Bank holidays in May 2026

6 holiday dates in May 2026 across India, from the Reserve Bank of India list. None of them closes banks in every state.

Reserve Bank list last checked: 14 September 2026, 6:15 am IST

Closed every state: Sundays 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. Second and fourth Saturdays 9 and 23.

Date	Day	Holiday and where banks close
1 May	Fri	Buddha Purnima: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand May Day: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana Maharashtra Day / Buddha Purnima: Maharashtra, Manipur Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu: Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu May Day / Buddha Purnima: West Bengal
9 May	Sat	Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore: West Bengal
16 May	Sat	State Day: Sikkim
26 May	Tue	Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam: Tripura
27 May	Wed	Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha): Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala Eid-UI-Adha-(Bakri-Eid)/Id-ul-Zuha: Assam
28 May	Thu	Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha): Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

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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.