Bank Holiday 2026 List: There is a major news for bank customers. From January to December 2026, banks will be closed in various states across the country for different reasons. Since these holidays don’t happen at the same time nationwide, there are instances when banks are closed in one state but open in another. So, heading to the branch without checking first could waste your time. Here’s the full list of Bank Holidays for 2026 month by month, making it easier for you to plan your banking tasks throughout the year.
January 2026
January 1 (Thursday): New Year’s Day / Gaan-Ngai, Aizawl (Mizoram), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Gangtok (Sikkim), Imphal (Manipur), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Kohima (Nagaland), Kolkata (West Bengal), Shillong (Meghalaya)
January 2 (Friday): New Year Celebration / Mannam Jayanthi, Aizawl (Mizoram), Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
January 3 (Saturday): Hazrat Ali’s birthday, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
January 12 (Monday): Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, Kolkata
January 14 (Wednesday): Makar Sankranti / Magh Bihu, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Guwahati (Assam), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
January 15 (Thursday): Uttarayan Punyakaal / Pongal / Makar Sankranti, Bengaluru (Karnataka), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Gangtok (Sikkim), Hyderabad (Telangana), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
January 16 (Friday): Thiruvalluvar Day, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
January 17 (Saturday): Uzhavar Thirunal, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
January 23 (Friday): Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary / Saraswati Puja / Basant Panchami, Agartala (Tripura), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kolkata (West Bengal)
January 26 (Monday): Republic Day, All places except Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Kanpur and Srinagar
February 2026
February 18 (Wednesday): Losar, Gangtok (Sikkim)
February 19 (Thursday): Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s birth anniversary, Belapur, Mumbai, Nagpur (Maharashtra)
February 20 (Friday): State Day / Statehood Day, Aizawl (Mizoram), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
March 2026
March 2 (Monday): Holika Dahan, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
March 3 (Tuesday): Holi / Dhulandi / Dol Jatra, Belapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, Vijayawada
March 4 (Wednesday): Holi / Dhuleti / Yaosang, Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneshwar, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, New Delhi, Raipur, Shillong, Shimla
March 13 (Friday): Chapchar Kut, Aizawl (Mizoram)
March 17 (Tuesday): Shab-I-Qadr, Jammu
March 19 (Thursday): Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Telugu New Year, Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Vijayawada
March 20 (Friday): Eid al-Fitr / Jumat al-Wida, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi
March 21 (Saturday): Ramadan Eid, Aizawl, Belapur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi
March 26 (Thursday): Ram Navami, Agartala, Bhubaneshwar, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Shillong
March 27 (Friday): Ram Navami (Chaiti Dussehra), Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi
March 31 (Tuesday): Mahavir Jayanti, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
April 2026
April 1: Bank closing
April 2: Maundy Thursday
April 3: Good Friday
April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti / Tamil New Year / Baisakhi
April 15: Bengali New Year / Vishu
April 16: Bohag Bihu
April 20: Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya
April 21: Garia Puja
May 2026
May 1: Labor Day / Buddha Purnima
May 9: Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary
May 16: State Day (Sikkim)
May 26–28: Bakrid
June 2026
15 June: YMA Day / Raja Sankranti
25–26 June: Muharram
June 29: Kabir Jayanti
June 30: Remna Ni
July 2026
July 6: MHIP Day
9 July: Beh Deinkhlam
16 July: Rath Yatra
July 17: U Tirot Singh death anniversary
18 July: Drukpa Tshe-zi
22 July: Kharchi Puja
August 2026
August 4: Ker Puja
August 15: Independence Day
August 19: Maharaja Birth Anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram
August 25–26: Eid-e-Milad / Onam
August 28: Raksha Bandhan
September 2026
September 4: Janmashtami
September 12: Srimanta Sankardev date
September 14–15: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 21–25: Karma Puja / Indrajatra
October 2026
October 2: Gandhi Jayanti
October 17–23: Durga Puja/Dussehra
October 26: Lakshmi Puja
October 29: Karwa Chauth
October 31: Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary
November 2026
November 9–11: Diwali
November 13: Wangala Festival
November 16: Chhath Puja
23–24 November: Guru Nanak’s birthday
November 27: Kanakadasa Jayanti
December 2026
December 1: Indigenous Faith Day
December 3: Feast of St. Francis Xavier
9–11 December: Losoong
December 19: Goa Liberation Day
24–26 December: Christmas
December 30: U Kiang Nangbah death anniversary
December 31: New Year’s Eve