Bank Holidays in December 2023: Christmas is around the corner and people are already in a celebration mood. Bank branches in several parts of the country will remain closed for up to five days on Christmas in line with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) calendar of holidays, including the week offs.

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25 December, i.e., Christmas, will fall on Monday. Prior to this, December 23 is a fourth Saturday, and December 24 is a Sunday; therefore, it will be a consecutive three-day holiday for a few states. Along with this, Christmas celebrations continue in Kohima on December 26 and December 27, due to which, banks in these states will remain closed for five days.

Where will the banks be closed for 4 and 5 days?

Christmas holidays are scheduled for December 25–27 in Kohima. The Christmas holidays will fall from December 25 to December 26 in Aizawl and Shillong.

One needs to note that these holidays will not be uniformly applied across the country and shall vary from region to region. While some holidays will be observed nationwide as public holidays, others will be treated as local holidays.

Bank Holidays in December 2023: Here's the list of upcoming holidays

  • Christmas: December 25
  • Christmas Celebration: December 26
  • Christmas: December 27
  • U Kiang Nangbah: December 30

Online banking facility will be available

During this duration, all online banking facilities will be available. You will be able to complete most of your work through mobile banking. But if you have any documentation work, you have to do your planning after looking at the list of holidays.

Bank Holidays in December 2023: Full list

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Agartala                    
Ahmedabad                    
Aizawl                  
Belapur                    
Bengaluru                    
Bhopal                    
Bhubaneswar                    
Chandigarh                    
Chennai                    
Dehradun                    
Gangtok                
Guwahati                    
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh                    
Hyderabad - Telangana                    
Imphal                    
Itanagar                  
Jaipur                    
Jammu                    
Kanpur                    
Kochi                    
Kohima              
Kolkata                    
Lucknow                    
Mumbai                    
Nagpur                    
New Delhi                    
Panaji                
Patna                    
Raipur                    
Ranchi                    
Shillong            
Shimla                    
Srinagar                    
Thiruvananthapuram                  

Types of bank holidays

  • The RBI categorises bank holidays into three categories:  
  • Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act
  • Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act & Real time gross settlement holidays.  
  • Banks’ closing of accounts  

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