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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases a list of Indian bank holidays every year on its official website. RBI provides users with all the information related to bank holidays in different regions of India. However, as per the guidelines of RBI, the banks remain closed on every 2nd & 4th Saturdays and all Sundays of every month. Following given is the list of Bank Holidays in May 2025, as provided by the RBI. It is to be noted that the set of holidays differs from one region to another.
Here is a list of bank holidays in May 2025 for various regional offices of RBI:
| Date | Day | Holiday Description | Regional Office |
| 1st May 2025 | Thursday | Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labor Day) | Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad – Telangana, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 9th May 2025 | Friday | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | Kolkata |
| 12th May 2025 | Monday | Buddha Purnima | Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar |
| 16th May 2025 | Friday | State Day | Gangtok |
| 26th May 2025 | Monday | Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam | Agartala |
| 29th May 2025 | Thursday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Shimla |
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As per RBI, all the public and private sector banks in India remain non-operational on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays of every month. However, the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays remain operational.
In May 2025, the bank branches shall remain closed on the following dates:
| 10th May 2025 | 24th May 2025 |
For carrying out any financial or non-financial transactions and for availing other banking services on bank holidays, the users can opt for any of the below-mentioned services. The following listed banking services are even available on bank holidays in May 2025 and can be accessed 24×7 (throughout the year).
| Date | Day | Holiday Description |
Regional Office |
| 1st May 2024 | Wednesday | Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day) | Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad –Telangana, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 8th May 2024 | Wednesday | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | Kolkata |
| 10th May 2024 | Friday | Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya | Bengaluru |
| 16th May 2024 | Sunday | State Day | Gangtok |
| 23rd May 2024 | Sunday | Buddha Pournima | Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar |
| 25th May 2024 | Tuesday | Nazrul Jayanti | Agartala |
| Date | Day | Holiday Description | Regional Office |
| 1st May 2023 | Monday | Maharashtra Day/May Day | Belapur, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 5th May 2023 | Friday | Buddha Purnima | Aizawl, Belapur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla |
| 16th May 2023 | Tuesday | State Day | Gangtok |
| 22nd May 2023 | Monday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Shimla |
Following is a list of bank holidays in May 2020 –
| Date | Day | Holiday Description | Regional Office |
| 1st May, 2020 | Friday | Maharashtra Din / May Day (Labour Day) | Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 7th May, 2020 | Thursday | Buddha Pournima | Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar |
| 8th May, 2020 | Friday | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | Kolkata |
| 21st May, 2020 | Thursday | Shab-I-Qadr | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 22nd May, 2020 | Friday | Jumat-ul-Vida | Jammu, Srinagar |
Note: It is to be noted that in addition to the above mentioned holidays, the 2nd and 4th Saturdays and all Sundays in a month are bank holidays, as provided by RBI.