The list of holidays is not only important to plan some leisure activities but also for other important tasks. For example: When can we visit a bank and when will it be closed. While the bank holidays vary with each state and also with each company, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set some fixed days when the banking operations will close.
All public sector and private banks will remain closed on Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15) and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) besides some other festivals. Banks in different regions have different sets of holidays depending upon the state and what festivals are prominent in the region. For example banks in Assam are closed for Bihu while banks in Kerala don’t open on Onam.
Here’s the complete list of bank holidays in 2020…
- 1 January 2020 Wednesday New Year’s Day
- 15 January 2020 Wednesday Pongal (In Southern states)
- 26 January 2020 Sunday Republic Day
- 30 January 2020 Thursday Vasant Panchami
- 21 February 2020 Friday Maha Shivaratri
- 10 March 2020 Tuesday Holi
- 25 March 2020 Wednesday Ugadi
- 2 April 2020 Thursday Ram Navami
- 6 April 2020 Monday Mahavir Jayanti
- 10 April 2020 Friday Good Friday
- 14 April 2020 Tuesday Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti
- 1 May 2020 Friday May Day
- 7 May 2020 Thursday Buddha Purnima
- 31 July 2020 Friday Bakrid/Eid-al-Adha
- 3 August 2020 Monday Raksha Bandhan
- 11 August 2020 Tuesday Janmashthami
- 30 August 2020 Sunday Muharram
- 2 October 2020 Friday Gandhi Jayanti
- 26 October 2020 Monday Vijaya Dashami
- 30 October 2020 Friday Eid e Milad
- 14 November 2020 Saturday Diwali
- 16 November 2020 Monday Bhai Dooj
- 30 November 2020 Monday Guru Nanak Jayanti
- 25 December 2020 Friday Christmas Day
