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Karnataka Holiday Calendar 2026
Government-office holidays and bank closures for Bengaluru.
2026 annual schedules · Checked 23 October 2026
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Full-year holiday lists
Karnataka government holidays 2026
20 distinct dates from the general government-office holiday order. Second Saturdays, fourth Saturdays and Sundays are government-office holidays under this notification.
January
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | Uttarayana Punyakala / Makara Sankranti |
Monday | Republic Day |
March
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | Ugadi |
Saturday | Khutub-e-Ramzan |
Tuesday | Mahaveera Jayanthi |
April
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Good Friday |
Tuesday | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Jayanthi |
Monday | Basava Jayanthi / Akshaya Tritiya |
May
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | May Day |
Thursday | Bakrid |
June
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Last Day of Moharam |
August
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Saturday | Independence Day |
Wednesday | Eid-Milad |
September
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Monday | Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata |
October
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Gandhi Jayanthi |
Tuesday | Mahanavami / Ayudhapooja |
Wednesday | Vijayadasami |
November
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Tuesday | Balipadyami / Deepavali |
Friday | Kanakadasa Jayanthi |
December
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Christmas |
Karnataka bank holidays 2026
Choose the RBI centre that covers your branch. Each download includes its listed holiday dates, Sundays and second/fourth Saturdays for 2026, with overlapping dates counted once.
Bengaluru bank holidays 2026
23 RBI-listed holiday dates. Sundays and second/fourth Saturdays are additional weekly closures.
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | Uttarayana Punyakala/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Makara Sankranti/Election to Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra |
Monday | Republic Day |
Thursday | Gudhi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba)/1st Navratra |
Saturday | Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitr) (Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan/Sarhul |
Monday | Mahavir Jayanti |
Wednesday | To enable to Banks to close their yearly accounts |
Friday | Good Friday |
Tuesday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Maha Vishuva Sankranti/Biju/Buisu Festival/Tamil New Year's Day/Bohag Bihu/Cheiraoba/Baisakhi |
Monday | Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya |
Friday | Maharashtra Din/Buddha Pournima/May Day (Labour Day)/Birth Anniversary of Pandit Raghunath Murmu |
Thursday | Bakri ID (Id-Uz-Zuha) |
Friday | Muharram (Yaom-EShahadath)/Last Day of Moharam/Ashoora |
Saturday | Independence Day/Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
Wednesday | Id-E-Milad/Baravafat/Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)/Thiruvonam |
Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Ganesh Puja/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi/Hartalika |
Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
Saturday | Mahalaya Amavasye |
Tuesday | Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Maha Navami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja |
Wednesday | Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Maha Dashami |
Monday | Laxmi Puja/Accession Day/Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday |
Tuesday | Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Deepawali (Govardhan Puja)/Laxmi Puja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day |
Friday | Kanakadasa Jayanthi |
Friday | Christmas |
Karnataka: dates to keep in mind
The government list places Makara Sankranti on 15 January, Ayudhapooja on 20 October and Vijayadasami on 21 October. Three local Kodagu holidays appear separately in the order and are excluded from this statewide table. The government also publishes a separate education-department schedule.
Government order
DPAR 16 HHL 2025 · Notification I · 17 Nov 2025. English general holiday notification, PDF pages 6–7; PDF copy.
Read the Karnataka government holiday order (PDF copy) →
Bank list
The bank tables use RBI’s January–December 2026 holiday matrices, checked on 23 October 2026. The RBI description can name several occasions observed by different centres on the same date; the closure shown here belongs to the named centre.