Banks to remain closed 12 days in May: Full list of holidays

Banks will remain shut for 12 days in May as per the list that has been released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The bank holiday list inn ay, however included second Saturdays and Sundays.

Some of the holidays are specific to one certain states only or regional holidays while few are designated as public holidays.

If you are in Sikkim, you can enjoy a long weekend of four days, which begins from May 13 to May 16.

Here is a full list of bank holidays in May 2023:

• May 1 (Monday): May Day, Maharashtra Day
• May 5 (Friday): Buddha Purnima - Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
• May 7: Sunday
• May 9 (Tuesday): Rabindranath Tagore's birthday
• May 13: Second Saturday
• May 14: Sunday
• May 16 (Tuesday): State Day - Sikkim
• May 21: Sunday
• May 22 (Monday): Maharana Pratap Jayanti - Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan
• May 24 (Wednesday): Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti - Tripura
• May 27: Fourth Saturday
• May 28: Sunday

Online banking:

While banks will be closed for 12 days, online banking services will be available on all these days. However customers will not be able deposit and withdraw cash from the banks.