Diwali Holiday for Bankers! Banks to Remain Closed for 6 Days from Tomorrow; Details here

Digital Desk: The festival of lights is around the corner and everyone is ready to celebrate it with great pomp and joy. Dhanteras marks the beginning of the five-day festival and Bhai Dooj marks the end of the festival of lights. 

Banks across the country will remain closed tomorrow which is Dhanteras. It is also the fourth Saturday of the month. 

All banks remain shut on Sundays.

Kali Puja/Deepavali/Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)/Naraka Chaturdashi

Banks will be closed across India, except in Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal.

Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Pooja

Banks will remain closed in Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur.

Govardhan Pooja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Bhai Bij/Bhai Duj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Laxmi Puja/Accession Day.

Banks will remain closed in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Shimla, Srinagar.

Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti/Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba.

Banks will remain closed in Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow.

 

This year, Diwali will be celebrated on October 24.

Both public and private banks are closed on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month. To avoid confusion, bank customers should plan their banking-related work around all of these holidays. Customers should not anticipate any issues with bank-related tasks because ATMs, cash deposits, internet banking, and mobile banking will all continue to operate normally.

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar, banks will be collectively closed for 21 days in October 2022 (though no bank is closed more than three / four days in the month), including the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays.