Bank holidays 2026 in West Bengal
28 bank holidays in West Bengal in 2026, as listed by the Reserve Bank of India's Kolkata office. 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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28 holidays in 2026
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thu | New Year's DayReserve Bank wording: New Year’s Day/Gaan-Ngai |
| 12 Jan | Mon | Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda |
| 23 Jan | Fri | Netaji Birthday and Saraswati PujaReserve Bank wording: Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose/Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami)/Vir Surendrasai Jayanti/Basanta Panchami |
| 26 Jan | Mon | Republic DayAll India |
| 3 Mar | Tue | Dol JatraReserve Bank wording: Holi (Second Day)/Dol Jatra/Dhulandi/Holika Dahan/Attukal Pongala |
| 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 |
| 15 Apr | Wed | Bengali New Year's DayReserve Bank wording: Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Bohag Bihu/Vishu/Himachal Day |
| 29 Apr | Wed | General Elections to West Bengal Legislative Assembly 2026 |
| 1 May | Fri | May Day / Buddha PurnimaReserve Bank wording: Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
| 9 May | Sat | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 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 |
| 6 Jul | Mon | Birth Anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad MookerjeeReserve Bank wording: MHIP Day/Birth Anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee |
| 15 Aug | Sat | Independence DayAll IndiaReserve Bank wording: Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
| 4 Sep | Fri | JanmashtamiReserve Bank wording: Janmashtami (Vaishnva) (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
| 2 Oct | Fri | Mahatma Gandhi JayantiAll India |
| 10 Oct | Sat | Mahalaya AmavasyaReserve Bank wording: Mahalaya Amavasye |
| 19 Oct | Mon | Durga Puja (Maha Astami)Reserve Bank wording: Dussehra (Mahashtami)/Maha Navami/Ayutha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashomi/Durga Ashtami |
| 20 Oct | Tue | Durga Puja (Maha Astami)Reserve Bank wording: Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Mahanavami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja |
| 21 Oct | Wed | Durga Puja (Vijaya Dashami)Reserve Bank wording: Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain) |
| 11 Nov | Wed | BhratridwitiyaReserve 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 West Bengal
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 Kolkata office. Reserve Bank holiday page ↗
- West Bengal government order. 4188-F(P2) dated 27 November 2025. Official copy ↗
- Change order, 22 May 2026. Bakrid holiday moved from 27 May 2026 to 28 May 2026.
- Its official copy. 1814-F(P2) ↗
- 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.