Overview
- Banks will close on select days next week under the RBI holiday calendar, with schedules varying by state and city.
- Lakshmi Puja on October 6 affects Odisha and is accompanied by city closures reported in Agartala and Kolkata.
- Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti on October 7 closes branches in Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka and Punjab, with reports of Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh and Shimla also shut that day.
- Karwa Chauth on October 9 is not an RBI-listed bank holiday, though reports note a Shimla closure on October 10.
- All branches nationwide will be shut on October 11 for the second Saturday and on October 12 for Sunday, while digital banking and ATMs will remain available as cheque clearing pauses.