The new year is going to start with a holiday. The first date will be celebrated as New Year Holiday in many cities, due to which banks will remain closed. Apart from this, there will be many festivals like Lohri, Makar Sankranti (January Festival List), for which there will be bank holidays. Let’s see the complete list.
Bank Holidays in January 2024 List:
1 January- New Year
2 January- New Year Celebration
11 January- Missionary Day
15 January- Uttarayan Punyakala/Makar Sankranti/Magh Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu
16 January- Thiruvalluvar Day
17 January- Ujavar Tirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
22 January- Imoinu Irapta
23 January- Gaan-Ngai
25 January- Thai Poosam/Mohammed Hazrat Ali Birthday
26 January- Republic Day
When will the weekend holidays fall?
7 January- Sunday
13 January- Second Saturday
14 January- Sunday
21 January- Sunday
January 27- Fourth Saturday
28 January- Sunday
Let us tell you that RBI gives holidays in three categories for banks – Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. But these holidays apply according to different states. For example, some festivals are regional, so there is no holiday for them in the entire country, only the banks of that concerned area remain closed.
For your information, let us tell you that during these holidays, you cannot get that work done for which you have to go to the bank. But you can do online/mobile banking even when banks are closed (Banks are closed in January). Facilities like digital banking and payment etc. will continue to be available.
