There will be holiday in 18 banks in October

September 27, 2023Last Updated: September 27, 2023

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October: There are a total of 18 bank holidays in different states in the month of October. This also includes 5 Sundays and 2nd and 4th Saturdays. If you have any work related to banks in October, then you can solve it by looking at the list of bank holidays.
The month of October is full of festivals. Some festival or the other is being celebrated in different states of the country. Due to which banks also remained closed. Talking about October 2023, banks will remain closed for a total of 18 days. It consists of five Sundays and also includes the second and fourth Saturdays. There are many bank holidays in the month of October. In such a situation, if you have any work related to banks, then complete it on time and as soon as possible. Banks remain closed in October on Gandhi Jayanti, Mahalaya, Kati Bihu, Durga Puja, Dussehra, Lakshmi Puja, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday.
The Reserve Bank of India i.e. RBI has divided bank holidays into three categories. The first is bank holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Another category is bank holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement. The third category is bank closure. In which banks have to close their books. This day is also a bank holiday and bank transactions remain closed.
Banks will remain closed on these dates in October
2 October (Monday) – Gandhi Jayanti – National holiday
14 October (Saturday) – Banks are closed in Mahalaya-Kolkata.
18 October (Wednesday) – Katti Bihu in Assam – Banks are closed.
21 October (Saturday) – Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) – Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Manipur and Bengal.
23 October (Monday) – Dussehra (Mahanavami)/Ayudha Puja/Durga Puja/Vijay Dashami – Banks are closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kanpur, Kerala, Jharkhand, Bihar.
24 October (Tuesday) – Dussehra/Dussehra (Vijayadashami)/Durga Puja – Banks are closed in all states except Andhra Pradesh, Manipur.
25 October (Wednesday) – Durga Puja (Dasain) – Banks are closed in Sikkim.
26 October (Thursday) – Durga Puja (Dassain) / Merger Day – Banks are closed in Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir.
October 27, (Friday) Durga Puja (Dasain) – Banks are closed in Sikkim.
28 October (Saturday) – Lakshmi Puja – Banks are closed in Bengal.
31 October (Tuesday) – Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – Banks are closed in Gujarat.