Bank Holiday Dussehra 2023: Banks to remain closed on these days during festival season in October; See the complete list

Bank Holiday Dussehra 2023: The festive season started on October 15 with Shardiya Navratri. In a few days, Durga Puja and Dussehra will also be celebrated across the country. Before this, festivals of Ashtami and Navami are also celebrated. In such a situation, banks will also have a holiday.

According to the calendar of the Reserve Bank of India, there are a total of 16 bank holidays in October. This also includes Saturday and Sunday holidays.

When is the holiday in banks?

There will be holidays for the next several days on Durga Puja and Dussehra.

Holidays may be different for different states.

Dussehra will be celebrated in the country on October 24.

In some cities, Dussehra will be celebrated only on October 23.

Before this, there will be holidays in different cities on October 21, October 23, October 24, October 25, October 26 and October 27 due to Durga Puja.

Apart from this, there will also be holidays on October 28 on Lakshmi Puja.

Bank holidays in October

• October 18, 2023-Kati Bihu (Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)
• October 21, 2023-Durga Puja/Maha Saptami (Agartala, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)
• October 23, 2023- Dussehra, Ayudha Puja, Durga Puja, Vijay Dashami (Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram)
• October 24, 2023-Dussehra (Banks closed across the country except Hyderabad, Imphal)
• October 25, 2023- Durga Puja/Dasai (Gangtok)
• October 26, 2023- Durga Puja i.e. Dasai/Accession (Gangtok, Jammu and Srinagar)
• October 27, 2023- Durga Puja/Dasai (Gangtok)
• October 28, 2023- Lakshmi Puja (Kolkata)
• October 31, 2023- Birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Ahmedabad)

When are the weekend holidays?

• October 1, 2023- Sunday holiday
• October 8, 2023- Second Sunday
• October 14, 2023- Second Saturday
• October 15, 2023-Sunday
• October 22, 2023- Sunday
• October 28, 2023- Second Saturday
• October 29, 2023-Sunday