If you have any important work related to the bank branch in the next month of October, then this is useful news for you. Actually, many festivals including Gandhi Jayanti, Durga Puja, Dussehra and Diwali are falling next month. In such a situation, banks will remain closed in different states on this occasion. Let us tell you that according to the holiday calendar list released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks in India will remain closed for 15 days in October 2024. These include Sunday, second and fourth Saturdays as well as regional festivals.
When and on what day will banks remain closed?
October 1 (Tuesday): General elections to the State Legislative Assembly 2024; Banks are closed in Jammu.
2 October (Wednesday): Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti/Mahalaya Amavasya; Banks are closed all over India.
October 3 (Thursday): Navratri establishment; Banks are closed in Rajasthan.
6 October: Sunday.
October 10 (Thursday): Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Saptami); Banks are closed in Tripura, Assam, Nagaland and West Bengal.
October 11 (Friday): Dussehra (Maha Ashtami/Mahanavami)/Ayudha Puja/Durga Puja (Dasai)/Durga Ashtami; Banks are closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya.
12 October Second Saturday: (Dussehra/Dussehra (Mahanavami/Vijayadashami)/Durga Puja (Dasain); Tripura, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-Telangana Banks are closed in Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
13 October: Sunday.
14 October (Monday): Durga Puja (Dasain); Banks are closed in Sikkim.
16 October (Wednesday): Lakshmi Puja; Banks are closed in Tripura and West Bengal.
17 October (Thursday): Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti/Kati Bihu; Banks are closed in Karnataka, Assam and Himachal Pradesh.
October 20: Sunday
26 October (4th Saturday): Accession Day; Banks are closed in Jammu and Kashmir.
October 27: Sunday
31 October (Thursday): Diwali (Deepawali)/Kali Puja/Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel/Narak Chaturdashi; Gujarat, Mizoram, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh. Banks are closed in Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
Online services will remain operational
However, all online and digital banking services including fund transfer and mobile banking applications will remain fully operational during this period. This will enable customers to manage their banking needs without any interruption during the holidays.
