Overview

• Banks shut on Sept. 29 in Agartala, Kolkata and Guwahati for Maha Saptami, expanding on Sept. 30 to cities including Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Jaipur, Patna and Ranchi for Durga Ashtami.
• Closures widen on Oct. 1 across many centres for Maha Navami and Dussehra, followed by a nationwide shutdown on Oct. 2 for Gandhi Jayanti.
• RBI’s October schedule totals 21 branch-closure days across cities when festival dates are combined with weekly offs.
• Diwali-linked holidays fall on Oct. 20–22 across most states, with Chhath Puja closing banks on Oct. 27–28 in Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of West Bengal.
• Sundays (Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26) and the second and fourth Saturdays (Oct. 11, 25) are non-working days, while online and mobile banking, UPI and ATMs are expected to remain available.