New Delhi: The banks will remain closed for 12 days across different parts of the country in May 2026. According to the holiday calendar released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed for 12 days out of the 31 days in May. The banking operations will be suspended across branches in different parts of the country.
The 12 holidays are separate from the bank holidays observed on all Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays of every month.
Bank Holidays in May 2026
May 1: Banks will observe a holiday in several states on account of Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu. However, banks would remain open in states such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Punjab, Odisha, Gujarat, Meghalaya, and Nagaland.
May 9: Banks in West Bengal will remain closed on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. It is also along a second Saturday, so banks will be closed across the country.
May 16: Banks in Sikkim will be closed on May 16 on the occasion of State Day.
May 26: Banks in Tripura will remain closed for birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam in Tripura, Mizoram, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Raipur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.
May 28: Banks will remain closed for Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) in Belapur, Bengaluru, Belapur, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Srinagar.
In May 2026, there will be 5 Sundays. Banks will remain closed on 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 May. Banks will observe a holiday on 9 May (second Saturday) and 23 May (fourth Saturday).
While banks will remain closed on the above-mentioned dates, services such as internet banking, SMS banking, and WhatsApp banking will remain active. The bank customers will be able to make fund transfers, ticket bookings, bill payments, mobile recharges, online. ATMs will also continue to function withdrawn from ATMs if required.