Overview
- Banks are shut in select locations today, January 12, for Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, with the RBI-listed closure in West Bengal and a separate Indian Express report citing Kanpur and Lucknow, so customers should verify local branch status.
- On January 14, branches will close in Gujarat, Odisha, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh for Makar Sankranti and Magh Bihu, according to the RBI holiday list.
- January 15 will see closures in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra for events including Uttarayana Punyakala, Pongal and Makara Sankranti.
- Closures continue on January 16 in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh for Thiruvalluvar Day and Kanuma, and on January 17 in Tamil Nadu for Uzhavar Thirunal.
- The RBI issues bank-holiday notifications under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, regular Sunday and second/fourth Saturday closures apply, and NEFT/RTGS operate within prescribed windows even when branches are shut.