Bank Holiday Saturday: Banks are closed on every second and fourth Saturday of the month and all Sundays while they are open on the first, third and fifth Saturday (if applicable) of the month as per the mandate of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
This, of course, provided that there are no national or public holidays on working Saturdays or as otherwise specified by the RBI.
Are banks open or closed on Saturday 26 October 2024?
October 26, 2024 is the fourth Saturday and thus all banks will remain closed on that day.
Besides, Jammu and Kashmir also observes Accession Day on 26 October.
What are all the public holidays coming up in October 2024?
Banks will be closed for a total of 15 days in October 2024 due to festivals like Diwali as well as some more state-specific ones.
The following is the full list of public holidays in October 2024:
| October 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 31 |
| Agartala | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | • | |||||||||||
| Aizol | • | • | |||||||||||
| Belapur | • | • | |||||||||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Bhopal | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Bhubaneshwar | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Chandigarh | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Chennai | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | |||||||||||
| Gangtok | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Guwahati | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Imphal | • | • | |||||||||||
| Itanagar | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Jammu | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Coaches | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Kohima | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Mumbai | • | • | |||||||||||
| Nagpur | • | • | |||||||||||
| New Delhi | • | • | •* | • | |||||||||
| Panaji | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Patna | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Raipur | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Ranchi | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Shillong | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Shimla | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | • | • | • | • |
| Description of the holiday | day |
| General Elections for State Legislative Assembly 2024 | 1 |
| Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Mahalaya Amavasie | 2 |
| Navratra Stepna/Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | 3 |
| Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Saptami) | 10 |
| Dusshera (Mahashtami/Mahanavami)/Ayudha Pooja/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Durga Ashtami | 11 |
| Dasara/Dussehra (Mahanavami/Vijayadashmi)/Durga Puja (Dasain) | 12 |
| Durga Puja (Dasain) | 14 |
| Durga Puja (Dasain) | 15 |
| Lakshmi Puja | 16 |
| Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti/Kathi Bihu | 17 |
| *Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi office will close at 2:00 PM on 24 October 2024 (Thursday) | 24 |
| Accession Day | 26 |
| Diwali (Deepavali)/Kali Puja/Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday/Naraka Chaturdashi | 31 |
source: RBI website
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What are all the public holidays coming up in November 2024?
Banks will be closed for a total of 15 days in October 2024 due to festivals like Diwali as well as some more state-specific ones.
The following is the full list of public holidays in November 2024:
| November 2024 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 23 |
| Agartala | • | |||||||
| Ahmedabad | • | |||||||
| Aizol | • | |||||||
| Belapur | • | • | • | |||||
| Bengaluru | • | • | • | |||||
| Bhopal | • | |||||||
| Bhubaneshwar | • | |||||||
| Chandigarh | • | |||||||
| Chennai | ||||||||
| Dehradun | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Gangtok | • | • | ||||||
| Guwahati | ||||||||
| Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||
| Hyderabad – Telangana | • | |||||||
| Imphal | • | |||||||
| Itanagar | • | |||||||
| Jaipur | • | • | ||||||
| Jammu | • | • | ||||||
| Kanpur | • | • | ||||||
| Coaches | ||||||||
| Kohima | • | |||||||
| Kolkata | • | • | ||||||
| Lucknow | • | • | ||||||
| Mumbai | • | • | • | |||||
| Nagpur | • | • | • | |||||
| New Delhi | • | |||||||
| Panaji | ||||||||
| Patna | • | • | ||||||
| Raipur | • | |||||||
| Ranchi | • | • | • | |||||
| Shillong | • | • | • | |||||
| Shimla | • | |||||||
| Srinagar | • | • | ||||||
| Thiruvananthapuram |
| Description of the holiday | day |
| Diwali Amavasya (Laxmi Pujan)/Deepawali/Kut/Kannada Rajyothsava | 1 |
| Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Balipadyami/Lakshmi Puja (Deepavali)/Govardhan Puja/Vikram Samvant New Year | 2 |
| Chhat (Evening Argy) | 7 |
| Chhath (morning Arghya)/Wangala festival | 8 |
| Egaas-Bagwaal | 12 |
| Guru Nanak Jayanti/Kartika Purnima/Rahas Purnima | 15 |
| Kanakadasa Jayanti | 18 |
| Seng Kutznem | 23 |
source: RBI website
When are banks closed for Diwali 2024?
Banks are closed on Diwali 2024 from October 31 to November 2 depending on your state. November 3rd is a Sunday and therefore a holiday.
What banking services are available on bank holidays?
Although bank branches will be closed for all of the above dates, customers can still access digital banking services throughout the year, unless otherwise notified by the bank (usually for maintenance work).
All banking websites, banking apps and ATMs will be active throughout the year otherwise.
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