March Bank Holidays: March is full of bank holidays, check the full list before heading to the branch.
The month of March is about to begin, and with it, a new calendar of bank holidays will come into effect. Let's learn about the bank holidays for the next month...
March Bank Holidays 2026: The month of March is about to begin, and with it, a new calendar of bank holidays will come into effect. Holi and other festivals are also coming in March. If you're planning to do any important banking work, it's best to first know which days banks will be closed in March.
Banking services may be affected for several days due to festivals and weekly holidays in different states and cities. Therefore, it's important to review the list of holidays before making any plans. Let's learn about the bank holidays for March...
1. Bank Holidays for Holi
Banks will be closed in Kanpur and Lucknow on March 2nd for the occasion of Holika Dahan. Following this, on March 3, banking services will be affected in Belapur, Bhopal, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, and Vijayawada due to festivals like Dol Jatra, Dhulandi, and Holika Dahan.
Banks will also be closed on March 4 due to Holi in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, New Delhi, Raipur, Shillong, and Shimla. Furthermore, on March 13, there will be a bank holiday in Aizawl due to the Chapchar Koot festival.
2. Banks will be closed on March 17 in Jammu and Srinagar on account of Shab-e-Qadr. Further, on March 19, banking services will be affected in several cities, including Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, and Vijayawada, due to Gudi Padwa, the Telugu New Year's Day, and the first Navratri.
On March 20th, banks will be closed in Jammu, Srinagar, Kochi, Trivandrum, and Vijayawada due to Ramadan and Jumat-ul-Vida.
On March 21st, banks will be closed across the country, except for Kochi, Vijayawada, Trivandrum, and Shimla, due to Ramadan-Eid and Sarhul. Additionally, on March 26th, banks will be closed in several cities, including Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Ranchi, due to Ram Navami.
In addition, banks will be closed on March 27th for Ram Navami and on March 31st for various reasons. If you live in these cities, you should check the holiday list before visiting the bank. You may encounter difficulties if you arrive at the branch and find it closed.
