Bank Holidays in April 2026: Planning your bank visits and other financial transactions can be greatly aided by knowing the dates of bank holidays in India. This thorough list of Indian bank holidays for 2026 will make your bank trips and transactions more efficient.
April has a number of significant occasions that could affect banking services, including national holidays, regional celebrations, and weekends. Banks’ offline services, such as cash deposits, cash withdrawals at branches, and document processing, are closed on these days.
However, online services like mobile banking, UPI, and net banking are operating as usual. Thus, you can avoid last-minute problems by using the April 2026 bank holiday list with state-specific bank holidays.
It is usually a good idea to check the bank-specific timetables when making plans to visit a branch. This makes it easier to plan lengthy weekends or festival holidays when banks may be closed for a number of days.
List of Bank Holidays in April 2026
According to the RBI, banks would be closed for a total of 14 days in April 2026, including two Saturdays and four Sundays that are designated as bank holidays. The full list of bank holidays for April 2026 can be seen here.
April 1 (Wednesday): Annual closing of accounts — All India (excluding Aizawl, Gangtok, Kohima, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla).
April 2 (Thursday): Maundy Thursday — Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram.
April 3 (Friday): Good Friday — observed in all cities, excluding Agartala, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jammu and Srinagar).
April 14 (Tuesday): Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Biju/Buisu Festival/Tamil New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi — across all cities (excluding Aizawl, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Itanagar, Kohima, New Delhi, Raipur, Shillong and Shimla).
April 15 (Wednesday): Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Bohag Bihu/Vishu/Himachal Day — Agartala, Guwahati, Itanagar, Kochi, Kolkata, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram
April 16 (Thursday): Bohag Bihu — Guwahati
April 20 (Monday): Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya — Bengaluru
April 21 (Tuesday): Garia Puja — Agartala
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