If you are planning to complete any important bank-related work today, Friday, January 23, then it is important for you to know that banks are going to remain closed in many cities today.

Planning a trip to the bank? Wait! Banks will be closed in these cities on January 23rd. See the list.

Bank Holiday 23 January 2026: If you're planning to complete any important bank-related work on Friday, January 23, it's important to know that banks will be closed in many cities today. Therefore, visiting a bank branch without prior holiday information could cause problems. Therefore, it's best to check the situation in your city before visiting the bank.

The Reserve Bank of India releases a list of bank holidays every year, detailing holidays for different states and cities. According to this list, banks are also closed on January 23rd in some places. Let's find out where banks are closed today.

Bank holiday on January 23

The Reserve Bank of India has declared bank holidays in some states on January 23rd due to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary, Saraswati Puja, Veer Surendrasai Jayanti, and Basant Panchami. Banking services will be affected in many places today due to these occasions.

Banks will be closed in Tripura, Odisha, and West Bengal. If you live in these states, it's best to cancel your bank visits today. However, banks will remain open as usual in the rest of the country except these three states.

upcoming January holidays

All banks will be closed on January 24, 2026, as it is the fourth Saturday of the month. January 25, being a Sunday, will be a weekly holiday. Furthermore, a decision has been made to close banking services in most cities across the country on January 26, in observance of Republic Day. This will impact banking operations in many locations for three consecutive days.

Online services will continue.

Despite the bank closures, services like UPI, mobile banking, internet banking, and ATMs will remain operational. You can perform financial transactions, bill payments, and shopping as usual. However, activities that require a visit to a bank branch will not be possible.