Bank Holiday: In the month of January, there are bank holidays in many places due to festivals. Lohri will be celebrated on 13 January, while the festival of Makar Sankranti is on 14 January. In this way, there will be bank holidays at different places on 13th and 14th January. Keeping the festivals in mind, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of bank holidays for 2025.
There is confusion in the minds of most people as to which day banks will remain closed on Makar Sankranti and Lohri. In such a situation, let us know on which day and where the bank will be closed on 13th and 14th January.
What day will the bank be closed?
According to the annual holiday calendar of RBI, the work of banks across India will continue as normal on January 13, 2025. However, due to Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayan and other festivals, there will be a bank holiday on January 14, 2025 in some cities and states. There will be bank holidays in different parts of the country on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
Banks will remain closed in these cities
On January 14, 2025, there will be a bank holiday in cities like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Kanpur and Lucknow on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan Punyakala and Megh Bihu. There is no bank holiday in Delhi-NCR. There are no bank holidays in these areas on these dates in the RBI calendar.
When is the festival of Pongal, Lohri and Makar Sankranti?
This year the festival of Lohri will be celebrated with great pomp on 13 January 2025. The festivals of Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Uttarayan will be celebrated on 14th January. The festival of Pongal lasts for four days in South India. All these festivals are related to harvest. The way of celebrating them is also quite different in every state. On this day, charity, worship and celebration of new harvest is celebrated everywhere.
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