Bank Holidays: Half the month of October has passed. With this, many festivals have also passed, but their list is not over yet. In the coming days, festivals from Diwali to Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj will be celebrated in the country. Banks will remain closed on this occasion. Therefore, you should complete your important work quickly.
The festival season is going on in the country. People are busy in preparations for Diwali. Crowds of people brightened the markets and shopping for festivals has started. Whenever festivals come, they also bring holidays with them. There are lots of holidays in the month of October. Even after passing 15 days, the next 15 days are also full of holidays.
In such a situation, if you have to settle any work related to the bank, then settle it immediately. However, before leaving home for the bank, do check the list of holidays once. Because during the next 15 days, there are going to be a total of 10 days of bank holidays across the country.
Many major festivals in the next 15 days
If we look at the holiday calendar after October 15 of the Reserve Bank, banks are going to be closed on the occasion of Diwali, Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj. However, bank holidays vary across states and cities. On the major festivals of many states, there is a holiday in banks only in those states.
Online service will continue
Actually, banking holidays also depend on the festivals celebrated in different states or other events taking place in those states. Even though the branches of banks remain closed during the festive season, but during this time you can do banking related work online. This service will continue as usual. You can easily do any type of transaction through online banking.
However, also keep in mind that banks are open on the first and third Saturdays of the month. If Saturday is a holiday in your office, then you can go to this day and complete your work.
Complete list of bank holidays from October 16
| 16 October | sunday | Everywhere |
| 18 October | Kati Bihu | Assam |
| 22 October | fourth saturday | Everywhere |
| 23 October | sunday | Everywhere |
| 24 October | Kali Puja / Deepawali / Laxmi Puja / Hell Chaturdashi | Everywhere except Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal |
| 25 October | Lakshmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Puja | Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal and Jaipur |
| 26 October | Govardhan Puja / Vikram Samvat New Year | Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bangalore, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Shimla and Srinagar |
| 27 October | Bhai Dooj | Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur and Lucknow |
| 30 October | sunday | Everywhere |
| 31 October | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Ranchi, Patna and Ahmedabad |
