This year people are confused about whether Holi is on March 3 or March 4. However, the picture regarding the official holiday of Holi has become clear. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the days on which all government offices including banks will remain closed for Holi. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the official list of bank holidays for March 2026, which gives information about the different dates on which bank branches will remain closed due to national and regional festivals. This list is important because holidays are not the same in all states; Some festivals are celebrated as holidays only in certain parts. If you have any banking related work this week, you can check the exact dates of your city/state to know which Holi holiday will be and when the banks will be open.
Holi 2026, the big festival of colours, is on March 4 (Wednesday), but as per the RBI list, different days related to Holi have been declared as holidays in different cities/states. Meanwhile, banks will remain closed in some cities like Kanpur and Lucknow on Monday, March 2, 2026, due to Holika Dahan. Banks in most other places will operate normally.
Bank branches will remain closed in many big cities on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, due to Holi/Dhulandi. These cities include Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Panaji, Belapur and Vijayawada. People there should plan their banking services in advance.
Holi will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Banks will remain closed in many parts of North and Central India on this day. Banks will remain closed in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Ranchi, Chandigarh, Shimla, Jammu, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Agartala, Itanagar, Shillong and Imphal.
Even after Holi, there are many holidays in March:
March 13 – Chapchar Kut (in some states)
17 March – Shab-e-Qadr (Jammu/Kashmir)
March 19 – Festivals like Gudi Padwa, Ugadi
20-21 March – Eid-ul-Fitr / Eid
26-27 March – Ram Navami
March 31 – Local holiday in some places (although RBI has canceled it in some states.)
These holidays do not mean that all banking services will remain closed. Online banking (UPI, mobile/net banking, ATM) services will continue as before. This will be easy for those doing digital transactions. However, if you require physical services (like check deposits, KYC updates, drafts, etc.), plan ahead before the holidays.
