Bank holiday today: Are banks open or close on 31 December for New Year’s Eve? Check inside

Bank holiday today, 31st December: All banks, including public and private banks, in Manipur and Mizoram will remain closed on Wednesday, December 31, according to the RBI bank holiday calendar.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases a bank holiday calendar every year, according to which lenders close their branches on national holidays and festivals among others.

Why is there a bank holiday today?

While there is a bank holiday in Mizoram for New Year’s Eve celebrations, banks in Manipur will be closed due to Imoinu Iratpa — a Manipuri festival.

Banks including State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank will observe a holiday in Manipur and Mizoram.

However, there is no bank holiday on 31 December in other parts of India. All banks will remain open today.

Bank holidays in January

There are up to 16 bank holidays in January 2026. Here is the full list of bank holidays next month.

• 1 January – Banks will be closed in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland due to New Year’s Day / Gaan-Ngai.
• 2 January – Banks will be closed in Mizoram, and Kerala due to New Year Celebration / Mannam Jayanthi.
• 3 January – Banks will be closed in Uttar Pradesh due to the Birthday of Hazrat Ali.
• 12 January – Banks will be closed in West Bengal due to the Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda.
• 14 January – Banks will be closed in Gujarat, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam due to Makar Sankranti / Magh Bihu.
• 15 January – Banks will be closed in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Sikkim due to Uttarayana Punyakala / Pongal / Maghe Sankranti / Makara Sankranti.
• 16 January – Banks will be closed in Tamil Nadu due to Thiruvalluvar Day.
• 17 January – Banks will be closed in Tamil Nadu due to Uzhavar Thirunal.
• 23 January – Banks will be closed in West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura due to Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose / Saraswati Puja (Shree Panchami) / Vir Surendrasai Jayanti / Basanta Panchami.
• 26 January – Banks will be closed across all states and Union Territories of India due to Republic Day.

The rest of the six bank holidays are on weekends — on the second and fourth Saturdays and all four Sundays.

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