🏦 Bank Holidays October 2026 – state-wise list (RBI)

Yeh list RBI ki official holiday list (Negotiable Instruments Act ke tahat, regional office-wise) se banayi gayi hai. Bank holidays state ke hisaab se alag hote hain – "Kahan" column mein RBI office aur state dekhein. Har 2nd & 4th Saturday aur Ravivar ko sabhi banks band rehte hain.

✅ RBI data fetched 19 Oct 2026. RBI baad mein badlaav kar sakta hai – final confirmation ke liye RBI site ya apni branch dekhein.

Aaj (19 October 2026, Somvar (Monday)):
🏦 Dussehra (Mahashtami)/Maha Navami/Ayutha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashomi/Durga Ashtami: Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl (Mizoram), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Guwahati (Assam), Imphal (Manipur), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Kochi (Kerala), Kohima (Nagaland), Kolkata (West Bengal), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). Baaki jagah banks khule.
📈 Market khula (normal trading day, 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM IST).

October 2026 bank holidays

Date	Holiday	Kahan (RBI office – state)
2 Oct Friday	Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	lagbhag poore desh mein (34/34 RBI offices)
10 Oct Saturday	Mahalaya Amavasye	Bengaluru (Karnataka), Kolkata (West Bengal)
10 Oct Saturday	Second Saturday	Sabhi banks (all India)
17 Oct Saturday	Maha Saptami	Agartala (Tripura)
19 Oct Monday	Dussehra (Mahashtami)/Maha Navami/Ayutha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashomi/Durga Ashtami	Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl (Mizoram), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Guwahati (Assam), Imphal (Manipur), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Kochi (Kerala), Kohima (Nagaland), Kolkata (West Bengal), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
20 Oct Tuesday	Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Maha Navami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja	lagbhag poore desh mein (32/34 RBI offices)
21 Oct Wednesday	Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Maha Dashami	Agartala (Tripura), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Gangtok (Sikkim), Guwahati (Assam), Kochi (Kerala), Kolkata (West Bengal), Shillong (Meghalaya), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
22 Oct Thursday	Durga Puja (Dasain)	Gangtok (Sikkim)
23 Oct Friday	Durga Puja (Dasain)	Gangtok (Sikkim)
24 Oct Saturday	Fourth Saturday	Sabhi banks (all India)
26 Oct Monday	Laxmi Puja/Accession Day/Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	Agartala (Tripura), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Chandigarh (Chandigarh/Punjab/Haryana), Jammu (J&K), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Srinagar (J&K)
29 Oct Thursday	Karva Chauth	Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
31 Oct Saturday	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday	Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

State / shehar ke hisaab se

Tripura (RBI Agartala): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 17 Oct – Maha Saptami; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja
Gujarat (RBI Ahmedabad): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 31 Oct – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday
Mizoram (RBI Aizawl): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Maharashtra – Navi Mumbai (RBI Belapur): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Karnataka (RBI Bengaluru): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 10 Oct – Mahalaya Amavasye; 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja
Madhya Pradesh (RBI Bhopal): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Odisha (RBI Bhubaneswar): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Chandigarh/Punjab/Haryana (RBI Chandigarh): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja
Tamil Nadu (RBI Chennai): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Uttarakhand (RBI Dehradun): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Sikkim (RBI Gangtok): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami; 22 Oct – Durga Puja (Dasain); 23 Oct – Durga Puja (Dasain)
Assam (RBI Guwahati): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami
Telangana (RBI Hyderabad): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Manipur (RBI Imphal): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami)
Arunachal Pradesh (RBI Itanagar): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Rajasthan (RBI Jaipur): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
J&K (RBI Jammu): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja
Uttar Pradesh (RBI Kanpur): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Kerala (RBI Kochi): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami
Nagaland (RBI Kohima): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
West Bengal (RBI Kolkata): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 10 Oct – Mahalaya Amavasye; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami
Uttar Pradesh (RBI Lucknow): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Maharashtra (RBI Mumbai): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Maharashtra (RBI Nagpur): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Delhi (RBI New Delhi): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Goa (RBI Panaji): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Bihar (RBI Patna): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Chhattisgarh (RBI Raipur): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara
Jharkhand (RBI Ranchi): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara
Meghalaya (RBI Shillong): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami
Himachal Pradesh (RBI Shimla): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja; 29 Oct – Karva Chauth
J&K (RBI Srinagar): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara; 26 Oct – Laxmi Puja
Kerala (RBI Thiruvananthapuram): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 19 Oct – Dussehra (Mahashtami); 20 Oct – Dasara; 21 Oct – Vijaya Dasami
Andhra Pradesh (RBI Vijayawada): 2 Oct – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti; 20 Oct – Dasara

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❓ FAQ

October 2026 mein bank kitne din band rahenge?

RBI list ke mutabik October 2026 mein 11 holiday dates (alag-alag states mein) aur 2 Saturday holidays (2nd/4th) hain, plus sabhi Ravivar. Kaunsa din aapke state mein band hai, table mein dekhein.

Kya 2nd aur 4th Saturday ko bank band rehte hain?

Haan. RBI ke mutabik sabhi scheduled aur non-scheduled banks har mahine ke doosre aur chauthe Shanivar ko band rehte hain. Pehla, teesra (aur paanchva) Shanivar working day hai.

Bank holiday alag-alag state mein alag kyun hai?

RBI Negotiable Instruments Act ke tahat holidays apne regional offices ke hisaab se notify karta hai – isliye kai tyohaar (jaise Chhath, Bhai Dooj) sirf kuch states mein bank holiday hote hain. Apne state ka RBI office dekhein.

Bank holiday par UPI / net banking chalega?

UPI, IMPS, NEFT aur RTGS jaisi digital services 24x7 chalti hain, lekin branch band rehti hai aur cheque clearing holiday par nahi hoti.

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RBI – Bank Holidays (regional office-wise)

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