Bank Holidays in January 2026: Banks to be closed for up to 16 days next month; check full list

Bank holidays in January 2026: People all over the country will want to know about bank holidays in January 2026 because the new year and month are just a few days away. This is everything you need to know about bank holidays in January 2026.

According to the RBI bank holiday calendar, banks in different parts of India will be closed for up to 16 days in January 2026. This doesn't mean that all banks in all places will close for 16 days, though. Bank holidays vary by region based on local celebrations and observances.

September has a lot of fun bank holidays, like Makar Sankranti, Vasant Panchami, Saraswati Puja, and others. On Republic Day, which is a national bank holiday, all banks in India will be closed.

Every Sunday and the second and fourth Saturdays, all banks in India are closed. On bank holidays in January, banks in India, such as State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank, will also be closed, depending on the state.

The full list of bank holidays in January 2026

In January 2026, there could be as many as 16 bank holidays. This is the complete list of bank holidays for next month.

On January 1, banks in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland will be closed for New Year's Day or Gaan-Ngai.
On January 2, banks in Mizoram and Kerala will be closed because of the New Year Celebration/Mannam Jayanthi.
On January 3, banks in Uttar Pradesh will be closed for Hazrat Ali's birthday.
On January 12, banks in West Bengal will be closed for the birthday of Swami Vivekananda.

Banks in Gujarat, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam will be closed on January 14 because of Makar Sankranti or Magh Bihu.

On January 15, banks in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Sikkim will be closed for Uttarayana Punyakala, Pongal, Maghe Sankranti, and Makara Sankranti.
On January 16, banks in Tamil Nadu will be closed for Thiruvalluvar Day.
Because of Uzhavar Thirunal, banks in Tamil Nadu will be closed on January 17.
On January 23, banks in West Bengal, Odisha, and Tripura will be closed for the birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami), Vir Surendrasai Jayanti, and Basanta Panchami.
On January 26, all banks in India, including those in Union Territories and states, will be closed for Republic Day.

Banks will be closed on weekends and on holidays for regional and national events, as well as for holidays.

Here is the list of bank holidays on the weekend:
January 4th is a bank holiday because it's a Sunday.
10 January: A bank holiday because it's the second Saturday.
January 11: Bank holiday because it's Sunday.
January 18: Bank holiday because it's Sunday.
January 24: Bank holiday because it's the second Saturday.
January 25: A bank holiday because it's Sunday.