Bank holidays in May 2026: Check full list of state-wise bank holidays

If you have any bank-related work planned for May 2026, it's important to be aware of state-by-state variations in scheduled bank holidays. There will be many regional holidays this month. Although banks across the country will not be closed on all the days, a number of significant holidays may affect bank operations in particular locations.
Note that all scheduled and non-scheduled banks observe public holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.

Major bank holidays in May 2026

Banks will be closed on occasions of Maharashtra Din, Buddha Pournima, May Day (Labour Day), birth anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu, birthday of Rabindranath Tagore, State Day, birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Eid-UI-Adha-(Bakri-Eid)/Id-ul-Zuha, Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha), depending on the state.

Bank holiday on May 1, 2026

Banks will be open in Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Nagaland, and Meghalaya. States will observe a bank holiday on May 1, 2026, for occasions such as Maharashtra Din, Buddha Pournima, May Day (Labour Day) and the birth anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu.

Bank holiday on May 9, 2026

Banks will be closed in West Bengal to celebrate the birthday of Rabindranath Tagore on May 9, 2026.

Bank holiday on May 16, 2026

Banks will be closed in Sikkim to celebrate State Day on May 16, 2026.

Bank holiday on May 26, 2026

Banks will be closed in Tripura to celebrate the birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam on May 16, 2026.

Bank holiday on May 27, 2026

Banks will be closed in Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Srinagar and Telangana.

Banks will not be closed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Bihar. Other states will be closed to celebrate Eid-UI-Adha (Bakri Eid)/Id-ul-Zuha.

Bank holiday on May 28, 2026

Banks will be closed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Jammu and Srinagar, Goa and Bihar to celebrate Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) on May 28, 2026.

Bank holidays in May 2026

May-26	1	9	16	26	27	28
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 for May 2026

Holiday Description	Day
Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu	1
Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore	9
State Day	16
Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam	26
Eid-UI-Adha-(Bakri-Eid)/Id-ul-Zuha	27
Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha)	28