Bank Holidays 2026 Full Holiday List: If you’re planning to work at a bank in 2026, this information will be very useful. From January to December 2026, banks will be closed in various states across the country for various reasons.
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Bank Holidays 2026 Full Holiday List: If you’re planning to do banking work in 2026, this information will be very useful. From January to December 2026, banks will be closed in various states across the country for various reasons. Since these holidays don’t apply simultaneously across the country, banks can sometimes be closed in one state and open in another. Visiting a branch without prior information can be a waste of time. Here, we’re providing the full list of bank holidays for 2026, so you can easily plan your banking needs 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 Jayanti
Aizawl (Mizoram), Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
January 3 (Saturday): Hazrat Ali’s Birthday
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
January 12 (Monday): Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
Kolkata (West Bengal)
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 Jayanti / Saraswati Puja / Basant Panchami
Agartala (Tripura), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kolkata (West Bengal)
January 26 (Monday): Republic Day
All locations except Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Kanpur, and Srinagar
February 2026
February 18 (Wednesday): Losar
Gangtok (Sikkim)
February 19 (Thursday): Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
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, Bhubaneswar, 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-Vida
Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi
March 21 (Saturday): Ramzan Eid
Aizawl, Belapur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi
March 26 (Thursday): Ram Navami
Agartala, Bhubaneswar, 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
Many cities including 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
(Applicable in different states)
May 2026
May 1: Labor Day / Buddha Purnima
May 9: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
May 16: State Day (Sikkim)
May 26–28: Bakrid
(State-wise bank closures)
June 2026
June 15: YMA Day / Raja Sankranti
June 25–26: Muharram
June 29: Kabir Jayanti
June 30: Remna Ni
July 2026
July 6: MHIP Day
July 9: Beh Deinkhlam
July 16: Rath Yatra
July 17: U Tirot Singh’s death anniversary
July 18: Drukpa Tshe-zi
July 22: Kharchi Puja
August 2026
August 4: Ker Puja
August 15: Independence Day
August 19: Maharaja Bir Bikram Jayanti
August 25–26: Eid-e-Milad / Onam
August 28: Raksha Bandhan
September 2026
September 4: Janmashtami
September 12: Srimanta Sankardev Tithi
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: Karva Chauth
October 31: Sardar Patel Jayanti
November 2026
November 9–11: Diwali
November 13: Vangaala Utsav
November 16: Chhath Puja
November 23–24: Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 27: Kanakadasa Jayanti
December 2026
December 1: Indigenous Faith Day
December 3: St. Francis Xavier’s Day
December 9–11: Losoong
December 19: Goa Liberation Day
December 24–26: Christmas
December 30: U Kiang Nangbah’s death anniversary
December 31: New Year’s Eve
