As the festival of colours is here, banks will remain closed on March 8 on the occasion of Holi. However, a few bank branches in some states will also remain closed on March 7th and 9th. It is to be noted that holidays can vary depending upon the States and their public holidays.
For the month of march, all banks will remain closed for 12 days, as per the RBI's bank holiday list.
Here is the full list of bank holidays in March:
March 03– Chapchar Kut (Aizawl, Mizoram)
March 05– Banks will remain closed on Sunday
March 7 (Tuesday): Holi/Holika Dahan/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra/Attukal Pongala - Banks are closed in Belapur, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad -Telangana, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Ranchi, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram regions.
March 8 (Wednesday): Holi - Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day - Banks are closed in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla regions.
March 9: (Thursday): Banks will remain shut in Bihar for second day of Holi/Yaosang.
March 11– Second Saturday
March 12– Banks will remain closed on Sunday
March 19– Banks will remain closed on Sunday
March 22: Bank holidays in some cities including Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji and Patna.
March 25– Fourth Saturday
March 26– Banks will remain closed on Sunday
March 30: Bank holidays in some cities including Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Patna, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur.
In March, aside from Holi, banks will also remain closed for Ugadi, and Ram Navami. It's also a good idea to check the RBI website for the latest updates on bank holidays.
Customers are unlikely to face any problems as most of the bank's services are available online.