Bank holidays are public holidays that are meant specifically for all banks and financial institutions across India. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases the bank holiday list each year and every bank complies with it. Since India has diverse cultures and religions, some of the festivals are restricted to a specific religious and linguistic demography. This post includes RBI holidays list for the year 2019.
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The extensive list of RBI holidays is as follows:
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st January 2019 | New Year’s Day | Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Meghalaya |
| 2nd January 2019 | New Year Celebration | Mizoram |
| 11th January 2019 | Missionary Day | Mizoram |
| 12th January 2019 | Birthday of Swami Vivekananda/Sohrai | Jharkhand, West Bengal |
| 14th January 2019 | Makar Sankranti | Jharkhand, Gujarat |
| 15th January 2019 | Uttarayaana Punya kaala Makara Sankranti Festival/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Magh Bihu & Tusu Puja | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 16th January 2019 | Thiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu |
| 17th January 2019 | Uzhavar Thirunal | Tamil Nadu |
| 18th January 2019 | Imoinu Iratpa | Manipur |
| 19th January 2019 | Gaan-Ngai | Manipur |
| 22nd January 2019 | Demise of Dr. Shri Shri Shri Shivakumara Mahaswamiji | Karnataka |
| 23rd January 2019 | Netaji’s Birthday | Tripura, West Bengal |
| 26th January 2019 | Republic Day | All over India |
| Date | Event | States |
| 5th February 2019 | Losar | Sikkim |
| 15th February 2019 | Lui Ngai-Ni | Manipur |
| 19th February 2019 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti/Guru Ravidas’s Birthday | Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand |
| 20th February 2019 | State Day/Attukal Pongala | Mizoram, Kerala |
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st March 2019 | Chapchar Kut | Mizoram |
| 4th March 2019 | Mahashivratri | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh |
| 20th March 2019 | Holika Dahan | Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand |
| 21st March 2019 | Holi (Second Day)/Dhuleti/Birthday of Md. Hazarat Ali/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi/Holi (Jammu Province only) | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh |
| 22nd March 2019 | Holi/Bihar Divas/Yaosang 2nd Day | Bihar, Odisha, Manipur |
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st April 2019 | Annual closing of Accounts of Commercial and Co-operative Banks | All states except Gujarat, Mizoram, Meghalaya |
| 5th April 2019 | Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh |
| 6th April 2019 | Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra/Telugu New Year’s Day | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Goa |
| 8th April 2019 | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
| 13th April 2019 | Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain) | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand |
| 15th April 2019 | Bengali New Year’s Day/Vishu/Bohag Bihu | Tripura, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 16th April 2019 | Bohag Bihu | Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 17th April 2019 | Mahavir Jayanti/Mahavir Janma Kalyanak | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, |
| 19th April 2019 | Good Friday | All over India except Tripura, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh |
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st May 2019 | Maharashtra Din/May Day/Mazdoor Diwas | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Kerala, West Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand |
| 7th May 2019 | Basava Jayanthi | Karnataka, |
| 9th May 2019 | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | West Bengal |
| 16th May 2019 | State Day | Sikkim |
| 18th May 2019 | Buddha Pournima | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh |
| 31st May 2019 | Jumat-ul-Veda | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st June 2019 | Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)(Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan | All over India |
| 15th June 2019 | Y.M.A. Day/Raja Sankranti | Mizoram, Odisha |
| 17th June 2019 | Saga Dawa | Sikkim |
| Date | Event |
States |
| 1st July 2019 | Annual Closing of RBI | All over India |
| 4th July 2019 | Rath Yatra | Odisha, Jharkhand |
| 5th July 2019 | Guru Hargobindji’s Birthday | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 10th July 2019 | Kharchi Puja | Tripura |
| 13th July 2019 | Bhanu Jayanti/Martyr’s Day | Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir |
| 14th July 2019 | Beh Dienkhlam | Meghalaya |
| 17th July 2019 | U Tirot Sing Day | Meghalaya |
| 23rd July 2019 | Ker Puja | Tripura |
| Date | Event | States |
| 12th August 2019 | Bakri Id (Id-ul-Zuha) | All over India except Odisha, Sikkim, Manipur, Kerala and Goa |
| 13th August 2019 | Patriots’ Day/Bakri Id (Id-ul-Zuha) | Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir |
| 15th August 2019 | Independence Day/Rakshabandhan | All over India |
| 17th August 2019 | Parsi New Year(Shahenshahi)/Pateti | Gujarat, Maharashtra |
| 23th August 2019 | Krishna Jayanthi/Sri Krishna Janmashtmi | Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar |
| 24th August 2019 | Krishna Janmashtmi (Shravan Vad-8) | Gujarat, Sikkim, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh |
| Date | Event | States |
| 2nd September 2019 | Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha/ Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata / Vinayakar Chathurthi | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Jamshedpur |
| 3rd September 2019 | Nuakhai/Ganesh Ghaturthi (2nd day) | Odisha, Gujarat |
| 9th September 2019 | Moharrum/Karma Puja | Odisha, Jharkhand |
| 10th September 2019 | Moharram (Tajiya)/Ashoora/First Onam | Tripura, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala |
| 11th September 2019 | Moharram (Ashoora)/Thiruvonam | Gujarat, Kerala |
| 13th September 2019 | Indrajatra/Pang-Lhabsol/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi | Sikkim, Kerala |
| 17th September 2019 | Vishwakarma Puja | Jharkhand |
| 21st September 2019 | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day | Uttar Pradesh, Kerala |
| 28th September 2019 | Mahalaya Amavasye | Karnataka, West Bengal |
| Date | Event | States |
| 1st October 2019 | Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts | Sikkim |
| 2nd October 2019 | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti | All over India |
| 5th October 2019 | Durga Puja/Dasara (Mahasaptami) | Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand |
| 7th October 2019 | Maha Navami/Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja (Dasain) | Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya |
| 8th October 2019 | Dasara/Vijaya Dashmi/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Dussehra | All over India except Manipur |
| 18th October 2019 | Kati Bihu | Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 28th October 2019 | Diwali (Balipratipada)/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Laxmi Puja/Govardhan Puja | Tripura, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand |
| 29th October 2019 | Bhai Tika / Bhaidooj / Chitragupt Puja / Balipadyami, Deepavali / Bhatri dwitiya | Karnataka, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand |
| 30th October 2019 | Ningol Chakkouba | Manipur |
| 31st October 2019 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday | Gujarat |
|
Date |
Event |
States |
| 1st November 2019 | Kannada Rajyostsava/Kut | Karnataka, Manipur |
| 2nd November 2019 | Chhath Puja/Chath (Evening Ardhya) | Bihar, Jharkhand |
| 8th November 2019 | Wangala Festival | Meghalaya |
| 9th November 2019 | Milad-i- Sherif (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed) | Kerala |
| 12th November 2019 | Guru Nanak Jayanti/Rahasa Purnima/Kartika Purnima | Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh |
| 15th November 2019 | Kanakadasa Jayanthi/Bhagwan Birsa Munda Jayanti/Rajya Sthapana Diwas/Friday following Eid-I-Milad-ul-Nabi | Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand |
| 19th November 2019 | Lhabab Duechen | Sikkim |
| 23rd November 2019 | Seng Kut Snem | Meghalaya |
| Date | Event | States |
| 3rd December 2019 | Feast of St. Francis Xavier | Goa |
| 5th December 2019 | Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 12th December 2019 | Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma | Meghalaya |
| 18th December 2019 | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham | Meghalaya |
| 19th December 2019 | Goa Liberation Day | Goa |
| 24th December 2019 | Christmas Eve/Christmas Festival | Meghalaya, Mizoram |
| 25th December 2019 | Christmas | All over India |
| 26th December 2019 | Christmas Festival | Meghalaya, Mizoram |
| 27th December 2019 | Losoong/Namsoong | Sikkim |
| 28th December 2019 | Losoong/Namsoong | Sikkim |
| 30th December 2019 | U Kiang Nangbah | Meghalaya |
| 31st December 2019 | New Year’s Eve | Mizoram |
