Bank Holidays In October List – In the month of October, there will be a variety of festivals across the country, including Durga Puja, Navratri, and Dussehra celebrations. The following is a list of October 2021 bank holidays.
If you plan to visit a bank branch in October 2021, you should reconsider and instead use net banking and other online services such as mobile and Internet banking. In October, there will be a variety of festivals held across the country. It is important to note that bank holidays differ from one state to the next. As a result, customers are frequently advised to visit their nearest branch to obtain a complete list of bank holidays.

The festive season has begun, and banks will be closed for 21 days in October, according to Reserve Bank of India guidelines (RBI). The second and fourth Saturdays, as well as all Sundays, are included in the list of holidays. Apart from the weekly shut-downs, the bank will be closed for 14 days in October. The following are the three types of holidays recognised by the RBI:
- Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act
- Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday
- Banks Closing of Accounts
List of holidays as identified by RBI:
- October 1: Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts (Gangtok)
- October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti (All States)
- October 3: Sunday
- October 6: Mahalaya Amavasye (Agartala, Bengaluru, Kolkata)
- October 7: Mera Chaoren Houba of Lainingthou Sanamahi (Imphal)
- October 9: 2nd Saturday
- October 10: Sunday
- October 12 Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) / (Agartala, Kolkata)
- October 13: Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) / (Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi)
- October 14: Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayutha Pooja (Agartala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram)
- October 15: Durga Puja/Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) / (All banks except those in Imphal and Shimla)
- October 16: Durga Puja (Dasain) / (Gangtok)
- October 17: Sunday
- October 18: Kati Bihu (Guwahati)
- October 19: Id-E-Milad/Eid-e-Miladunnabi/Milad-i-Sherif (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday) / Baravafat / (Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram)
- October 20: Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday / Lakshmi Puja / Id-E-Millad (Agartala, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Shimla)
- October 22: Friday following Eid-i-Milad-Nabi (Jammu, Srinagar)
- October 23: 4th Saturday
- October 24: Sunday
- October 26: Accession Day (Jammu, Srinagar)
- October 31: Sunday