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Bank Holiday: Banks will remain closed on Thursday, know why RBI has given holiday on October 3

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Bank Holiday: Banks are going to remain closed tomorrow on Thursday. All public and private sector banks will remain closed on 3 October 2024. Navratri is going to start across the country from tomorrow. Dussehra festival will be celebrated on 12 October.

Banks are going to remain closed due to Navratri and Agrasen Jayanti. Banks will be closed only in one state. Banks will remain open everywhere else. Know here when banks will remain closed in October.

All banks will remain closed here on Thursday 3 October 2024

Banks will remain closed on 3 October 2024 due to Sharadiya Navratri and Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti. Banks are going to remain closed only in Rajasthan. Rest, bank branches will remain open in all the states. Sharadiya Navratri is a major Hindu festival, which is celebrated with the worship of Maa Durga. Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti is also celebrated on the same day, which is celebrated in the memory of Maharaja Agrasen, the founder of the Agrawal community. Bank branches will remain closed during this holiday, but online banking services will continue to be available.

Bank Holidays in October 2024

October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti / Mahalaya Amavasya

October 3: Shardiya Navratri and Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

October 6: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)

October 10: Maha Saptami / Durga Puja / Dussehra

October 11: Durga Ashtami / Ayudha Puja / Maha Navami

October 12: Vijayadashami / Second Saturday

October 13: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)

October 14: Durga Puja (Gangtok)

October 16: Laxmi Puja (Agartala, Kolkata)

October 17: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti / Kati Bihu

October 20: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)

October 26: Acquisition Day in Jammu and Kashmir / Fourth Saturday

October 27: Weekly Holiday (Sunday)

October 31: Diwali (Deepawali) / Kali Puja / Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti / Narak Chaturdashi

Here's the list of RBI holidays in October 2024, city-wise:

Date 1 2 3 10 11 12 14 16 17 26 31
Agartala
Ahmedabad
Aizawl
Imphal
Itanagar
Kanpur
Kochi
Kolkata
Kohima
Gangtok
Guwahati
Chandigarh
Chennai
Jammu
Jaipur
Thiruvananthapuram
Dehradun
New Delhi
Nagpur
Patna
Panaji
Bangalore
Belapur
Bhubaneswar
Bhopal
Mumbai
Ranchi
Raipur
Lucknow
Srinagar
Shimla
Shillong
Hyderabad (AP)
Hyderabad (Telangana)