Overview
- Bank branches are shut today in Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal and Meghalaya, with regular operations elsewhere.
- BSE and NSE are open for full trading on January 1, with the first market holiday of the month on January 26 for Republic Day.
- Commodity exchanges MCX and NCDEX are operating in the daytime session on January 1 and closed in the evening session.
- January 26 is a nationwide bank holiday for Republic Day, the only pan-India branch closure in January.
- The RBI’s 2026 holiday calendar is in effect, indicating more than 100 branch-closure days across regions this year, with January totaling 16 closure days including weekends.