Makar Sankranti 2024: Banks will remain closed in many states on Makar Sankranti. There will be bank holiday for 16 days in the month of January including second and fourth Saturday and Sunday.
The calendar of bank holidays is declared by the Reserve Bank of India i.e. RBI at the beginning of the year. According to this, there are holidays for state banks. There will be bank holiday for 16 days in the month of January including second and fourth Saturday and Sunday. In such a situation, a question is arising in the minds of people whether there will be a holiday in banks on the day of Makar Sankranti or not.
Will banks remain closed on Makar Sankranti?
According to the RBI calendar, banks will remain closed in Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Sikkim and Assam on the occasion of Uttarayan Punyakal/Makar Sankranti Mahotsav/Maghe Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu on Monday (January 15) on Makar Sankranti. . Since January 13 is the second Saturday of the month, the weekend will be long in these states. In such a situation, there will be three consecutive holidays in these states on 13 January (second Saturday), 14 January (Sunday) and 15 January (Monday).
Bank holiday in January 2024
16 January (Tuesday) – Thiruvalluvar Day – Banks will remain closed in Tamil Nadu.
17 January (Wednesday) – Uzhavar Tirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday – There will be a holiday in banks in Tamil Nadu.
22 January (Monday) – Imoinu Iratpa – Banks are closed in Manipur.
23 January (Tuesday) – Singing – Banks are closed in Manipur.
25 January (Thursday) – Thai Poosam/Birthday of Muhammad Hazrat Ali – There will be a holiday in banks in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh.
26 January (Friday) – Banks will remain closed in all the states of the country on the occasion of Republic Day.
Apart from this, banks will remain closed due to 13th January being the second Saturday and 27th January being the fourth Saturday. At the same time, there will be a holiday in banks on January 14, January 21 and January 28 as they are Sundays.
