Bank Holidays in October: Many times people reach the bank without seeing the list of bank holidays. Because of this, they have to face a lot of trouble later.
Bank Holidays in October 2022: October is one such month of the year in which many festivals are celebrated. Talking about Bank Holidays in October in October, banks will be closed for 21 days in different zones. Many festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali (Diwali 2022), Chhath Puja etc. will be celebrated in this month. Apart from this, there will also be a bank holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays and every Sunday. Reserve Bank of India has updated the list of bank holidays falling in October on its website. In such a situation, if you have to deal with some important work related to the bank this month, then definitely check the list of bank holidays. This will not cause you any problem later.
Banks will remain closed for a total of 21 days
Many times people reach the bank without seeing the list of bank holidays. Because of this, they have to face a lot of trouble later. In such a situation, you leave only after checking the bank holiday list. According to the information given in the RBI website, government, non-government and cooperative banks will be closed for a total of 21 days in the month of October. This includes Saturday Sunday holidays as well as holidays given according to the festivals of each state. It is worth noting that every state has a different bank holiday list. Let us give you complete information about the holidays falling in October-
List of bank holidays in October 2022 (Bank holidays full list October 2022)-
- October 1 – Half yearly closing of the bank (all over the country)
- 2 October – Sunday and Gandhi Jayanti holiday (all over the country)
- October 3 – Maha Ashtami (Durga Puja) (Holiday in Agartala, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi)
- October 4 – Mahanavami / Birthday of Srimanta Sankaradeva (Holidays will be held in Agartala, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Chennai, Gangtok, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram)
- 5 October – Durga Puja/Dussehra (Vijay Dashami) (holiday across the country)
- 6 October – Durga Puja (Dasain) (Holiday in Gangtok)
- 7 October – Durga Puja (Dasai) (Holiday in Gangtok)
- 8 October – Second Saturday Holiday and Milad-e-Sharif/Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) (Holiday in Bhopal, Jammu, Kochi, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram)
- 9 October – Sunday
- 13 October – Karva Chauth (Shimla)
- 14 October – Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi (Holiday in Jammu, Srinagar)
- 16 October – Sunday
- 18 October – Kati Bihu (Holiday in Guwahati)
- 22 October – Fourth Saturday
- 23 October – Sunday
- 24 October – Kali Puja/Diwali/Narak Chaturdashi) (holiday all over the country except Gangtok, Hyderabad and Imphal)
- 25 October – Lakshmi Puja/Diwali/Govardhan Puja (holiday in Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal and Jaipur)
- 26 October – Govardhan Puja/Vikram Samvat New Year Day/Bhai Dooj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Lakshmi Puja/Entrance Day (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gagtak, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Shimla, Srinagar I will be on holiday
- 27 October – Bhai Dooj / Chitragupta Jayanti / Laxmi Puja / Deepawali / Ningol Chakkuba (holiday in Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow)
- 30 October – Sunday
- 31 October – Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel / Surya Shashthi Dala Chhath (morning arghya) / Chhath Puja (Holiday in Ahmedabad, Ranchi and Patna)
Do your work like this when the bank is closed
If you want to transfer money to someone’s account or ask for money from someone, then you can use net banking for this purpose. You can also use ATM to withdraw cash. Along with this, you can make payment through credit, debit card and UPI.
