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Tamil Nadu Holiday Calendar 2026
Government-office holidays and bank closures for Chennai.
2026 annual schedules · Checked 23 October 2026
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Tamil Nadu government holidays 2026
23 distinct dates from the general government-office holiday order. All Saturdays and Sundays are government-office holidays under this order.
January
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | New Year’s Day |
Thursday | Pongal |
Friday | Thiruvalluvar Day |
Saturday | Uzhavar Thirunal |
Monday | Republic Day |
February
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Sunday | Thai Poosam |
March
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | Telugu New Year’s Day |
Saturday | Ramzan (Idul Fitr) |
Tuesday | Mahaveer Jayanthi |
April
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Good Friday |
Tuesday | Tamil New Year’s Day / Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Birthday |
May
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | May Day |
Thursday | Bakrid (Idul Azha) |
June
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Muharram |
August
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Saturday | Independence Day |
Wednesday | Milad-un-Nabi |
September
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Krishna Jayanthi |
Monday | Vinayakar Chathurthi |
October
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Gandhi Jayanthi |
Monday | Ayutha Pooja |
Tuesday | Vijaya Dasami |
November
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Sunday | Deepavali |
December
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Friday | Christmas |
Tamil Nadu 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.
Chennai bank holidays 2026
23 RBI-listed holiday dates. Sundays and second/fourth Saturdays are additional weekly closures.
| Date & weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|
Thursday | New Year’s Day/Gaan-Ngai |
Thursday | Uttarayana Punyakala/Pongal/Maghe Sankranti/Makara Sankranti/Election to Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra |
Friday | Thiruvalluvar Day/Kanuma |
Saturday | Uzhavar Thirunal |
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 |
Tuesday | Mahavir Janmakalyanak/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 |
Thursday | General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2026 |
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 |
Friday | Janmashtami (Vaishnva) (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi |
Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi/Ganesh Puja/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi/Hartalika |
Friday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
Monday | Dussehra (Mahashtami)/Maha Navami/Ayutha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashomi/Durga Ashtami |
Tuesday | Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Maha Navami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja |
Friday | Christmas |
Tamil Nadu: dates to keep in mind
The January sequence is Pongal on 15 January, Thiruvalluvar Day on 16 January and Uzhavar Thirunal on 17 January. Tamil New Year and Ambedkar’s birthday share 14 April. The annexure’s 1 April annual closing applies to commercial and cooperative banks only and is excluded from the government list.
Government order
G.O.(Ms.) No.708 · Public (Miscellaneous) Department · 11 Nov 2025. Government order page 1 and annexure pages 4–5; PDF copy.
Read the Tamil Nadu 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.