Festival season in the country It is going on and today the festival of Bhai Dooj is being celebrated. With this the 5-day festival of Diwali is ending today. Now after Diwali, preparations are being made to celebrate the festival of Chhath with great pomp in Bihar-Eastern Uttar Pradesh. In such a situation, if you have a question in your mind whether banks will remain closed on this occasion or not, then you can get the answer here.
Banks will remain closed for 4 days next week
Next week, customers of many states will not be able to work in banks for 4 days due to long weekend and long bank holiday on the occasion of Chhath. Banks are going to remain closed due to Chhath Puja (7 and 8 November), second Saturday (9 November) and Sunday (10 November). In such a situation, you have the opportunity to get your financial work done in banks only on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
When will banks remain closed on the occasion of Chhath?
Holidays for Chhath Puja have been declared in Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand and West Bengal on 7 November. At the same time, banks will remain closed in Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya on November 8 for morning Arghya and Chhath related celebrations of Wangala Mahotsav. For information, let us tell you that government and private banks across India including State Bank of India (SBI) remain closed on every second and fourth Saturday of the month.
Bank Holidays in November 2024
3 November (Sunday): Banks will remain closed on Sunday in all Indian states and union territories (UTs).
7 November (Thursday): Banks will remain closed in some states including Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand on the occasion of Chhath (Evening Arghya).
8 November (Friday): Banks will remain closed in some states like Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya on the occasion of Chhath (Morning Arghya) / Wangala Mahotsav.
9 November (Saturday): Second Saturday.
10 November (Sunday): sunday.
15 November (Friday): Banks will remain closed in some places like Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Hyderabad-Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti/Kartik Purnima/Rhas Purnima. Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar.
17 November (Sunday): sunday.
18 November (Monday): All banks in Karnataka will remain closed on Kanakadasa Jayanti.
23 November (Saturday): Banks will remain closed in Meghalaya on the occasion of Seng Kutsnem. Also, November 23 is the fourth Saturday.
24 November (Sunday): sunday
How to complete your work when the bank is closed?
All banks operate their online websites and mobile banking service apps on weekends or other holidays. Apart from this, you can also reach any bank's ATM for cash withdrawal and withdraw cash.