Bank Holidays in February 2025: The month of February is almost coming to an end but not without a few holidays still ahead. On these days, government offices, banks, stock exchanges, and other institutions will be closed. Banks and other institutions, including schools, remained closed today, Feb. 19 across Maharashtra on the occasion of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti. The day marks the birth anniversary of the 17th-century Maratha warrior Shivaji Maharaj.
Banks will also remain closed in the northeastern states of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on Feb. 20, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday calendar. The day marks the anniversary of these two states getting full statehood.
Arunachal Pradesh was granted statehood on February 20, 1987, following its transition from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) under the 53rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution. Similarly, Mizoram was granted full statehood on February 20, 1997, also through the 53rd Amendment.
List Of Bank Holidays in February
The RBI's holiday calendar lists a total of eight public holidays across different parts of India in February. Of these, five have already passed including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti today. Here’s a list of the remaining holidays in February.
Statehood Day/State Day: Feb.20 (Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh)
Mahashivratri: Feb. 26
Losar: Feb. 28 (Sikkim)
In the next week, a major public holiday will be observed in many states of India on account of the festival of Mahashivratri on Feb. 26. Nearly a dozen states and union territories, including Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Karnataka will observe a holiday on this day.
On the last day of February, a bank holiday will be observed in Sikkim to celebrate Losar, which marks the Tibetan New Year. As per the RBI’s directive, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks also observe public holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays of all months.