Bank holidays 2026 in Punjab
Punjab has no Reserve Bank office of its own, so the Reserve Bank publishes no Punjab list. Banks in Punjab follow the Punjab government's holiday order under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
The 17 dates below are HDFC Bank's published list for Punjab, read on 11 September 2026, 6:16 am IST. It is a bank's list, not a Reserve Bank list. Ask your branch before you plan.
HDFC Bank list last read: 11 September 2026, 6:16 am IST
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17 holidays in 2026
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thu | New Year's Day |
| 15 Jan | Thu | Pongal |
| 16 Jan | Fri | Thiruvalluvar Day/Mattu Pongal |
| 17 Jan | Sat | Uzhavar Thirunal |
| 26 Jan | Mon | Republic Day |
| 21 Mar | Sat | Eid-ul-Fitr |
| 3 Apr | Fri | Good Friday |
| 9 Apr | Thu | Election |
| 14 Apr | Tue | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti / Tamil New Year |
| 1 May | Fri | May Day |
| 28 May | Thu | Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha) |
| 15 Aug | Sat | Independence Day |
| 26 Aug | Wed | Eid-e-Milad (Milad-un-Nabi) |
| 14 Sep | Mon | Ganesh Chaturthi (1st Day) |
| 2 Oct | Fri | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 19 Oct | Mon | Saraswathi Pooja / Mahanavami |
| 25 Dec | Fri | Christmas |
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Long weekends in Punjab
Three or more closed days in a row, counting Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays.
Where these dates come from
- Reserve Bank of India. It publishes no separate list for Punjab. Reserve Bank holiday page ↗
- HDFC Bank. Its published holiday list for Punjab is the list shown here. HDFC Bank holiday page ↗
- SBI calendar. Each date is compared with SBI's printed calendar. The table shows the result.
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.