||||||
| Shimla | • | ||||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • | • | • | • |
| Holiday Description | Day |
| To enable Banks to close their yearly accounts | 1 |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 4 |
| Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday | 5 |
| Good Friday | 7 |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Tamil New Year’s Day/Maha Bisubha Sankranti/Biju Festival/Buisu Festival | 14 |
| Vishu/Bohag Bihu/Himachal Day/Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15 |
| Shab-l-Qadr | 18 |
| Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Eid)/Garia Puja/Jumat-ul-Vida | 21 |
| Ramzan Eid (Eid-Ul-Fitr) | 22 |
