Here’s the complete list of Bank Holidays in August 2020

• The two nationwide banking holidays in August are Eid on August 1 and Independence Day on August 15.
  
  
• Banking holiday for Sri Krishna Janmashtami will fall either on August 11 or on August 12 depending from state-to-state.
  
  
• Banks in Jammu, Ranchi and Srinagar will have no working weekends this month.
  

Many of the banking holidays in August are state-specific except for two, Eid-Ul-Adha and Independence Day. In most cities across India, banks will remain shut on August 1 and on August 15 — the first and third Saturdays of the month.


Banks in most parts of the country will still be open on the final Saturday of August 29, except for in Jammu, Ranchi, and Srinagar where there’s a holiday for Karma Puja and Ashura.


Overall, there are nine banking holidays in August. Sri Krishna Janmashtami will be the most widespread holiday but is celebrated either on August 11 or August 12 depending on the state.


Here is a complete list of state-specific holidays in August and the locations where banks will be shut:

Date	Holiday	Banks closed
August 3	Raksha Bandhan	Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, and Lucknow
August 11	Sri Krishna Janmashtami	Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Patna
August 12	Sri Krishna Janmashtami	Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, and Srinagar
August 13	Patriot’s Day	Imphal
August 20	Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva	Guwahati
August 21	Teej	Gangtok
August 22	Ganesh Chaturthi	Ahmedabad, Belapur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Panaji
August 29	Karma Puja/Ashura	Jammu, Ranchi, and Srinagar
August 31	Indra Jatra/Thiruvonam	Gangtok, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram