Bank Holiday In April 2026: Banks To Be Closed For 14 Days; Good Friday, Baisakhi To Akshaya Tritiya

The month of April arrives with a huge list of festival holidays for all scheduled commercial banks in India. Festivals like Good Friday, Ambedkar Jayanti, Bohag Bihu, Baisakhi to Akshaya Tritiya have lined up. Banks were closed on April 1st as well due to the closing of year-end accounts. In total, banks are going to be shut for a total of 14 days this month, however, the holiday will vary from city to city. These holidays also include second and fourth Saturdays along with all Sundays.

Bank Holidays April 2026:

Bank holidays are decided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These holidays are different than general public holidays but align with national holidays and key major festivals. The holidays are under two categories in April 2026 namely "Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act" and "Banks' Closing of Accounts".

Bank Holidays On April 1:

The first holiday of this month was on April 1st to enable banks to close their yearly accounts. Banks were shut in majority of cities.

Bank Holidays On April 2:

Banks are closed on April 2nd in cities like Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. This is due to the celebration of Maundy Thursday.

Bank Holidays On April 3:

After Maundy Thursday, banks will be closed on Friday for the occasion of Good Friday, a pivotal day for Christians across the world. Banks will be closed in cities like Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

Bank Holidays On April 14:

On this day, a series of festivals will be celebrated across India. These include Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, Maha Vishuva Sankranti, Biju, Buisu Festival, Tamil New Year's Day, Bohag Bihu, Cheiraoba and Baisakhi.

Bank branches will be closed in cities like Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Patna, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

Bank Holidays On April 15:

On April 15, banks will be closed in Agartala, Guwahati, Itanagar, Kochi, Kolkata, Shimla, and Thiruvananthapuram. The day is special for celebration of Bengali New Year's Day (Nababarsha), Bohag Bihu, Vishu, and Himachal Day.

Bank Holidays On April 16:

There is bank holiday in cities like Guwahati alone for celebration of Bohag Bihu on April 16.

Bank Holidays On April 20:

The festival of Basava Jayanti and Akshaya Tritiya falls on April 20. Accordingly, banks will be closed in Bengaluru.

Bank Holidays On April 21:

On this day, banks are closed in Agartala for the celebration of Garia Puja festival.

Bank Holidays On April 11 And April 25:

These two days are second and fourth Saturday which is the decided weekend holiday for banks every month. All banks across the country will be closed on these two days.

Banks follow a unique pattern on weekend holiday. While the first and third Saturdays of a month, is a working day for banks. They are closed on second and fourth Saturdays of the month. If there is a fifth Saturday in a month, then that would be a working day as well.

Since September 2015, RBI has directed that all scheduled and non-scheduled banks - public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional rural and local area banks - will observe public holiday on second and fourth Saturdays.

Accordingly, payment systems will not be operated on second and fourth Saturdays but would operate for full day on working Saturdays. Payment systems typically includes Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT), Cheque Clearing operated by various Bankers' Clearing Houses in the country including the grid based Cheque Truncation System (CTS) and ECS suite [Electronic Clearing Service (ECS), Regional Electronic Clearing Service (RECS) and National Electronic Clearing Service (NECS)].

Bank Holidays On April 5, 12, 19, 26:

All banks will be closed on these days due to Sunday.

Date	Day	Occasion	Regions Affected
April 1	Wednesday	Yearly Closing of Accounts	All India (Public holiday)
April 2	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Kerala
April 3	Friday	Good Friday	Most of India (except a few states)
April 5	Sunday	Weekend / Easter Sunday	All India
April 11	Saturday	Second Saturday	All India
April 12	Sunday	Weekend	All India
April 14	Tuesday	Ambedkar Jayanti / Baisakhi / Tamil New Year	Most of India
April 15	Wednesday	Bengali New Year / Bohag Bihu / Vishu	WB, Assam, Kerala, HP
April 16	Thursday	Bohag Bihu	Assam
April 19	Sunday	Weekend / Akshaya Tritiya	All India
April 20	Monday	Basava Jayanti	Karnataka
April 21	Tuesday	Garia Puja	Tripura
April 25	Saturday	Fourth Saturday	All India
April 26	Sunday	Weekend	All India