Bank Holiday in March 2026

by Arpita Jena Mar 02, 2026

Bank holidays in March 2026 in India, based on the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) calendar and recent reports. Banks remain closed on:

All Sundays (national weekly off): March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Second and fourth Saturdays (as per RBI rules for banks): March 14 (2nd Saturday) and March 28 (4th Saturday).

Additionally, there are festival and regional holidays, which vary by state/city. The total often comes to around 18 days of closures nationwide when including weekends and these observances.

Key festival-related bank holidays in March 2026 include:

March 2 (Monday) — Holika Dahan (regional, e.g., in parts of Uttar Pradesh like Kanpur and Lucknow).
March 3 (Tuesday) — Holi/Holika Dahan (in states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh).
March 4 (Wednesday) — Holi (main day, widely observed; banks closed in many states including Odisha, Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh).
March 19 (Thursday) — Ugadi/Gudi Padwa (regional, in states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra).
March 21 (Saturday) — Id-ul-Fitr (Eid/Ramzan Id, tentative date; observed in many states including 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).
March 27 (Friday) or nearby — Ram Navami (in various states; some sources list March 27 or 26/28 depending on regional observance).
- March 3 or 4 — Holi/Dola Purnima (Odisha observes Holi/Doljatra around these dates; March 4 is commonly listed as a bank holiday in Odisha for Holi).
- March 21 — Id-ul-Fitr (banks closed in Odisha for this).
- Possibly March 5 — Panchayatiraj Divas (state-specific, but not always a full bank holiday nationwide)