Saturday bank holiday: Are banks open or closed today on August 23, 2025? Check banking services you can still avail

There is a lot of confusion among bank customers who are planning to visit banks today, whether banks are open or closed on Saturday, August 23, 2025. Customers who had planned to visit their local branches for activities such as cash deposits, cheque clearances, demand drafts, or updating passbooks are left wondering if they should reschedule their visits.

Are banks open or closed today on August 23, 2025?

Banks are closed today on August 23, 2025 as the day falls on the fourth Saturday of the month. As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks do not operate on the second and fourth Saturdays, along with Sundays.

Also read: August bank holidays list: Check state wise bank holidays in August 2025


Digital banking
Even though branches will be closed, customers can do fund transfers using NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, checking account balance, opening fixed deposits online. Quick payments such as account management, credit card bill payments, loan EMIs can be done. Instant transfers, bill payments, merchant payments at shops and online platforms can be performed.

Bank holiday on August 25, 2025
Banks are closed in Assam on August 25, 2025 to commemorate the death anniversary of the great saint, scholar, and cultural icon Srimanta Sankardev.

Bank holiday on August 27, 2025
Banks are closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bangalore, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Goa, Andra Pradesh on August 27, 2025 to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi.

Bank holiday on August 28, 2025
Banks are closed in Odisha to celebrate Nuakhai, in Goa to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day).

RBI state wise bank holiday list August 2025

Aug-25	8	9	13	15	16	19	25	27	28
Agartala				•		•
Ahmedabad		•		•	•			•
Aizawl				•	•
Belapur				•				•
Bengaluru				•				•
Bhopal		•		•	•
Bhubaneswar		•		•				•	•
Chandigarh				•	•
Chennai				•	•			•
Dehradun		•		•	•
Gangtok	•			•	•
Guwahati				•			•
Hyderabad				•	•			•
Imphal			•	•
Itanagar				•
Jaipur		•		•	•
Jammu				•	•
Kanpur		•		•	•
Kochi				•
Kohima				•
Kolkata				•	•
Lucknow		•		•	•
Mumbai				•				•
Nagpur				•				•
New Delhi				•
Panaji				•				•	•
Patna				•	•
Raipur				•	•
Ranchi				•	•
Shillong				•	•
Shimla		•		•
Srinagar				•	•
Thiruvananthapuram				•
Vijayawada				•	•			•

Source- RBI website

August holiday description

Holiday Description	Day
Tendong Lho Rum Faat	8
Raksha Bandhan/Jhulana Purnima	9
Patriot’s Day	13
Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)/Janmashtami	15
Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi	16
Birthday of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur	19
Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva	25
Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Ganesh Puja/Vinayakar Chathurthi	27
Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day)/Nuakhai	28