Are banks open on April 14, Ambedkar Jayanti 2025? Full bank holiday list for the month
Ambedkar Jayanti is among several other bank holidays in April 2025, including Good Friday, Bohag Bihu, Basava Jayanti, and Akshaya Tritiya.
Ambedkar Jayanti is a national holiday held on April 14 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of D BR Ambedkar, known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
This means that banks will be closed in Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, according to the calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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Ambedkar Jayanti is widely celebrated across India, especially in states such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and so on, with large public gatherings, processions, and community events organised to honour his contributions.
It is among the several other bank holidays scheduled in April 2025, including Good Friday, Bohag Bihu, Basava Jayanti, and Akshaya Tritiya.
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List of bank holidays in April 2025
| April 2025 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agartala | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Aizawl | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Belapur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Bhubaneswar | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | |||||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Gangtok | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Hyderabad - Telangana | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Imphal | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Jammu | • | • | |||||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Kochi | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | |||||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Mumbai | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Nagpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| New Delhi | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Patna | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Raipur | • | • | |||||||||
| Ranchi | •• | • | • | • | |||||||
| Shillong | • | • | |||||||||
| Shimla | • | • | |||||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | |||||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • | • |
| Holiday Description | Day |
|---|---|
| To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts/Sarhul | 1 |
| Babu Jagjivan Ram’s Birthday | 5 |
| Shad Suk Mynsiem | 7 |
| Mahavir Janmakalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti | 10 |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Vishu/Biju/Buisu Festival/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Tamil New Year's Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba | 14 |
| Bengali New Year’s Day/Himachal Day/Bohag Bihu | 15 |
| Bohag Bihu | 16 |
| Good Friday | 18 |
| Garia Puja | 21 |
| Bhagvan Shri Parshuram Jayanti | 29 |
| Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya | 30 |
Source: RBI website
It is, however, best advised to contact your nearest bank branch in case there are any further confusions regarding bank holidays.
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What banking services will be available on bank holidays?
While bank branches will be closed for all the aforementioned dates, customers can still access digital or net banking services throughout the year, unless the bank notifies otherwise (Usually for maintenance work).
All bank websites, banking apps, UPI, and ATM services will be active throughout the year otherwise. You can even start a fixed deposit or a recurring deposit on such days digitally.
