May 2026 brings a packed holiday calendar for banks, with several state-specific closures set to affect branch operations across India. While banks will not shut nationwide on every listed date, customers may need to track local holidays before planning cheque deposits, document work, cash transactions, or in-person banking visits.
Apart from weekly offs on Sundays and the second and fourth Saturdays, multiple regional festivals and commemorative days fall this month, leading to staggered closures in different states. Major occasions include Maharashtra Din, Buddha Purnima, Labour Day, Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti, Sikkim State Day, Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti, Eid-Ul-Adha, and Bakri Id.
Unlike months with only national holidays, May has several local observances. This means a bank branch in one state may remain open while another in a different city stays closed on the same day.
May 1 Bank Holiday
Many states will observe holidays for Maharashtra Din, Buddha Purnima, Labour Day, and the Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu. On May 1, bank branches are closed in Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Banks remain open in Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kohima, and Shillong, according to the RBI holiday calendar.
May 9 Bank Holiday
Banks in West Bengal will remain closed for Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
May 16 Bank Holiday
Banks in Sikkim will remain closed for State Day.
May 26 Bank Holiday
Banks in Tripura will remain closed for the birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
May 27 Bank Holiday
A large number of states are expected to observe Eid-Ul-Adha (Bakri Eid)/Id-Uz-Zuha, including Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Srinagar, and Telangana.
May 28 Bank Holiday
Bank branches are closed in Belapur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, and Patna, according to the RBI holiday calendar.
What Remains Available on Holidays
Even where branches are shut, customers can generally continue using ATMs, UPI, mobile banking, internet banking, and card services.
What Customers Should Do
Because closures vary by city and state, customers may benefit from checking the holiday calendar of their specific branch before visiting, especially during the last week of May when multiple holidays fall close together.
