Bank holidays 2026 in Uttar Pradesh
25 bank holidays in Uttar Pradesh in 2026, as listed by the Reserve Bank of India's Kanpur and Lucknow 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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25 holidays in 2026
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan | Sat | Birthday of Hazrat Ali |
| 15 Jan | Thu | Makar SankrantiReserve Bank wording: Uttarayana Punyakala/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Makara Sankranti/Election to Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra |
| 26 Jan | Mon | Republic DayAll India |
| 2 Mar | Mon | Holika Dahan |
| 3 Mar | Tue | Holi (2nd Day)Reserve Bank wording: Holi (Second Day)/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi/Holika Dahan/Attukal Pongala |
| 4 Mar | Wed | HoliReserve Bank wording: Holi/Holi 2nd Day – Dhuleti/Yaosang 2nd Day/Dol Jatra |
| 21 Mar | Sat | Eid-ul-FitrReserve Bank wording: Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan/Sarhul |
| 26 Mar | Thu | Ram NavamiReserve Bank wording: Shree Ram Navami |
| 31 Mar | Tue | Mahavir JayantiReserve Bank wording: Mahavir Janmakalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti |
| 1 Apr | Wed | Yearly closing of bank accountsBanks onlyReserve Bank wording: To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts |
| 3 Apr | Fri | Good Friday |
| 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 |
| 1 May | Fri | Buddha PurnimaReserve Bank wording: Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
| 28 May | Thu | Bakrid (Eid-ul-Adha)Reserve Bank wording: Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) |
| 26 Jun | Fri | MuharramReserve Bank wording: Muharram (Yaom-EShahadath)/Last Day of Moharam/Ashoora |
| 15 Aug | Sat | Independence DayAll IndiaReserve Bank wording: Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
| 26 Aug | Wed | Eid-e-MiladReserve Bank wording: Id-E-Milad/Baravafat/Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)/Thiruvonam |
| 28 Aug | Fri | Raksha BandhanReserve Bank wording: Raksha Bandhan/Pang-Lhabsol/Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Ayyankali Jayanthi |
| 4 Sep | Fri | JanmashtamiReserve Bank wording: Janmashtami (Vaishnva) (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
| 2 Oct | Fri | Mahatma Gandhi JayantiAll India |
| 20 Oct | Tue | Vijaya DashamiReserve Bank wording: Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Mahanavami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja |
| 9 Nov | Mon | Govardhan PujaReserve Bank wording: Diwali/Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)/Govardhan Pooja/Vishwakarma Day |
| 11 Nov | Wed | Bhai DoojReserve Bank wording: Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)/Ningol Chakkouba/Bhratridwitiya/Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti |
| 24 Nov | Tue | Guru Nanak JayantiReserve Bank wording: Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima/Rahas Purnima |
| 25 Dec | Fri | ChristmasAll India |
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Long weekends in Uttar Pradesh
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 Kanpur and Lucknow office. Reserve Bank holiday page ↗
- 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.