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- Published: October 1, 2022 10:55
New Delhi: The festive season has began in the country. Dussehra is close and preparations for Diwali are on boost. The ongoing month of October is brimming with holidays owing to the big festivals.
According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar, banks will remain closed for a total of 21 days in the month including the second and fourth Saturdays.
RBI issues the list of holidays for every month and notifies it under three categories – Negotiable Instruments Act Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.
Check complete list here:
October 2: First Sunday
October 8: Second Saturday
October 9: Second Sunday
October 16: Third Sunday
October 22: Fourth Saturday
October 23: Fourth Sunday
October 30: Fifth Sunday
National and Regional Holidays:
October 1: Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts – Gangtok
October 3: Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) – Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna, and Ranchi.
October 4: Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayudha pooja/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva – Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, and Thiruvananthapuram.
October 5: Durga Puja/Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi)/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva – All except Imphal.
October 6: Durga Puja (Dasain) – Gangtok
October 7: Durga Puja (Dasain) – Gangtok
October 8: Milad-i-Sherif/Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed) – Bhopal, Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram.
October 13: Karva Chauth – Shimla
October 14: Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi – Jammu and Srinagar.
October 18: Kati Bihu – Guwahati.
October 24: Kali Puja/Deepavali/Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)/Naraka Chaturdashi – All except Gangtok, Hyderabad, and Imphal.
October 25: Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Pooja – Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, and Jaipur.
October 26: Govardhan Pooja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Bhai Bij/Bhai Duj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Laxmi Puja/Accession Day – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Shimla, and Srinagar.
October 27: Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti/Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba – Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
Post a commentOctober 31: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday/Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (Morning ardhya)/Chhath Puja – Ahmedabad, Patna, and Ranchi.