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If you are planning to go to the bank branch on the first day of the new week i.e. Monday, 16 November 2026 for check clearance, passbook update or any important cash related work, then definitely read this news before leaving the house. According to the official holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banking operations will be completely closed in some major states of the country on Monday, November 16. However, this holiday will not be applicable across the country. Keeping in mind the regional festivals and local traditions, RBI has declared holidays only for select states. In such a situation, it is very important for the customers to have correct information about the bank holiday status of their city and state to avoid any kind of inconvenience.
According to the holiday list for November 2026 released by the Reserve Bank of India, all government and private sector banks will remain closed in the state of Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday, November 16. The branches of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank will remain locked in all the districts of both the states including the capital Patna and Ranchi. The main reason for this holiday is the great festival of folk faith, Chhath Puja. This four-day long festival is ending on Monday, 16th November with Usha Arghya i.e. offering Arghya to the rising Sun God. There is a public holiday on a large scale in Bihar and Jharkhand on this great festival of worship of Sun God and Chhathi Maiya.
Often there is confusion in the minds of customers regarding holidays whether banks will remain open in their state or not. Let us clearly tell you that except Bihar and Jharkhand, on Monday, November 16, banks will remain open like normal days in all the other states and union territories of the country. There will be regular functioning of banks in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and all the states of South India. Especially for the customers of the national capital Delhi, it is very important to know that despite the Delhi Government declaring November 16 as a local public holiday on the occasion of Chhath Puja, banks in Delhi will remain open. Under RBI rules, bank holidays are decided under the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act, and under this Act, November 16 has not been declared a bank holiday in Delhi.
In the remaining days of November also, many local festivals and national holidays are falling in different states, due to which bank branches will remain closed. Banks will remain closed in Uttarakhand (Dehradun) on Friday, November 20, on the occasion of the traditional festival of Igas-Bagwal. After this, due to 22nd November being Sunday, there will be a weekly holiday in the entire country. There will be a bank holiday in Meghalaya (Shillong) on Monday, November 23 due to Seng Kut Snem festival. On Tuesday, November 24, on the auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti and Kartik Purnima, banks will remain closed in most of the states of the country including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Apart from this, banks will remain closed in Karnataka (Bengaluru) on 27th November due to Kanakadas Jayanti, while due to 28th November being the fourth Saturday and 29th November being Sunday, there will be a holiday in all the banks across the country.
Even though the doors of bank branches in Bihar and Jharkhand will remain closed on Monday, November 16, it will not have any impact on the everyday financial transactions of common customers. Net banking, mobile banking app, UPI, IMPS and ATM services will continue to work smoothly 24 hours even on bank holidays. Customers can easily avail the facility of online fund transfer, paying electricity and water bills, making credit card payments and withdrawing cash from ATMs all from the comfort of their homes. Customers will have to wait for the bank to open only for tasks like check clearance, making demand draft or visiting the branch to update KYC.