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Banks will be discharged for 20 days in October, do your work soon, know dates

Samira Vishwas | September 28, 2025 2:24 PM CST

Bank Holidays 2025: Out of the total 31 days of October this year, banks are going to be a holiday. According to the RBI list, 15 of these days are festivals and national holidays, while there are 6 days Sunday and the second and fourth is Saturday.

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Bank Holidays in October: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the holiday list of October. According to the list, this time in the month of October, the branch of banks will be closed for a total of 20 days. If you are also going to do any plan in the month of October, then first one should check the list of RBI holidays.

20 days out of 31 days of October

This year, 20 days out of the total 31 days of October, banks are going to be a holiday. According to the RBI list, 15 of these days are festivals and national holidays, while there are 6 days Sunday and the second and fourth is Saturday. Some holidays will be celebrated across the country and some are set specific. In which the attention of attention is that there will be no 20 -day holiday in all states. This number is made by connecting the local holiday of different states.

October bank holiday

1 October: Navratri ends / Mahanavami / Durga Puja (Dasain)
On this day, banks will remain closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya.
October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti / Vijayadashami / Birth Anniversary of Sri Sri Shankardev
On this day, there is a holiday of banks across the country, that is, banks will remain closed in all states.
October 3: Durga Puja (Dasain)
October 6: Lakshmi Puja
Banks will remain closed only in Tripura and West Bengal on Lakshmi Puja.
October 7: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti
On this day, banks will remain closed only in Karnataka, Orissa, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
October 10: Karva Chauth
All banks of Himachal Pradesh have a holiday on Karva Chauth.
October 18: Kati Bihu: On October 18, there will be no work in Assam banks.
October 20: Deepawali/ Narak Chaturdashi
Banks across the country will be closed on the occasion of Diwali
October 21: Diwali Amavasya (Lakshmi Pujan)
Banks will be closed in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Sikkim, Manipur, Jammu and Srinagar on Lakshmi Pujan.
October 22: Govardhan Puja/Vikram Sankat New Year
Banks will be holiday in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar on Govardhan Puja.
October 23: Bhai Dooj / Chitragupta Jayanti
On this day, banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh.
27-28 October: Chhath Puja
Banks will remain closed in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand on the occasion of Chhath.
31 October: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti
On this day, there will be a holiday of banks only in Gujarat.

6 weekend holidays in October

Apart from festivals, there are 6 weekend holidays this month.

October 5: Sunday
October 11: Second Saturday
October 12: Sunday
October 19: Sunday
October 25: Fourth Saturday
October 26: Sunday