New Delhi, March 7 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has listed a total of 18 public holidays for banks in March 2026, including for all public and private lenders such as the State Bank of India (SBI). Please note that the total number, also includes the weekend holidays for second Saturday, fourth Saturday, and all Sundays this month.

Notably, unless a specific public or regional holiday is declared, or customers are informed of technical difficulties, banks remain open on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of each month.

Thus, for this weekend, Saturday 7th March (today) is not a holiday as it is the first Saturday of the month, while 8th March is a holiday on account of Sunday leave.

Next week, however, has a long weekend holida...