Are Banks, Schools, Colleges OPEN on Mahashivratri? Check City-Wise status here

In Gangtok, bank branches will be closed on February 28 for Losar festival. Apart from banks, all government and private schools, along with colleges will also remain closed on February 26.

Edited by: Victor Dasgupta

Updated: February 25, 2025, 12:15 PM IST

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New Delhi: Mahashivratri is counted as one of the most significant sacred Hindu festivals in India. This year, Mahashivatri will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 26. As a result, banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.

In Gangtok, bank branches will be closed on February 28 for Losar festival. Apart from banks, all government and private schools, along with colleges will also remain closed on February 26.

Added to that as per RBI list, bank branches will remain closed for upto 14 days in February 2025: Check City Wise List

• Saraswati Puja: February 3 (Agartala)
• Thai Poosam/Municipal Corporation General Election 2025: February 11 (Chennai/Raipur)
• Sant Ravidas Jayanti/Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday/General Election to Local Councils 2025: February 12 (Aizawl/Kanpur/Lucknow/Shimla)
• Lui-Ngai-Ni: February 15 (Imphal)
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti: February 19 (Belapur/Mumbai/Nagpur)
• Statehood Day/State Day: February 20 (Aizawl/Itanagar)
• Mahashivratri: February 26 (Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana)
• Losar: February 28 (Gangtok)

Furthermore, these are the number of days when banks will be closed for weekends

• Sunday: February 2
• Second Saturday: February 8
• Sunday: February 9
• Sunday: February 16
• Fourth Saturday: February 22
• Sunday: February 2

The festival of Mahashivratri honors Lord Shiva’s grace, who is regarded as the Adi Guru or the original guru from whom the Yogic tradition derives. The date of this year’s Mahashivratri celebration is Wednesday, February 26.