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Bank Holidays in Gujarat 2024

Gujarat is one of the top industrialised states in the country. India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi was born in the state of Gujarat. Over the years the state has seen rapid industrial development, due to pro-friendly investor measures. Check the list of Bank holidays in Gujarat including the popular national holidays, as well as the state govt holidays that are so typical to Gujarat.

  • January - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
    • 14
      Makara Sankranti
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      Makara Sankranti
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      Republic Day
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • February - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • March - 2024

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      Maha Shivaratri
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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Holi
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      Good Friday
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  • April - 2024

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      Ugadi
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      Idul Fitr
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      Idul Fitr
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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
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      Ram Navami
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      Mahavir Jayanti
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • May - 2024

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      Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti
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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • June - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Bakrid / Eid al Adha
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • July - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Muharram
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • August - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Parsi New Year
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      Raksha Bandhan
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Janmashtami
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  • September - 2024

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      Ganesh Chaturthi
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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Eid e Milad
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • October - 2024

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      Gandhi Jayanti
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      Vijaya Dashami
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      Vijaya Dashami
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti
  • November - 2024

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      Diwali
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      Vikram Samvat New Year
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      Bhai Dooj
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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Guru Nanak Jayanti
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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  • December - 2024

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      Second Saturday Bank Holiday
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      Christmas Day
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      Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
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List of Bank Holidays in Gujarat 2024

Date & Month Day Holiday
January 13 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
January 14 Sunday Makara Sankranti
January 15 Monday Makara Sankranti
January 26 Friday Republic Day
January 27 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
February 10 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
February 24 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
March 8 Friday Maha Shivaratri
March 9 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
March 23 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
March 25 Monday Holi
March 29 Friday Good Friday
April 9 Tuesday Ugadi
April 10 Wednesday Idul Fitr
April 11 Thursday Idul Fitr
April 13 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
April 14 Sunday Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
April 17 Wednesday Ram Navami
April 21 Sunday Mahavir Jayanti
April 27 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
May 10 Friday Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti
May 11 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
May 25 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
June 8 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
June 17 Monday Bakrid / Eid al Adha
June 22 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
July 13 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
July 17 Wednesday Muharram
July 27 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
August 10 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
August 15 Thursday Parsi New Year
August 19 Monday Raksha Bandhan
August 24 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
August 26 Monday Janmashtami
September 7 Saturday Ganesh Chaturthi
September 14 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
September 16 Monday Eid e Milad
September 28 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
October 2 Wednesday Gandhi Jayanti
October 12 Saturday Vijaya Dashami
October 13 Sunday Vijaya Dashami
October 26 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
October 31 Thursday Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti
November 1 Friday Diwali
November 2 Saturday Vikram Samvat New Year
November 3 Sunday Bhai Dooj
November 9 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
November 15 Friday Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 23 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
December 14 Saturday Second Saturday Bank Holiday
December 25 Wednesday Christmas Day
December 28 Saturday Fourth Saturday Bank Holiday
Note: The 2'nd Saturday and 4'th Saturday of every month as public holiday for banks in India.

About Gujarat

Bank Holidays in Gujarat

The Tata group operates its automobile plant at Sanand in Gujarat and Reliance has the largest grassroots refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat. Besides this, the state has several LNG terminals and very popular ports. Gujarati is the largest spoken language in the state. The entire state today enjoys electricity, including the far-flung villages. Gujarat also has a unique and healthy cuisine.

The capital of Gujarat is Gandhinagar. Baroda, Ahmedabad, Surat, and Rajkot are some of the popular cities in Gujarat state. It is mostly vegetarian and comprises roti as well as rice. The food can be sweet as well as delightfully tasty at times. Dairy farming is also popular in Gujarat. The state is the largest producer of milk in the country.

Famous places which you should visit during a bank holiday in Gujarat?

Gujarat is the state where our Prime Minister Narendra Modi was born. It is the place where the father of our nation Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and many great leaders were born. The state stands in the 6th place regarding the largest geographical area. It is one of the most popular tourist regions in India. Currently, Amitabh Bacchan is the brand Ambassador for Gujarat tourism.

There are many things which you can explore in Gujarat when you have a bank holiday.

One can explore naturopathy in Gujarat. You can plan to visit during a government holiday in Gujarat. There are naturopathy healing centres in Gujarat, and they are

Navjivan Nature Cure Centre - This healing centre is in Kutch. Here treatment is done in naturopathic remedies and M.K. Gandhi's ideas of “nature cure”. This nature cure centre is 40 hectares. Here they do treat to detoxify and balance the body, treat the disease, and improve general health. Here a lot of tourist comes to practice and appreciates the “art of healthy living”.

Rejou - This place is a Healing Spa and Naturopathy Center. This place is Vadodara and is spread over thirteen thousand square feet. Here a lot of tourists during a public holiday in Gujarat visit to take effective body therapies and to practice yoga.

These places will be crowded during the public holidays in Gujarat. But a must-place to visit in Gujarat.

How to register or update mobile number during a bank holiday in Gujarat?

Registering your mobile number with the bank account is very important because of this we can avail a lot of services from the bank. The very important service we will be getting is SMS alerts. SMS alerts give us a track on our account. If there is any transaction such as a deposit or draw. We will get an SMS alert to our registered mobile number instantly with a Transaction Identification Number. If some unallowed transaction or anything happens this number will help in tracking the details.

Even if you are doing any online transactions or a payment it will ask for a One Time Password, which you should enter to make the payment. You will be receiving this OTP number from the bank to your registered mobile number, so it is very important to update your mobile number.

In a few cases where one will lose the registered mobile number SIM card or change for any reason, it is very important to update your number. You will be getting a lot of valuable information from the bank which you may miss in case if you do not update your mobile number. So to update your mobile number you can use internet banking or visit the nearest ATM and update your mobile number during a bank holiday in Gujarat.

Spend time with a book on a bank holiday in Gujarat?

If you like to read books then spending time with a book will be a great option during a bank holiday in Gujarat. There are many authors or writers from Gujarat. Kaajal Oza Vaidya is one of them. You can go for books written by her. She has written more than Fifty-six books which include novels, essays, and articles. Before becoming a writer, she was a journalist and worked with a few top newspapers and Magazines. She hosts a radio show named Kajal My FM in Ahmedabad.

She debuted as a writer in 2005 and started writing books. She wrote good short stories which became famous and those are Heartbreak Pachhini Savar, Kaajal Oza Vaidya Ni Vartao, and Sambandh to Aakash. She wrote some essays and articles in Gujarati such as Mari Mummy Mara Pappa, Sangath Ekbijano, Marji Ekbijani, Shraddha Ekbijani, Satya Ekbijanu, Sukh Ekbijanu, Samjan Ek Bijani, Saath Ek Bijano and much more.

You can spend a bank holiday in Gujarat reading these books. She wrote stories and dialogues for three Gujarati telefilms as well. Spending time by reading books written by such authors will inspire you and also help you become knowledgeable.

Using small transactions on mobile wallet for Bank Holidays In Gujarat?

We do small transactions every day to buy groceries and other stuff. After the demonetization, most of the small businesses are using electronic wallets such as Paytm, Mobikwik, etc. So it is better, helpful and useful if we are using electronic wallets. Some of the most useful things are:

1) By using the mobile wallet, you don't need to draw money from banks in cash. If there is any bank holiday in Gujarat, it will not matter as we have the option to make payments through an electronic wallet.

2) One of the big issues we face while buying groceries or while doing other small shopping is paying exact tender. By using a mobile wallet, we can pay the exact tender.

3) Paying through a mobile wallet is a very easy method of payment that can be used when you have a bank holiday in Gujarat. By using these wallets, we do not need to carry any cash. Even adding money to the wallet is also simple and secure.

4) The best thing about a wallet is we can add money and make payments using the Wallet. Even if it is a bank holiday in Gujarat, we can make other payments such as gas bills, electricity bills, DTH Recharge, etc.

using electronic wallets.

Bank holiday on International Kite Festival in Gujarat

Every year on the 14th of January International Kite Festival is celebrated in Gujarat. This day is a bank holiday in Gujarat. This festival is also called the Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti in Gujarat. This festival is celebrated by the people to celebrate the end of winter. On this day the blue skies in Gujarat are filled with colorful kites. People from all over the world visit Gujarat to witness this day. The people of Gujarat and different parts of the world assemble here to show their talents in kite-making.

Here are a few reasons which may make you feel to visit Gujarat on 14th Jan this time. There are a lot of festivals in your area on which you may have seen people flying kites. But in Gujarat on that day which is a bank holiday sky will be fully covered with kites. It almost looks like you are standing in a tent. The other beautiful thing is the designs of the kites, To make their kite look unique people who participate come up with fabulous designs. The competition is also a thing to see as there will be experts in fly kites which will be great entertainment for you. Tukkals are also the thing you must not miss seeing. Tukkals means illuminated box which will be released into the sky at a time which is a great view to see.

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