RBI Holiday List in March 2026:As March 2026 approaches, customers across India are gearing up for another packed schedule of bank holidays. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) official holiday calendar for 2026, banks both public and private will observe a series of closures in March tied to festivals, regional observances and weekly offs.
Why Banks Are Closed in March?
The RBI announces an annual holiday calendar every year under the Negotiable Instruments Act, which specifies all the days when banks will not operate their regular branch services. The March 2026 closures result from national festivals, regional celebrations, and statutory weekly holidays which include both Sundays and mandatory Saturday offs which occur on the second and fourth Saturdays.
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RBI Holiday List in March 2026: City-Wise Closures
The March 2026 holiday calendar for India shows all the holiday details which are included in the RBI’s official list.
- March 2: The banks in Kanpur and Lucknow Uttar Pradesh will close to observe Holika Dahan.
- March 3: Holi and related festivals lead to closures in cities including Bhopal, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
- March 4: Many branches across Agartala, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, New Delhi and Shimla will remain shut for the second day of Holi celebrations.
- March 13: Observance of Chapchar Kut leads to closures in Aizawl (Mizoram).
- March 17: Banks in Jammu and Srinagar (J&K) will be closed for Shab-I-Qadr.
- March 19: Gudhi Padwa, Ugadi and regional new year festivals will see closures in Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jammu, Nagpur and Vijayawada among others.
- March 20: Some banks in Jammu, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada observe Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan) closure.
- March 21: A large number of branches nationwide, spanning cities such as Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram will remain closed for Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) and Khutub-E-Ramzan.
- March 26: Shree Ram Navami sees closures in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Shimla.
- March 27: Some cities including Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Patna and Vijayawada continue observances for Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain).
- March 31: The month concludes with closure in many states for Mahavir Jayanti / Mahavir Janmakalyanak in cities like Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur and Ranchi.
The dates of closure of banks have been officially confirmed but will experience slight changes because of local government announcements and regional festival schedules. Indian banks will have 11 holiday days which include festival and statutory holiday observances throughout the month of March 2026.
