Banks will remain closed for so many days on Diwali and Chhath, check the list of holidays

Bank Holidays: Diwali is one of the biggest festivals of the country and is considered a public holiday. For this reason, like offices and many other institutions, banks also remain closed on the occasion of Diwali. And not only on Diwali but also on the Chhath festival that follows, banks remain closed at many places. Let us know on which day and when banks will be closed this year due to Diwali and Chhath…

31 October: Diwali (Deepawali)/Kali Puja/Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday/Narak Chaturdashi – Banks are closed in the rest of the country except Tripura, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir.

November 1st: Diwali Amavasya (Lakshmi Puja)/Deepawali/Kut/Kannada Rajyotsava – Bank closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya.

2 November: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Balipadmi/Lakshmi Puja (Deepawali)/Goverdhan Puja/Vikram Samvat New Year Day- Bank closed in Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra.

7 November: Chhath (Evening Arghya) – Bank closed in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand

8 November: Chhath (Morning Arghya)/Vangala Utsav- Bank closed in Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya

Before Diwali, banks will remain closed across the country due to October 26 being the fourth Saturday of the month and October 27 being a Sunday.

two categories of holidays

Bank customers should remember that some bank holidays fall in the 'National Holidays' category and some holidays/festivals are related to a particular state or region. On holidays related to a particular region, only banks of that particular state or region remain closed. Therefore, bank customers should go to the bank only after seeing the list of bank holidays and complete their work on time.