Bank Holidays in March 2026: Banks will be closed for 18 days in various locations in March; note the holidays in your city..

Bank Holidays in March 2026: The month of February is about to end, and March will soon begin. If you're planning to complete any important bank-related work in March 2026, this news is extremely useful. Even today, many tasks require us to visit the bank branch in person. Finding a bank closed could hamper your work. Therefore, it's important to know about holidays in advance. According to the RBI website, banks will be closed for a total of 18 days in March for various reasons. So, let's take a look at the list of holidays:

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When will banks be closed in March?
March 1st is a Sunday, so banks will be closed across the country.

Banks will not open in Kanpur and Lucknow on March 2nd due to Holika Dahan.

On March 3rd, banks will be closed in many cities, including Bhopal, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Ranchi, and others, due to Holi and related festivals.
On March 4th, banks will also be closed in many cities due to the second day of Holi and festivals celebrated in various states. These include cities like Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Jammu, New Delhi, Raipur, Shillong, and Shimla.
Banks will be closed across the country on March 8th, as it is a Sunday.
Banks will remain closed in Aizawl on March 13th due to Chapchar Kut.
March 14th is the second Saturday, so banks will remain closed across the country. The following day, March 15th, is Sunday, so all banks will remain closed again.
On March 17th, banks will be closed in Jammu and Srinagar on the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr.
On March 19, banks will be closed in many cities, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Srinagar, due to festivals like Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, and the beginning of Navratri.

On March 20, banks will be closed in Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada due to Eid al-Fitr and Jumaat al-Vida.

On March 21, banks will be closed in most cities due to Ramzan Eid and Sarhul, although some will remain open.

Banks will remain closed across the country on March 22, which falls on a Sunday.

On March 26, banks will be closed in many major cities due to Ram Navami.

On March 27, some states will also observe a holiday on the occasion of Ram Navami.

March 28 is the fourth Saturday, and March 29 is Sunday, so banks will be closed across the country on both days.

On March 31, the last day of the month, banks will be completely closed in many cities due to Mahavir Jayanti.
Therefore, if you have to do any bank-related work in March, then make your plan keeping these dates in mind, so that you do not face any problem.

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