Bank holidays in 2026: The Reserve Bank of India has announced over 100 bank holidays for the year 2026. These include national, religious, and regional festivals. Major holidays include Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, and Diwali. Holiday dates may vary from state to state.
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Bank holidays 2026: The year 2026 is just a few days away. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a list of bank holidays for next year. This includes national, religious, and regional festivals. Banks will be closed for more than 100 days in different parts of the country in 2026. Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Good Friday, Baisakhi, Muharram, Dussehra, Durga Puja, and Diwali are some of the major holidays.
January
January 1 – New Year / Gaana-Nagai
January 2 – New Year Celebration / Mannam Jayanti
January 3 – Hazrat Ali’s Birthday
January 12 – Swami Vivekananda’s Birth Anniversary
January 14 – Makar Sankranti / Magh Bihu
January 15 – Uttarayan Punyakaal / Pongal / Maghe Sankranti
January 16 – Thiruvalluvar Day
January 17 – Uzhavar Thirunal
January 23 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary/Saraswati Puja
January 26 – Republic Day
February
February 18 – Losar
February 19 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s Birth Anniversary
February 20 – Statehood Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
March
March 2 – Holika Dahan
March 3 – Holi (second day) / Dol Jatra / Dhulandi
March 4 – Holi / Dhuleti / Yaosang (second day)
March 13 – Chapchar Kut
March 17 – Shab-e-Qadr
March 19 – Gudi Padwa / Ugadi / Telugu New Year / First Navratri
March 20 – Eid al-Fitr / Jumat al-Vida
March 21 – Ramzan Eid / Sarhul
March 26 – Shri Ram Navami
March 27 – Shri Ram Navami (Chaitra Dashain)
March 31 – Mahavir Jayanti
April
April 1 – Annual Account Closing
April 2 – Maundy Thursday
April 3 – Good Friday
April 14 – Ambedkar Jayanti / Baisakhi / Tamil New Year / Bohag Bihu
April 15 – Bengali New Year / Vishu / Himachal Day
April 16 – Bohag Bihu
April 20 – Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya
April 21 – Garia Puja
May
May 1 – Maharashtra Day / Buddha Purnima / Labor Day
May 9 – Rabindranath Tagore’s Birth Anniversary
May 16 – Sikkim Statehood Day
May 26 – Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Birth Anniversary
May 27 – Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)
May 28 – Bakrid
June
June 15 – YMA Day/Raja Sankranti
June 25 – Muharram
June 26 – Ashura (Muharram)
June 29 – Sant Kabir Jayanti
June 30 – Remna Ni
July
July 22 – Kharchi Puja in Agartala area (banks closed only there)
August
August 4 – Ker Puja
August 15 – Independence Day / Parsi New Year
August 19 – Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya’s Birth Anniversary
September
September 4 – Janmashtami
September 12 – Srimanta Sankardev Disappearance Date
September 14 – Ganesh Chaturthi
September 15 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Second Day) / Nuakhai
September 21 – Sankardev Jayanti / Narayana Guru Samadhi
September 22 – Karma Puja
September 23 – Maharaja Hari Singh’s Birth Anniversary
September 25 – Indrajatra
October
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
October 10 – Mahalaya Amavasya
October 17 – Maha Saptami
October 19 – Dussehra
October 20 – Vijayadashami
October 21–23 – Durga Puja
October 26 – Lakshmi Puja/Valmiki Jayanti
October 29 – Karva Chauth
October 31 – Sardar Patel Jayanti
November
November 9 – Diwali / Lakshmi Puja
November 10 – Govardhan Puja / New Year
November 11 – Bhai Dooj
November 13 – Wangala Festival
November 16 – Chhath Puja
November 23 – Seng Kut Snem
November 24 – Guru Nanak Jayanti
November 27 – Kanakadasa Jayanti
December
December 1 – Tribal Faith Day
December 3 – St. Francis Xavier’s Day
December 9–11 – Losoong/Namsoong
December 12 – Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma’s death anniversary
December 18 – U Soso Tham’s death anniversary
December 19 – Goa Liberation Day
December 24–26 – Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 30 – U Kiang Nangbah’s death anniversary
December 31 – New Year’s Eve
