The favorite month of the year is here when every Indian enjoys festivities around. For the working class, the season comes with a good break, and this time the holiday list is long!
Especially the banks both private and public sector banks across all regions will be closed for 21 days in a row including the second and fourth Saturday of the week. For the first time, there are so many holidays in October month due to national holidays like Gandhi Jayanti, Durga Puja, Dussehra, and Deepawali.
Usually, all the banks are nonworking on gazetted holidays as per the yearly government list. Some state-level banks are closed during regional festivals as well. Regional bank holidays are followed as per state government rules.
Here is the holiday list for your reference:
Bank holidays in October 2022
October 1 – Semi Annual Closing of accounts in Gangtok
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti Holiday (Although it’s a Sunday)
October 3 – Durga Puja (Mostly observed in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna and Ranchi)
October 4 – Dussehra [Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram]
October 5 – Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) All over India
October 6 – Durga Puja (Dashain) Gangtok
October 7 – Durga Puja (Dashain) Gangtok
October 8 – Second Saturday Holiday
October 9 – Sunday
October 13 – Karva Chauth
October 14 – Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi
October 16 – Sunday
October 18 – Kati Bihu, Guwahati
October 22 – Fourth Saturday
October 23 – Sunday
October 24 – Deepavali/Diwali
October 25 – Govardhan Pooja
October 26 – Govardhan Pooja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Bhai Bij/Bhai Duj/Diwali
October 27 – Bhaidooj
October 30 – Sunday
October 31 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patels Birthday/Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (
