Bank Holidays: October 2025 will feature several bank holidays due to various festivals, including Dussehra, Diwali, Chhath Puja, and Durga Puja. Banks will be closed on different days in different states. Banks will be closed for 10 days nationwide due to Navratri and other festivals. The month of September is coming to a close, and October is about to begin. The festival of Navratri is currently being celebrated with great pomp and show across the country.
These holidays vary in different states. September-October 2025 is a month of festivals, with major festivals like Dussehra, Diwali, Chhath Puja, and Durga Puja celebrated with great pomp and show. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also released the bank holiday list for October 2025. So, if you are planning any bank-related work, be sure to check this list beforehand to see which days banks will be closed.
List of Holidays in September
September 29 (Monday): Banks will be closed in Agartala, Gangtok, and Kolkata on the occasion of Maha Saptami or Durga Puja.
September 30 (Tuesday): Banks will be closed in several cities, including Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Patna, and Ranchi, on the occasion of Maha Ashtami/Durga Ashtami.
Weekly Holidays
September 27 (Fourth Saturday)
September 28 (Sunday)
October 5 (Sunday)
October 1, Wednesday: Banks will be closed in Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, and West Bengal on the occasion of Maha Navami.
October 2, Thursday: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra
Almost all states will observe a bank holiday on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Banks will be closed in all states and union territories on this day.
October 3 and 4, 2025
Banks will be closed on both days due to Durga Puja in Sikkim.
October 6, 2025
Banks will be closed on Lakshmi Puja in Tripura and West Bengal.
October 7, Tuesday: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti
Banks will be closed in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab.
All banks in India are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. If there are five Saturdays in a month, the first, third, and fifth Saturdays can be working days, provided there are no other holidays on the RBI holiday list.