Bank Holidays: If you are planning to complete any important bank-related tasks this week, there is an important update for you. This week, several festivals, including Diwali, Govardhan Puja, Chhath Puja, and Guru Nanak Jayanti, will take place. Due to these festivals, banks will remain closed in various states. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday calendar, these festivals will suspend banking operations on different dates in November 2026.
Additionally, there will be the usual holidays for the second and fourth Saturdays, as well as Sundays. Banks will also remain closed on November 2nd, even though it is a Monday. Some of these holidays apply only to specific states or cities; therefore, please refer to the list of holidays applicable to your region before visiting a bank.
Banks will remain closed on the following dates:
November 2: Banks will be closed in Meghalaya due to the Nongkrem Dance festival.
November 9: Banks will be closed in Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Manipur, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Diwali, Lakshmi Puja, Govardhan Puja, and Vishwakarma Divas.
November 10: Banks will be closed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim due to Diwali, Govardhan Puja, Lakshmi Puja, and the Vikram Samvat New Year.
November 11: Banks will be closed in Sikkim, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Himachal Pradesh due to Lakshmi Puja, Ningol Chakouba, Bhai Dooj, and Chitragupta Jayanti.
November 13: Banks will be closed in Meghalaya due to the Wangala Festival.
November 16: Banking services will be unavailable in Bihar and Jharkhand on the occasion of Chhath Puja.
November 20: Banks will be closed in Uttarakhand due to the Igas-Bagwal festival.
November 23: Banking operations will be suspended in Meghalaya due to the Seng Kut Snem festival. November 24: On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Kartik Purnima, and Rahas Purnima, banks will remain closed in Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu, Nagaland, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar.
November 27: Banks will remain closed in Karnataka on account of Kanakadasa Jayanti.
November 28: The fourth Saturday of the month will also see banks across the country closed.
November 29: Sunday (weekly holiday).
In addition to festivals, there will also be regular weekly holidays in November. According to RBI guidelines, banks across the country remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. In November 2026, the second Saturday falls on November 14, and the fourth Saturday falls on November 28. Banks will remain closed on both these Saturdays.