Overview
- Banks are closed today in many regions for Holi/Dhuleti/Yaosang, including Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Haryana, per the RBI-notified list.
- Branches remain open in several major centres such as Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.
- Some states observed the holiday on March 3 instead, reflecting varied festival calendars and state notifications for Holi-linked observances.
- Four states—Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand—have two-day branch closures across March 3 and March 4.
- Digital channels including internet and mobile banking, NEFT/RTGS transfers, ATMs, and card payments continue to operate despite physical branch closures.