Bank Holiday Today, Tomorrow & Sunday: Why Banks Are Closed For 3 Days From July 17-19? 3rd Saturday Holiday?

Banks in India are closed for three consecutive days from July 7th to July 19th. In some cities, banks are closed on Friday due to the death anniversary of U Tirot Singh. While banks will be closed on July 18 because of the Drukpa Tshe-zi occasion in some regions of India despite the day being the third Saturday. Meanwhile, all banks, including SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, and Union Bank of India, will be closed on July 19th because it is a Sunday. Hence, bank employees are in for a long weekend.

Bank Holiday On July 17

Banks are closed in cities like Shillong in honor of death anniversary of U Tirot Singh on July 17, 2026.

This also means that banks are operating as normal in cities like Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

The reason why banks are open in other cities because U Tirot Singh death anniversary is a state-level holiday and only practiced in Meghalaya and not other states.

Bank Holiday On July 18

July 18th is a third Saturday of the month. As per RBI guidelines, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks - public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional rural and local area banks - will observe public holiday on second and fourth Saturdays.

In general terms, all banks should be working on first and third Saturday accordingly. However, banks will be closed in cities like Gangtok on Saturday, July 18, 2026, due to Drukpa Tshe-zi occasion.

Accordingly, all banks either private, public, foreign, co-operative, local or regional will be opened on July 18th in other cities. These include Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Shillong, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

Bank Holiday On July 19th:

All banks will be closed on July 19th, as it is a Sunday.

U Tirot Sing Syiem 2026 Death Anniversary:

Tirot Singh, also known as U Tirot Sing Syiem, was one of the chiefs of the Khasi people in the early 19th century. He drew his lineage from the Syiemlieh clan. He was Syiem (king) of Nongkhlaw, part of the Khasi Hills. His surname was Syiemlieh. He was a constitutional head sharing corporate authority with his Council, general representatives of the leading clans within his territory. Tirot Sing declared war and fought against the British for attempts to take over control of the Khasi Hills, as per Wikipedia.

Drukpa Tshe-zi 2026:

Drukpa Tshe-zi is one of most auspicious and significant occasion for Buddhists all over the world. This auspicious day falls on the 4th day (Tshe-zi) of the 6th month (Drukpa) of the Tibetan lunar calendar, as per Sikkim Government explainer.