Overview
- On October 21, branches are shut in Mumbai, Belapur, Bhopal, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jammu, Nagpur, Raipur and Srinagar, while cities such as Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad remain open.
- October 22 brings closures in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for Balipadyami, Vikram Samvat New Year and Govardhan Puja.
- On October 23, banks close in Gujarat, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh for Bhai Dooj and related observances.
- Several regions face consecutive breaks, including Sikkim up to four days, Chhattisgarh three, Maharashtra two, with Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh on back-to-back days.
- In-person banking largely resumes on October 24 before routine closures on October 25–26 and further regional holidays for Chhath on October 27–28 and Gujarat’s October 31 observance of Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary.