Bank holidays 2026 in Kerala
23 bank holidays in Kerala in 2026, as listed by the Reserve Bank of India's Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram offices. A day listed by one office only is marked. Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays are closed too.
Reserve Bank list last checked: 14 September 2026, 6:15 am IST
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23 holidays in 2026
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan | Fri | Mannam JayanthiReserve Bank wording: New Year Celebration/Mannam Jayanthi |
| 26 Jan | Mon | Republic DayAll India |
| 3 Mar | Tue | Holi (Second Day)/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi/Holika Dahan/Attukal PongalaListed by the Thiruvananthapuram office only |
| 20 Mar | Fri | Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramzan)Reserve Bank wording: Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan) |
| 1 Apr | Wed | Yearly closing of bank accountsBanks onlyReserve Bank wording: To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts |
| 2 Apr | Thu | Maundy Thursday |
| 3 Apr | Fri | Good Friday |
| 9 Apr | Thu | General Election to Kerala Legislative Assembly 2026 |
| 14 Apr | Tue | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar JayantiReserve Bank wording: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Biju/Buisu Festival/Tamil New Year's Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi |
| 15 Apr | Wed | VishuReserve Bank wording: Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Bohag Bihu/Vishu/Himachal Day |
| 1 May | Fri | May DayReserve Bank wording: Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
| 27 May | Wed | Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha)Reserve Bank wording: Eid-UI-Adha-(Bakri-Eid)/Id-ul-Zuha |
| 28 May | Thu | Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha)Reserve Bank wording: Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) |
| 15 Aug | Sat | Independence DayAll IndiaReserve Bank wording: Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
| 25 Aug | Tue | First OnamReserve Bank wording: First Onam/Milad-i-Sherif (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed) |
| 26 Aug | Wed | ThiruvonamReserve Bank wording: Id-E-Milad/Baravafat/Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)/Thiruvonam |
| 28 Aug | Fri | Shree Narayana Guru JayanthiReserve Bank wording: Raksha Bandhan/Pang-Lhabsol/Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Ayyankali Jayanthi |
| 4 Sep | Fri | Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami)Reserve Bank wording: Janmashtami (Vaishnva) (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
| 21 Sep | Mon | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi DayReserve Bank wording: Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva/Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi |
| 2 Oct | Fri | Mahatma Gandhi JayantiAll India |
| 20 Oct | Tue | Durga Puja (Maha Navami)Reserve Bank wording: Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Mahanavami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja |
| 21 Oct | Wed | Vijaya DashamiReserve Bank wording: Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain) |
| 25 Dec | Fri | ChristmasAll India |
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Long weekends in Kerala
Three or more closed days in a row, counting Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays.
Where these dates come from
- Reserve Bank of India. The holiday list for the Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram office. Reserve Bank holiday page ↗
- Kerala government order. G.O.(P) No. 15/2025/GAD dated 31 October 2025. Official copy ↗
- Change order, 21 March 2026. Thursday 9 April 2026 declared a bank holiday for the Assembly election polling day.
- Its official copy. G.O.(Rt) No. 1462/2026/GAD ↗
- Bank lists. Each date is compared with HDFC Bank's list and SBI's calendar.
- The result. The table shows it for every date.
The rules every bank follows
- Sundays. Every Sunday is a bank holiday.
- Second and fourth Saturdays. Banks close on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.
- Other Saturdays. The first, third and fifth Saturdays are full working days.
- Where the Saturday rule comes from. A Government of India order of 20 August 2015, in force from 1 September 2015. Reserve Bank press release ↗
- Saturday closures left in 2026: 26 Sep, 10 Oct, 24 Oct, 14 Nov, 28 Nov, 12 Dec, 26 Dec.
- Five-day week. Banks and unions agreed in 2024 to close every Saturday. The Government has not approved it yet.
- So the old rule stands. Second and fourth Saturdays only. We check this every day.
- State holidays. Each state government declares its own list under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
- The Reserve Bank collects the lists. It publishes them office by office. That is the list on this page.
- 1 April. Banks close their yearly accounts. In most states there are no public dealings that day.
- Money still moves on a holiday. UPI, NEFT, RTGS and IMPS work every day of the year.
- So do ATMs, cards and net banking. Only branch work stops.
- The Reserve Bank's word on it. RTGS runs all day, every day ↗. So does NEFT ↗.
- What stops on a holiday. Branches are shut. Cheques are not cleared. No cash at the counter.
Other states
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands15 holidays in 2026
- Andhra Pradesh20 holidays in 2026
- Arunachal Pradesh18 holidays in 2026
- Assam19 holidays in 2026
- Bihar20 holidays in 2026
- Chandigarh16 holidays in 2026
- Chhattisgarh17 holidays in 2026
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu18 holidays in 2026
- Delhi16 holidays in 2026
- Goa17 holidays in 2026
- Gujarat19 holidays in 2026
- Haryana15 holidays in 2026
- Himachal Pradesh19 holidays in 2026
- Jammu and Kashmir22 holidays in 2026
- Jharkhand22 holidays in 2026
- Karnataka22 holidays in 2026
- Kerala23 holidays in 2026
- Ladakh16 holidays in 2026
- Lakshadweep17 holidays in 2026
- Madhya Pradesh21 holidays in 2026
- Maharashtra22 holidays in 2026
- Manipur19 holidays in 2026
- Meghalaya24 holidays in 2026
- Mizoram26 holidays in 2026
- Nagaland15 holidays in 2026
- Odisha20 holidays in 2026
- Puducherry17 holidays in 2026
- Punjab17 holidays in 2026
- Rajasthan17 holidays in 2026
- Sikkim27 holidays in 2026
- Tamil Nadu23 holidays in 2026
- Telangana20 holidays in 2026
- Tripura24 holidays in 2026
- Uttar Pradesh25 holidays in 2026
- Uttarakhand21 holidays in 2026
- West Bengal28 holidays in 2026
Source: Reserve Bank of India, Bank Holidays page. BankPulse is not a bank. Check with your branch for a local closure not on the Reserve Bank list.