Bank Holiday: If you’ve got any urgent banking tasks to wrap up before the end of October, here’s some helpful information for you! As the festive season kicks off, banks across different regions of the country will shut down for multiple days during the latter part of October—specifically from October 15th through October 30th, 2026.
Major celebrations including Durga Puja, Vijayadashami, Lakshmi Puja, and Karva Chauth are bringing about numerous bank closures in various states. We’d like to share which days your banks will be closed over the coming 15 days so you can schedule your branch visits accordingly.
October 15 to 30, 2026: Full breakdown of bank holidays
October 17 (Saturday): Maha Saptami – Banks closed in Agartala only (Note: Throughout the rest of India, this marks the third Saturday and banks will stay open)
October 18 (Sunday): Weekly holiday – Banks closed nationwide
October 19 (Monday): Maha Navami/Ayudha Puja – Agartala, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi and Shillong.
October 20 (Tuesday): Vijaya Dashami/Dussehra – Virtually everywhere in the country (with the exception of Gangtok and Imphal).
October 21 (Wednesday): Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashami – Agartala, Bengaluru, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram.
October 22–23 (Thursday – Friday): Durga Puja/Dasin – Gangtok (Sikkim) exclusively.
October 24 (Saturday): Fourth Saturday – Bank holiday nationwide.
October 25 (Sunday): Weekly Holiday/Lakshmi Puja – Weekly holiday nationwide (additional holiday for Lakshmi Puja in Odisha and West Bengal).
October 26 (Monday): Lakshmi Puja/Ascension Day/Valmiki Jayanti – Agartala, Chandigarh, Jammu, Shimla and Srinagar.
October 29 (Thursday): Karwa Chauth – Regional holiday in Shimla only.
Useful tips for customers
Bank branch services might experience disruptions because of the many holidays throughout this festive period. The good news, though, is that even when banks are closed, online banking, UPI, mobile banking, and ATM services will remain.