March is a month of minor festivals, with the main festival of Holi falling in March. Other major festivals in the month of March are Chhapchar Kut, Ugadi and Sri Ram Navami. Apart from many other regional and local festivals. All information about bank holidays in March can be found in the space below. Banking exam aspirants are also curious to know about holidays and vacations in banks, as it is indicative of working life. Below is the complete list of bank holidays in March 2023.
Bank holidays in March
There are several other bank holidays each month, some are notified by the Reserve Bank of India, while others are based on regional customs or festivals. A total of 12 banks have holidays in the month of March this year. If you are planning to go to a bank or have your daily work in a bank, then you must be fully aware of the bank holidays in March so that you can complete your work on time. Banks will remain closed on second and fourth Sundays as per rules.
RBI Official Holidays
Before going through the list of March bank holidays, it is important for banking aspirants to know the types of holidays officially recognized or given by RBI. The Reserve Bank of India is the regulator of the overall banking sector and has classified bank holidays into three categories:
- Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act
- Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday
- Account closure by banks.
Bank holidays in March
Here is the full list of March bank holidays. Apart from the holidays mentioned below, banks will be closed on six weekends in March-
| Bank holidays in March | |
| Dates | event |
| March 3 (Friday) | Chapchar Kut – Mizoram |
| March 7 (Tuesday) | Holi/Holika Dahan/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra – Maharashtra, Assam, Rajasthan, Srinagar, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Srinagar, Telangana and Jharkhand |
| March 8 (Wednesday) | Second Day of Holi/Dhuleti/Yasang Second Day – Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh |
| March 9 (Thursday) | Holi – Bihar |
| March 22 (Wednesday) | Gudi Padwa / Ugadi Festival / Bihar Day / Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheraoba) / Telugu New Year’s Day / First Navratri – Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu, Goa and Bihar |
| March 30 (Thursday) | Shri Ram Navami (Chaite Dashain) – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Shimla |
Important Days in 2023: Month Wise
We have given the month wise list of important days below. Candidates can check the list of all important dates for each month of 2023 in the table below-
| Important Days in 2023: Month Wise | |
| Name of the month | Month wise important days link |
| January | Important Days in January 2023 |
| February | Important Days in February 2023 |
| March | Important Days in March 2023 |
| April | Important Days in April 2023 |
| May | Important Days in May 2023 |
| June | Important Days in June 2023 |
| June | Important Days in July 2023 |
| August | Important Days in August 2023 |
| September | Important Days in September 2023 |
| October | Important Days in October 2023 |
| November | Important Days in November 2023 |
| December | Important Days in December 2023 |
Important days and dates in 2023, list of national and international days in India
