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.
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.
Also, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks will observe public holiday on second and fourth Saturdays.
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.
March bank holdiays 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
