Bank Holidays: Banks will remain closed for so many days in the year 2026, see the complete list

Bank Holidays: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the official holiday list of banks for the new year 2026. According to this list, banks will remain closed for more than 100 days across the country due to national, religious and regional festivals. However, digital banking, UPI and ATM services will remain available as usual during these holidays.

RBI holidays are decided on the basis of local festivals of the Center and states. Banks will remain closed in most of the states on major festivals like Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Good Friday, Dussehra, Durga Puja and Diwali. Apart from this, banking services will be affected on different dates due to regional festivals in some cities.

Major holidays of January 2026

1 January: Banks closed on New Year in Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata and Shillong.

2 January: Closed on New Year/Manam Jayanti in Aizawl, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

3 January: Banks will remain closed in Lucknow on the birthday of Hazrat Ali.

12 January: Swami Vivekananda Jayanti in Kolkata.

14 January: Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu in Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Itanagar.

15 January: Uttarayan/Pongal in Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Vijayawada.

16 January: Thiruvalluvar Day in Chennai.

17 January: Ujavar Tirunal in Chennai.

23 January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti/Saraswati Puja in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata.

26 January: Banks closed on Republic Day in all major cities like Lucknow, Delhi, Mumbai etc. across the country.

February 2026 holiday list

18 February – Losar

19 February – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

20 February – Statehood Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh

March 2026 holiday list

2 March – Holika Dahan

3 March – Holi (2nd day)/Dol Jatra/Dhulendi/Holika Dahan

4 March – Holi/Holi 2nd day – Dhuletti/Yaosang 2nd day

13 March – Chapchar Kut

17 March – Shab-e-Qadr

19 March – Gudi Padwa/Ugadi/Telugu New Year/Sajibu Nongmapamba (Cheravab)/First Navratri

20 March – Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan)/Jumaat-ul-Vida

21 March – Ramadan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutab-e-Ramadan/Sarhul

26 March – Shri Ram Navami

27 March – Shri Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain)

31 March – Mahavir Janamkalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti

April 2026 holiday list

1 April – Banks to close accounts annually

2 April – Monday Thursday

3 April – Good Friday

14 April – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Vishwa Sankranti/Biju/Buisu Utsav/Tamil New Year/Bohag Bihu/Cheravaba/Baisakhi

15 April – Bengali New Year (Nababarsha)/Bohag Bihu/Vishu/Himachal Day

16 April – Bohag Bihu

20 April – Basava Jayanti/Akshay Tritiya

21 April – Gariya Puja

May 2026 holiday list

1 May – Maharashtra Day/Buddha Purnima/May Day (Labor Day)/Pandit Raghunath Murmu Jayanti

9 May – Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti

16 May – Sikkim State Day

26 May – Kazi Nazrul Islam birth anniversary

27 May – Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid)/Eid-ul-Zuha

28 May – Bakrid (Eid-Uz-Zuha)

June 2026 holiday list

15 June – YMA Day/Raja Sankranti

25 June – Moharram

26 June – Muharram (Yaum-e-Shahadat)/Last day of Moharram/Ashura

29 June – Saint Guru Kabir Jayanti

30 June – Remna Ni

July 2026 holiday list

22 Banks in Agartala region will remain closed for Kharchi Puja in July.

August 2026 holiday list

4 August – Ker Puja

15 August – Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi)

19 August – Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Jayanti

September 2026 holiday list

4 September – Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanti

12 September – Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardev

14 September – Ganesh Chaturthi/Ganesh Puja/Varasiddhi Vinayak Vrat/Vinayak Chaturthi/Hartalika

15 September – Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Nuakhai/Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day)

21st September – Srimant Sankardev Janmotsav/Shri Narayan Guru Samadhi

22 September – Karma Puja

23 September – Maharaja Hari Singh Ji Jayanti

25 September – Indrajatra

October 2026 holiday list

2 October – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

10 October – Mahalaya Amavasya

17 October – Moh Saptami

19 October – Dussehra

20 October – Vijay Dashami

21 October – Vijay Dashami/Durga Puja (Dasain)

22 October – Durga Puja (Dasain)

23 October – Durga Puja (Dasain)

26 October – Lakshmi Puja/Entry Day/Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti

29 October – Karva Chauth

31 October – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti

November 2026 holiday list

9 November – Diwali/Lakshmi Puja (Deepawali)/Govardhan Puja

10 November – Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Deepawali/Lakshmi Puja/Vikram Samvat New Year

11 November – Lakshmi Puja (Deepawali)/Ningol Chakauba/Bhai Dooj/Chitragupta Jayanti

13 November – Wangala Festival

16 November – Chhath Puja/Surya Shashthi Dala Chhath (First Arghya)

23 November – Seng Kut Sne Ma

24 November – Guru Nanak Jayanti/Kartik Purnima/Rhasa Purnima

27 November – Kanakadas Jayanti

December 2026 holiday list

1 December – Tribal Faith Day/State Foundation Day

3 December – Feast of St. Francis Xavier

9, 10, 11 December – Losung/Namsung

12 December – Death anniversary of Pa Togon Nengminja Sangma

18 December – U Soso Tham’s death anniversary

19 December – Goa Liberation Day

24, 25, 26 December – Christmas Eve, Christmas

30 December – Death anniversary of U Kiang Nangbah

31 December – New Year’s Eve