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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Planning a Bank Visit This Saturday? Here's Why July 4 Is a Full Working Day",
  "summary": "July 4 is the first Saturday of the month, so banks stay open and all payment systems run for the full day. Here is the complete list of the 12 bank holidays falling in July 2026.",
  "content": "If you are planning to head to your bank branch for some urgent work on Saturday, July 4, there is good news: branches will be open that day. In India, every Sunday is a bank holiday, but Saturdays follow a different rule. State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank and all other lenders shut down on only two Saturdays each month, and July 4 is not one of them.\n\nWhen Banks Actually Close on Saturdays\nThe Reserve Bank of India fixes the holidays for scheduled commercial banks across the country every month. The rule is simple: banks stay shut only on the second and fourth Saturdays. Since July 4 is the first Saturday of the month, business will carry on as usual.\n\nBack in September 2015, the RBI put this system in place, directing that all scheduled and non-scheduled banks, whether public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional rural or local area banks, would observe a public holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays.\n\nPayment Systems Fully Operational on July 4\nBecause it is the first Saturday, every payment system will function for the entire working day on July 4. These include RTGS, NEFT, cheque clearing run by the various Bankers Clearing Houses in the country, the grid based Cheque Truncation System (CTS), and the ECS suite covering Electronic Clearing Service (ECS), Regional Electronic Clearing Service (RECS) and National Electronic Clearing Service (NECS).\n\nThe very next day, however, banks will be closed, since July 5 falls on a Sunday. Whether public, private, foreign or cooperative, no scheduled commercial bank will operate that day.\n\nBank Holidays in July 2026\nBanks will remain shut for a total of 12 days this month, a count that mixes weekly offs with festival and special-occasion holidays. This time, closures fall on occasions such as MHIP Day, Beh Deinkhlam, Ratha Yatra, the death anniversary of U Tirot Singh, Kharchi Puja and Drukpa Tshe-zi.\n\nHere is the full list:\n\n• July 6: MHIP Day / Birth Anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee\n• July 9: Beh Deinkhlam\n• July 16: Ratha Yatra / Kang (Rathajatra) / Harela\n• July 17: Death Anniversary of U Tirot Singh\n• July 18: Drukpa Tshe-zi\n• July 22: Kharchi Puja\n• July 11 and 25: Banks stay closed as these are the second and fourth Saturdays of the month\n• July 6, 12, 19 and 26: These are Sundays, so banks are shut nationwide\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Money matters: Banks are open on July 4 and all payment services including RTGS and NEFT are running, so deposits, withdrawals and cheque clearing can be finished that day.\n• Plan ahead: Branches will be shut on July 5 (Sunday) and on the 11th and 25th (the second and fourth Saturdays), so schedule any big transactions in advance.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Will banks be open on Saturday, July 4?\nYes, July 4 is the first Saturday of the month, so all banks will function as usual.\n\n2. On which Saturdays do banks stay closed?\nAs per the Reserve Bank of India rule, banks are shut only on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month.\n\n3. Will services like NEFT and RTGS work on July 4?\nYes. Since it is the first Saturday, all payment systems including RTGS, NEFT, cheque clearing, CTS, ECS, RECS and NECS will run for the full day.\n\n4. Are banks open on July 5?\nNo, July 5 is a Sunday, so all banks will remain closed that day.\n\n5. How many days will banks be shut in July 2026?\nBanks will be closed for a total of 12 days this month, covering weekly offs along with festival and special-occasion holidays.\n\n6. Which dates are the second and fourth Saturdays in July?\nJuly 11 and July 25 are the second and fourth Saturdays this month, so banks will be closed on both days.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/money/isa-shanivara-khule-rahenge-bainka-janie-4-julai-ko-kamakaja-hoga-ya-chhutti-4524",
  "category": "Money",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04",
  "tags": [
    "bank holiday July 2026",
    "July 4 bank open",
    "RBI bank holidays",
    "Saturday bank holiday",
    "July bank holiday list",
    "Reserve Bank of India rule"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}