Bank holiday today? Check if SBI, HDFC, ICICI are open or closed on 18 July— RBI calendar here

Bank holiday today: Most public and private banks across India will remain open today, on Saturday, 18 July. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s holiday calendar, bank operations will continue as normal since it is the third Saturday of the month. Hence, SBI, HDFC, ICICI, PNB, and other banks will remain open today.

While most private and public banks will be operational today, they will remain closed on 18 July in cities like Gangtok due to the Drukpa Tshe-zi occasion.

It is considered to be one of the most auspicious and significant occasions for Buddhists across the world. Drukpa Tshe-zi falls on the 4th day (Tshe-zi) of the 6th month (Drukpa) of the Tibetan lunar calendar. It marks the day on which Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on the Four Noble Truths to his first five disciples in the Deer Park at Sarnath, more than 2500 years ago, after attaining enlightenment.

According to Goodreturns, all banks, including private, public, foreign, cooperative, local, or regional, will be operational today in all other cities that are not observing the Drukpa Tshe-zi occasion. 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.

According to the RBI calendar, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks are closed on all second and fourth Saturdays, in addition to Sunday, every month. Hence, customers will not be able to access in-branch facilities on these days; however, online services remain operational throughout. Given below is the list of upcoming weekend holidays this month.

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