Banks to remain closed on these days in October

Srinagar, Sep 29: There are a lot of bank holidays in the month of October, which include seven weekends, one national holiday and 13 state-specific holidays. Banks all over India will remain shut on October 2 as Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday whereas all banks except those in Imphal and Shimla will remain shut on October 15 on account of Vijaya Dashmi.

Besides these, there are also state-specific holidays due to which banks will remain closed across some states.

Here’s the complete list of holidays in October 2021

1. October 1- Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts (Gangtok)
2. October 2- Gandhi Jayanti (National holiday)
3. October 3- Sunday
4. October 6- Mahalaya Amavasye (Agartala, Bengaluru, Kolkata)
5. October 7- Mera Chaoren Houba of Lainingthou Sanamahi (Imphal)
6. October 9- 2nd Saturday
7. October 10- Sunday
8. October 12- Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) (Agartala, Kolkata)
9. October 13- Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) (Agartala, Bhubhaneswar, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi)
10. October 14- Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayutha Pooja (Agartala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram)
11. October 15- Durga Puja/Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (All banks except those located in Imphal and Shimla)
12. October 16- Durga Puja (Dasain) (Gangtok)
13. October 17- Sunday
14. October 18- Kati Bihu (Guwahati)
15. October 19- Id-E-Milad/Eid-e-Miladunnabi/Milad-i-Sherif (Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday)/Baravafat (Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Imphal, J&K, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram)
16. October 20- Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday/Lakshmi Puja/Id-E-Milad (Agartala, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Shimla)
17. October 22- Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi (J&K, Shimla)
18. October 23- 4th Saturday
19. October 24- Sunday
20. October 26- Accession Day (Jammu, Srinagar)
21. October 31- Sunday