From Gandhi Jayanti To Durga Puja, Here Is The Full List of Bank Holidays In October 2023

Come October, Dasara festive atmopshere will grip the nation. It also means that many days the banks will remain closed across the country.

As per the RBI calendar, there are as many as 18 days holidays in October. It includes regular Sundays and second Saturdays.

There are 11 festive or gazetted holidays in the month of October.

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Regular Holidays

• October 1: Sunday
• October 8: Sunday
• October 14: Second Saturday
• October 15: Sunday
• October 22: Sunday
• October 28: fourth Saturday
• October 29: Sunday

Other Holidays

• 2nd October: Gandhi Jayanti (all banks will be shut)
• 14 October: Mahalaya Amavase (Kolkata)
• 18 October: Kati Bihu (Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)
• 21 October: Durga Puja (Agartala, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)
• 23 October: Dusshera, Ayudha Pooja, Durga Puja, Vijaya Dasami (Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram).
• 24 October: Dusshera/Dussehra/Durga Puja (Across the country sans Hyderabad and Imphal)
• 25 October: Durga Puja (Gangtok)
• 26 October: Durga Puja (Gangtok, Jammu, Srinagar)
• 27 October: Durga Puja (Gangtok)
• 28 October: Lakshmi Puja (Kolkata)
• 31 October: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birthday (Ahmedabad)

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The bank holidays are region-specific and state-specific. So, the holidays, sometimes, vary from state to state. For instance, Mahalaya is a holiday in Kolkata while Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birthday is a holiday in Gujarat.