Bank Holidays January 2026: The month of December is about to end and the New Year is about to begin and after just a few days the month of January will begin, i.e. the first month of the year. The new year brings with it many new expectations and at the same time, people will also have many tasks which they would like to complete in the new year.
For example, there is one work related to the bank which people would like to do in the first month. In fact, most of the work related to banking has become online. But there are still many tasks which are done offline only. Therefore, if you are also planning to go to the bank for some work in the month of January, then it becomes important for you to know when the banks of your city will be closed in January. So let us know about the bank holidays in the month of January. In the next slides you can know about bank holidays…
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How many days will banks remain closed in January? – Photo: Adobe Stock
Banks will remain closed on these days in your city:-
- January 1, 2026 – Banks will remain closed in Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata and Shillong due to New Year Day/Gan-Ngai.
- 2 January 2026 – Due to New Year celebration/Mannam Jayanti, there will be bank holiday in Aizawl, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
- January 3, 2026 – Hazrat Ali’s birthday, due to which banks in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, will remain closed.
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How many days will banks remain closed in January? – Photo: Adobe Stock
- January 4, 2026 – Due to Sunday being a holiday, there will be a holiday for banks across the country.
- 10 January 2026 – Being the second Saturday of the month, there will be a holiday for all the banks in the country.
- 11 January 2026 – Banks across the country will remain closed due to Sunday holiday.
- 12 January 2026 – Due to Swami Vivekananda’s birthday, there will be a bank holiday in Kolkata on this day.
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How many days will banks remain closed in January? – Photo: Adobe Stock
- 14 January 2026 – Makar Sankranti/Magh Bihu is on this day, hence there will be a holiday for banks of Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Itanagar.
- 15 January 2026 – Banks of Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Hyderabad and Vijayawada will remain closed due to Uttarayan Punyakal/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Makar Sankranti.
- 16 January 2026 – There will be a bank holiday in Chennai due to Thiruvalluvar Day.
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How many days will banks remain closed in January? – Photo: Adobe Stock
- 17 January 2026 – Banks will remain closed in Chennai due to Uzhavar Thirunal.
- 18 January 2026 – This day will be a Sunday holiday due to which banks across the country will remain closed.
- 23 January 2026 – Bank holiday in Agartala, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata due to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday/Saraswati Puja (Shri Panchami)/Veer Surendrasai Jayanti/Basant Panchami.
