Bank Holidays: 7 Days Back-To-Back Holidays For SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Other Banks From October 19-25; Check City-Wise List & Reasons

Banks are in for a long-week holiday. Precisely, a total of seven back-to-back holidays will be given to bank employees from October 19th to October 25th. Notably, bank holidays vary from city to city. Banks like SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank, among others, will be closed for festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Maha Navami and Maha Dashami, among others.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decides holidays for banks based on cultures, traditions, festivals and special events. This is why banks are not closed entirely across India except for second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays. From October 19th to October 25th, /Maha Dashami, banks are closed for three days in a row in cities like Gangtok, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram next week. While in Agartala, the holiday stretches for four days in a row.

Bank Holiday On October 19, 2026:

On Monday, many states of India will be celebrating Dussehra (Mahashtami)/Maha Navami/Ayutha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dashomi/Durga Ashtami.

For this, banks will be closed in cities like Agartala, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Bank Holiday On October 20, 2026:

Meanwhile, some states will celebrate Dussehra on October 20. As per RBI’s holiday list, banks will be closed on this day for Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Maha Navami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja.

City-wise, bank branches will be shut in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

Bank Holiday On October 21, 2026:

Banks will be closed for Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Maha Dashami. The cities include Agartala, Bengaluru, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Shillong, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Bank Holiday On October 22 & October 23, 2026:

Durga Puja (Dasain) will be celebrated in some states for two days straight on October 22 and October 23. Banks will accordingly be shut in cities like Gangtok on both days.

Bank Holiday On October 24 & October 25, 2026:

October 24th is the fourth Saturday of the month, which becomes the last Saturday holiday for all banks in India in October. All scheduled and non-scheduled banks – public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional rural and local area banks – will observe public holiday on second and fourth Saturdays from September 01, 2015; and will observe full working days on Saturdays other than second and fourth Saturdays (referred to as working Saturdays in the Press Release), as per RBI’s guidelines.

Hence, no banks will be open on October 24th, making it the seventh holiday of the week. Meanwhile, October 25th is a Sunday and hence all banks will be closed.