New Delhi: Bank Holiday Today on Ambedkar Jayanti 2026: The 135th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is being celebrated on 14 April 2026. Public holiday has been declared in many states and Union Territories on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. Schools, colleges, government offices and banks will remain closed.
As per RBI’s holiday calendar banks will be closed in several cities on account of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Biju/Buisu Festival/Tamil New Year’s Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi today.
The cities in which banks will remain closed include Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Patna, Bhopal etc. People in Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh etc may contact their nearest branch on the status of bank holiday.
For remaining days of the week, as per RBI holiday calendar, banks will be closed for Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)/Bohag Bihu/Vishu/Himachal Day on April 15; for Bohag Bihu on April 16, for Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya on April 20 and for Garia Puja on April 21.
Furthermore, you must note that the banks will NOT be closed for all the days consecutively in all states or regions. This is the total number of days when banks in different parts of the country will remain closed for state-observed holidays. For instance banks will be closed for Thiruvalluvar Day in Kochi, but in other states it will NOT be closed for the same reason.
Reserve Bank of India places its Holidays under three brackets –Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. However, it must be noted that the bank holidays vary in various states as well not observed by all the banking companies. Banking holidays also depend on the festivals being observed in specific states or notification of specific occasions in those states.
