Bank Holidays January 2025:The new year is going to start in a few days from now. If you have postponed important banking related work in the first month of next year, then take a look at the bank holidays falling in January 2025. Apart from the New Year festival, many big festivals like Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Vivekananda Jayanti, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Republic Day are falling in the month of January 2025. On such special occasions, government and private banks across the country will remain closed. However, these bank holidays may be different in different states.
You can check the complete list of holidays when the bank operations will be halted in your state.
On which days will banks be closed in your area in January?
1 January 2025, Wednesday – New Year’s Day (nationwide)
2 January 2025, Thursday – New Year Holiday (Mizoram)
6 January 2025, Monday – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Haryana and Punjab)
13 January 2025, Monday – Lohri (many states)
14 January 2025, Tuesday – Makar Sankranti (in many states), Pongal (majorly in Kerala)
15 January 2025, Wednesday – Due to Magh Bihu in Assam and Thiruvalluvar Day in Tamil Nadu, everyone across the stateWork in banks will come to a halt.
16 January 2025, Thursday – Due to Kanuma Pandugu in Arunachal Pradesh, bank operations will remain halted.
23 January 2025, Thursday – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti (in many states)
30 January 2025, Thursday – Banks will remain closed in Sikkim due to Sonam Loser.
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Banks will remain closed for so many days on weekends
5 January 2025, Sunday – Due to weekly holiday, all banks across the country will remain closed.
11 January 2025, 2nd Saturday – Weekly leave. Missionary Day will be celebrated in Mizoram on this day.
12 January 2025, Sunday – Due to weekly holiday, all banks across the country will remain closed. on this daySwami Vivekananda Jayanti and songs are being sung in Manipur.
19 January 2025, Sunday – Due to weekly holiday, all banks across the country will remain closed.
25 January 2025, 4th Saturday –Weekly leave.
26 January 2025, Sunday – Republic Day (National Holiday)
Banks will remain closed on the dates mentioned in the list of January 2025. Some holidays are for different states depending on local occasions. On weekly holidays and occasions of national importance, work will be halted in all private and government banks across the country.
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During bank hours, you can use available digital payment options like UPI, IMPS and net banking as well as online banking platforms and mobile apps to meet your expenses. These include all the expenses like check book order, bill payment, prepaid phone recharge, money transfer, hotel and travel ticket booking. For most of these transactions, you have to log in to your net banking account on the website of your respective bank and click once. Checks can be stopped easily through digital banking.
