Banks play a significant role in our personal, social and business lives. While most banking activities can be done online, for some a visit to the bank branches is necessary. A ready reckoner on bank holidays can prove useful to plan a number of financial transactions and banking functions without facing last-minute troubles.
As per the Reserve Bank of India guidelines, banks remain shut on the second and fourth Saturdays of all months. Here is the list of bank holidays for India for the month of December 2020. Note the holidays carefully and plan your bank visits and bank related activities accordingly.
Some of the holidays are applicable in some states of India only, while some festivals are celebrated across the country. The following
list contains local as well as nationwide bank holidays for the month of December 2020.
List of bank holidays in December 2020Date
| Day
| Holiday Description
| Applicable in states
|
1 December 2020
| Tuesday
| State Inauguration Day /Indigenous Faith Day
| Nagaland / Arunachal Pradesh
|
3 December 2020
| Thursday
| Kanakadasa Jayanti / World Disabled Day / Feast of St. Francis Xavier
| Karnataka / Tripura / Goa
|
5 December 2020
| Saturday
| Birthday of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
| Jammu & Kashmir
|
6 December 2020
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All states
|
12 December 2020
| Saturday
| Second Saturday
| All states
|
13 December 2020
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All states
|
18 December 2020
| Friday
| Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham / Guru Ghasidas Jayanti
| Meghalaya / Chandigarh
|
19 December 2020
| Saturday
| Goa Liberation Day / Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day
| Goa / Punjab
|
20 December 2020
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All states
|
24 December 2020
| Thursday
| Christmas Eve
| Mizoram, Meghalaya
|
25 December 2020
| Friday
| Christmas
| All states
|
26 December 2020
| Saturday
| Fourth Saturday
| All states
|
27 December 2020
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All states
|
30 December 2020
| Wednesday
| Tamu Losar / U Kiang Nangbah
| Sikkim / Meghalaya
|
31 December 2020
| Thursday
| New Year’s Eve
| Manipur
|
