Bank holidays in Tamil Nadu include public, national and regional holidays. Banks remain closed on 2nd and 4th Saturday and Sundays every month as well. One can find out about bank holidays in Tamil Nadu 2024 below.
List of Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2024
Date | Day | Holiday Description |
1st January 2024 | Monday | New Year’s Day |
15th January 2024 | Monday | Uttarayana Punyakala/Makara Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Pongal/Magh Bihu |
16th January 2024 | Tuesday | Thiruvalluvar Day |
17th January 2024 | Wednesday | Uzhavar Thirunal/Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday |
25th January 2024 | Thursday | Thai Poosam/Birthday of Md. Hazarat Ali |
26th January 2024 | Friday | Republic Day |
29th March 2024 | Friday | Good Friday |
1st April 2024 | Monday | To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts |
9th April 2024 | Tuesday | Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra |
11th April 2024 | Thursday | Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (1st Shawaal) |
1st May 2024 | Wednesday | Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day) |
17th June 2024 | Monday | Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) |
17th July 2024 | Wednesday | Muharram/Ashoora/U Tirot Sing Day |
15th August 2024 | Thursday | Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
26th August 2024 | Monday | Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
7th September 2024 | Saturday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi |
16th September 2024 | Monday | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) (bara vafat) |
2nd October 2024 | Wednesday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Mahalaya Amavasye |
11th October 2024 | Friday | Dusshera (Mahashtami/Mahanavami)/Ayudha Pooja/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Durga Ashtami |
12th October 2024 | Saturday | Dasara/Dussehra (Mahanavami/Vijayadashmi)/Durga Puja (Dasain) |
31st October 2024 | Thursday | Diwali (Deepavali)/Kali Puja/Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday/Naraka Chaturdashi |
25th December 2024 | Wednesday | Christmas |
Note: It is to be noted that all 2nd and 4th Saturday and Sundays are bank holidays.
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List of Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2023
Date | Day | Holiday Description |
16th January 2023 | Monday | Thiruvalluvar Day |
17th January 2023 | Tuesday | Uzhavar Thirunal |
26th January 2023 | Thursday | Republic Day |
22nd March 2023 | Wednesday | Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Bihar Divas/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Telugu New Year’s Day |
1st April 2023 | Saturday | To enable Banks to close their yearly accounts |
4th April 2023 | Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti |
7th April 2023 | Friday | Good Friday |
14th April 2023 | Friday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Vaisakhi/Tamil New Year’s Day |
22nd April 2023 | Saturday | Ramzan Eid (Eid-Ul-Fitr) |
1st May 2023 | Monday | Maharashtra Day/May Day |
29th June 2023 | Thursday | Bakri Eid (Eid-Ul-Adha) |
29th July 2023 | Saturday | Muharram (Tajiya) |
15th August 2023 | Tuesday | Independence Day |
6th September 2023 | Wednesday | Sri Krishna Janmashtami |
28th September 2023 | Thursday | Eid-E-Milad/Eid-e-Meeladunnabi – (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday) (Bara Vafat) |
2nd October 2023 | Monday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
23rd October 2023 | Monday | Dusshera (Mahanavami)/Ayudha Pooja/Durga Puja |
24th October 2023 | Tuesday | Dussehra/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi)/Durga Puja |
25th December 2023 | Monday | Christmas |
Note: It is to be noted that all 2nd and 4th Saturday and Sundays are bank holidays.
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Banking Services Available on Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu in 2023
You can avail banking services on public, national and regional holidays through any of the following platforms:
- NEFT, RTGS, UPI, IMPS
- Mobile banking and internet-banking services
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List of Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2022
Date | Day | Holiday Description |
1st January 2022 | Saturday | New Year’s Day |
14th January 2022 | Friday | Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Imoinu Iratpa |
15th January 2022 | Saturday | Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makar Sankranti Festival/Maghe Sankranti/Sankranti/Pongal/Thiruvalluvar Day/Gaan-Ngai/Magh Bihu |
18th January 2022 | Tuesday | Thai Poosam |
26th January 2022 | Wednesday | Republic Day |
19th February 2022 | Saturday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti/Ordinary Elections to the Urban Local Bodies, 2022 |
1st April 2022 | Friday | Annual closing of banks |
2nd April 2022 | Saturday | Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/1st Navratra/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba) |
14th April 2022 | Thursday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Mahavir Jayanti/Baisakhi/Vaisakhi/Tamil New Year’s Day/Cheiraoba/Biju Festival/Bohag Bihu |
15th April 2022 | Friday | Good Friday/Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Himachal Day/Vishu/Bohag Bihu |
3rd May 2022 | Tuesday | Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti/Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra)/Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya |
9th August 2022 | Tuesday | Muharram (Ashoora) |
15th August 2022 | Monday | Independence Day |
19th August 2022 | Friday | Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
31st August 2022 | Wednesday | Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi |
4th October 2022 | Tuesday | Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayudha pooja/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva |
5th October 2022 | Wednesday | Durga Puja/Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi)/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva |
24th October 2022 | Monday | Kali Puja/Deepavali/Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)/Naraka Chaturdashi |
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List of Bank Holidays on Saturdays in Tamil Nadu in 2022
Date | Event |
1st January 2022 | 1st Saturday |
8th January 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
15th January 2022 | 3rd Saturday |
22nd January 2022 | 4th Saturday |
12th February 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
19th February 2022 | 3rd Saturday |
26th February 2022 | 4th Saturday |
12th March 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
26th March 2022 | 4th Saturday |
2nd April 2022 | 1st Saturday |
9th April 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
23rd April 2022 | 4th Saturday |
14th May 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
28th May 2022 | 4th Saturday |
11th June 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
25th June 2022 | 4th Saturday |
9th July 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
23rd July 2022 | 4th Saturday |
13th August 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
27th August 2022 | 4th Saturday |
10th September 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
24th September 2022 | 4th Saturday |
8th October 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
22nd October 2022 | 4th Saturday |
12th November 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
26th November 2022 | 4th Saturday |
10th December 2022 | 2nd Saturday |
24th December 2022 | 4th Saturday |
List of Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2020
Date | Day | Event |
1st January 2020 | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
15th January 2020 | Wednesday | Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makara Sankranti Festival/Pongal/Magh Bihu and Tusu Puja |
16th January 2020 | Thursday | Thiruvalluvar Day |
17th January 2020 | Friday | Uzhavar Thirunal |
25th March 2020 | Wednesday | Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year’s Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra |
1st April 2020 | Wednesday | Annual closing of banks |
6th April 2020 | Monday | Mahavir Jayanti |
10th April 2020 | Friday | Good Friday |
14th April 2020 | Tuesday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Bengali New Year’s Day/Tamil New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Vishu |
1st May 2020 | Friday | Maharashtra Din/May Day (Labour Day) |
25th May 2020 | Monday | Ramzan Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1) |
1st August 2020 | Saturday | Bakri ID (Id-Ul-Zuha) |
11th August 2020 | Tuesday | Sri Krishna Janmastami |
15th August 2020 | Saturday | Independence Day |
22nd August 2020 | Sunday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Vinayakar Chathurthi |
2nd October 2020 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
26th October 2020 | Monday | Durga Puja (Vijayadashami)/Acession Day |
30th October 2020 | Friday | Id-E-Milad (Milad-un-Nabi)/Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi/Baravafat/Lakshmi Puja |
14th November 2020 | Saturday | Diwali Amavasaya (Laxmi Pujan)/Kali Puja |
25th December 2020 | Friday | Christmas |
Note: In India, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month is a public holiday for banks.
RTGS Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2020
Real Time Gross Settlement is an electronic payment system that allows the interbank transfer of funds on a real-time basis. The RTGS service window for customer transactions is available to banks from 7 am to 6 pm on a working day, for settlement at the RBI end. Here is a list of RTGS Holidays for 2020 in Tamil Nadu:
Date | Day | Event |
1st April 2020 | Wednesday | Annual closing of banks |
10th April 2020 | Friday | Good Friday |
25th May 2020 | Monday | Ramzan Id (Id- ul- Fitr) |
1st August 2020 | Saturday | Bakri Id (ld- uI-Zuha) |
15th August 2020 | Saturday | Independence Day |
2nd October 2020 | Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
30th October 2020 | Friday | Lakshmi Puja / Milad-un-Nabi |
25th December 2020 | Friday | Christmas |
NEFT Holidays in Tamil Nadu 2020
National Electronic Fund Transfer is a nationwide electronic payment system wherein the transfer of funds is done on half hourly basis. NEFT service is available 24*7 365 days a year. The process is based on Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) and the transfer of funds will be carried out on a half-hourly basis starting from 12:30 am to 12:00 pm. Hence people can carry out NEFT transactions accordingly.
Bank Holidays on Saturdays in Tamil Nadu 2020
In addition to the above mentioned bank holidays, banks also remain closed on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. If a month has five Saturdays, the 5th Saturday will be a bank working day:
Date | Event |
11th January 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th January 2020 | 4th Saturday |
8th February 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
22nd February 2020 | 4th Saturday |
7th March 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
21st March 2020 | 4th Saturday |
11th April 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th April 2020 | 4th Saturday |
9th May 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
23rd May 2020 | 4th Saturday |
13th June 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
27th June 2020 | 4th Saturday |
11th July 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
25th July 2020 | 4th Saturday |
1st August 2020 | 1st Saturday (Bakri ID- Id-Ul-Zuha) |
8th August 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
15th August 2020 | 3rd Saturday (Independence Day) |
22nd August 2020 | 4th Saturday |
12th September 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
26th September 2020 | 4th Saturday |
10th October 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
24th October 2020 | 4th Saturday |
14th November 2020 | Diwali Amavasaya (Laxmi Pujan)/Kali Puja / 2nd Saturday |
28th November 2020 | 4th Saturday |
12th December 2020 | 2nd Saturday |
26th December 2020 | 4th Saturday |
Banking Service Available on Bank Holidays in Tamil Nadu
Despite banks being closed on national holidays, public holidays and regional holidays, customers can avail the banking services either through various platforms:
- Netbanking/Mobile banking
- Automated Teller Machine(ATM) Service
- National Electronic Fund Transfer(NEFT) Service
- Immediate Payment Service(IMPS)
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
List of Tamil Nadu Bank Holidays in 2019
The table given below shows the dates and days corresponding to the events on which banks in Tamil Nadu will be closed:
Date |
Day |
Event |
1st January 2019 | Tuesday | New Year’s Day |
15th January 2019 | Tuesday | Uttarayaana Punya kaala Makara Sankranti Festival/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Magh Bihu & Tusu Puja |
16th January 2019 | Wednesday | Thiruvalluvar Day |
17th January 2019 | Thursday | Uzhavar Thirunal |
26th January 2019 | Saturday | Republic Day |
20th March 2019 | Wednesday | Holika Dahan |
1st April 2019 | Monday | Annual closing of Accounts of Commercial and Co-operative Banks |
6th April 2019 | Saturday | Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra/Telugu New Year’s Day |
17th April 2019 | Wednesday | Mahavir Jayanti/Mahavir Janma Kalyanak |
19th April 2019 | Friday | Good Friday |
1st May 2019 | Wednesday | Maharashtra Din/May Day/Mazdoor Diwas |
1st June 2019 | Saturday | Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)(Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan |
1st July 2019 | Monday | Annual Closing of RBI |
12th August 2019 | Monday | Bakri Id (Id-ul-Zuha) |
15th August 2019 | Thursday | Independence Day/Rakshabandhan |
23rd August 2019 | Friday | Krishna Jayanthi/Sri Krishna Janmashtmi |
2nd September 2019 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha/ Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata / Vinayakar Chathurthi |
10th September 2019 | Tuesday | Moharram (Tajiya)/Ashoora/First Onam |
2nd October 2019 | Wednesday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
7th October 2019 | Monday | Maha Navami/Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja (Dasain) |
8th October 2019 | Tuesday | Dasara/Vijaya Dashmi/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Dussehra |
25th December 2019 | Wednesday | Christmas |
Note: In India, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month is a public holiday for banks.