As per the RBI calendar, there are five weekday holidays and two regional festival-based Saturday holidays in July.
Additionally, banks will be closed on the second and fourth Saturdays, as well as all Sundays. Thus, the total number of holidays this month is 13.
Bank holidays issued under RBI’s Negotiable Instruments Act have not been issued for across the country and may vary from region to region.
The July holidays are mostly local and religious festivals, many of which are celebrated in the northeastern states. Some of the famous holidays are:
- July 3: Kharchi Puja in Tripura
- July 5: Birthday of Guru Hargobind Ji in Jammu and Kashmir
- July 14: Beh Deinkhlam in Meghalaya
- July 16: Harela in Uttarakhand
- July 17: Death anniversary of U Tirot Singh in Meghalaya
- July 19: Ker Puja in Tripura
- July 28: Drukpa Tshe-zi in Sikkim
