In March 2023, banks will be closed for a total of 12 days, including weekends. So, bank customers should schedule their work depending on the holidays allotted for their state. Bank holidays differ depending on the state and local holidays of the particular.
Banks are open on the first and third Saturdays of each month, whereas the second and fourth Saturdays are bank holidays.

In March, banks will observe holidays such as Chapchar Kut, Holi, Ugadi, and Shree Ram Navami.

Note that state holidays are released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on its official website.

Here is a list of bank holidays in March 2023.

• March 3 (Friday)- Chapchar Kut- Banks are closed in Mizoram
• March 7 (Tuesday)- Holi/Holi (Second Day)/Holika Dahan/Dhulandi/Dol Jatra – Banks are closed in Maharashtra, Assam, Rajasthan, Srinagar, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Srinagar, Telangana and Jharkhand.
• March 8 (Wednesday)- Holi/Holi 2nd Day – Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day: Banks are closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh.
• March 9- Thursday- (Holi)- Banks are closed in Bihar.
• March 22-(Wednesday)- Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Bihar Divas/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/Telugu New Year’s Day/1st Navratra- Banks are closed in Maharashtra, Karanataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu, Goa, Bihar and Srinagar.
• March 30(Thursday)- Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dashain)- Banks are closed in Gujrat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Shimla.

Reserve Bank of India places its Holidays under three brackets;

• Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act
• Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday
• Banks’ Closing of Account.

Bank holidays in March 2023