Bank holidays in March 2026: Full list of state-wise bank holidays you should check before planning visits

Several bank holidays are scheduled across India in March 2026 due to major festivals. In India bank holidays vary from state to state, customers are advised to check the local holiday list in advance to avoid last-minute inconvenience. Here is the complete state-wise list of bank holidays in March 2026.

Apart from festival-related holidays, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks will also remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays, as per banking rules. However, online banking services, ATMs, mobile banking, and UPI transactions will continue to function normally even on bank holidays.

Bank holiday on March 2, 2026

Banks are closed in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate Holika Dahan.

Bank holiday on March 3, 2026

Banks are closed on March 3, 2026 to celebrate Holi, Dol Jatra, Dhulandi, Holika Dahan, Attukal Pongala in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh.

Bank holiday on March 4

Banks are closed on March 4, 2026 to celebrate Holi, Dhuleti, Yaosang (2nd Day) in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh.

Bank holiday on March 13, 2026

Banks are closed on March 13, 2026 in Mizoram to celebrate Chapchar Kut festival.

Bank holiday on March 17, 2026

Banks closed in Jammu & Kashmir to celebrate Shab-I-Qadr on March 17, 2026

Bank holiday on March 19

Banks are closed on March 19, 2026 in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Srinagar to celebrate Gudhi Padwa, Ugadi Festival, Telugu New Year, Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra.

Bank holiday on March 20, 2026
Banks are closed on March 20, 2026 in Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Srinagar, Andhra Pradesh to celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan)/Jumat-ul-Vida.

Bank holiday on March 21, 2026

Banks are closed on March 21, 2026 in Assam, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Srinagar to celebrate Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr), Khutub-E-Ramzan, Sarhul.

Bank holiday on March 26

Banks are closed on March 26, 2026 in Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Nagpur, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh to celebrate Shree Ram Navami.

Major bank holidays in March 2026

Depending on the state, banks will be closed on festivals such as Holika Dahan, Holi (Second Day), Dol Jatra, Dhulandi, Holika Dahan, Attukal Pongala, Holi, Holi 2nd Day, Dhuleti, Yaosang 2nd Day, Chapchar Kut, Shab-I-Qadr, Gudhi Padwa, Ugadi Festival, Telugu New Year's Day, Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba), 1st Navratra, Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan), Jumat-ul-Vida, Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1), Khutub-E-Ramzan, Sarhul, Shree Ram Navami, Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain), Mahavir Janmakalyanak, Mahavir Jayanti.

March bank holidays in 2026

Mar-26	2	3	4	13	17	19	20	21	26	27	31
Agartala			•					•
Ahmedabad			•					•	•		•
Aizawl			•	•				•	•
Belapur		•				•		•	•		•
Bengaluru						•		•			•
Bhopal		•						•		•	•
Bhubaneswar			•					•		•
Chandigarh			•					•	•
Chennai						•		•			•
Dehradun		•	•					•	•
Gangtok		•						•		•
Guwahati		•						•
Hyderabad		•				•		•		•
Imphal			•			•		•
Itanagar			•					•
Jaipur		•						•	•		•
Jammu			•		•	•	•	•
Kanpur	•		•					•	•		•
Kochi							•
Kohima								•
Kolkata		•						•	•		•
Lucknow	•		•					•	•		•
Mumbai		•				•		•	•		•
Nagpur		•				•		•	•		•
New Delhi			•					•			•
Panaji		•				•		•
Patna		•	•					•		•	•
Raipur			•					•			•
Ranchi		•	•					•	•		•
Shillong			•					•
Shimla			•						•
Srinagar					•	•	•	•
Thiruvananthapuram		•					•
Vijayawada		•				•	•			•

Holiday Description	Day
Holika Dahan	2
Holi (Second Day)/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi/Holika Dahan/Attukal Pongala	3
Holi/Holi 2nd Day – Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day	4
Chapchar Kut	13
Shab-I-Qadr	17
Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra	19
Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan)/Jumat-ul-Vida	20
Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan/Sarhul	21
Shree Ram Navami	26
Shree Ram Navami (Chaite Dasain)	27
Mahavir Janmakalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti	31

Source- RBI