Banking Holiday January 2026 : 16 days bank closed in January 2026? See the full holiday calendar
The last month of the year 2024, December will end in a few days. The new year will start thereafter. Banks will remain closed for 16 days in January 2026. This includes public holidays, Sundays, and the second and fourth Saturdays. January 26 will be a holiday for Republic Day. The fourth Saturday is January 24 and January 25 is a Sunday. People will get a long weekend to plan travel or outings with family. In addition to the regular weekend closures, banks will remain closed in many states due to public holidays.
The Reserve Bank has divided bank holidays into three categories. Holidays and Real Time Gross Settlement holidays are under the Negotiable Instruments Act. All three categories of holidays are coming next month. Therefore, if you have any important banking work, you will need to keep the RBI holiday calendar in mind.
Online and phone banking will remain operational during bank holidays. Despite bank holidays, you can conduct transactions through online banking and ATMs or perform other transactions. These services will not be affected by bank holidays. Trading in the stock market will be closed for 9 days in January. Transactions will be closed on 4 Sundays, 4 Saturdays, and on Republic Day, January 26.
1 January - New Year's Day - Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, and Shillong
2 January - Mannat Jayanti - Aizawl, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram
3 January - Hazrat Ali Jayanti - Lucknow
4 January - Sunday - Nationwide
10 January - Second Saturday - Nationwide
11 January - Sunday - Nationwide
12 January - Vivekananda Jayanti - Kolkata
14 January - Makar Sankranti - Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, and Itanagar
15 January - Makar Sankranti - Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Hyderabad, and Vijayawada
16 January - Thiruvalluvar Day - Chennai
17 January - Uzhavar Thirunal - Chennai
18 January - Sunday - Nationwide
23 January - Saraswati Puja/Basant Panchami - Agartala, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and some cities in Uttar Pradesh
24 January - Fourth Saturday - Nationwide
25 January - Sunday - Nationwide
26 January - Republic Day - Nationwide