Diwali Bank Holiday: Today is the festival of Diwali on 20th October. The stock market will remain open on this day. Trading will continue as usual from morning till evening. However, now the question arises whether banks will be open or closed today? There is confusion among people regarding this. According to RBI’s bank holiday list for October 2025, banks will remain closed in most cities including Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata. However, banks will remain open normally in some cities like Mumbai, Patna and Jammu on October 20.
- Due to Diwali/Narak Chaturdashi/Kali Puja, bank branches will remain closed in these cities today – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agartala, Kanpur, Shimla, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Aizawl, Gangtok, Guwahati, Itanagar, Kochi, Kohima, Panaji, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.
- The cities where bank branches will remain open normally today are Mumbai, Patna, Jammu, Belapur, Imphal, Nagpur and Srinagar.
Banks will remain open in these cities tomorrow
Tomorrow, October 21, banks will remain open in most cities. According to the RBI list, banks will remain closed tomorrow in Mumbai, Bhopal, Belapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jammu, Nagpur, Raipur and Srinagar on the occasion of Diwali Amavasya (Lakshmi Pujan) / Deepawali / Govardhan Puja. On October 21, bank branches in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agartala, Kanpur, Shimla, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Aizawl, Itanagar, Kochi, Kohima, Panaji, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada, Patna will remain open normally.
The cities that will remain closed on both days (20 October and 21 October) are: Bhopal, Gangtok, Guwahati and Raipur. Banks in Delhi will remain closed today, while banks in Mumbai will remain closed tomorrow.
List of bank holidays in October
- 20 October (Monday) – Diwali/Narak Chaturdashi – Banks will remain closed in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat.
- 21 October (Tuesday) – Diwali (Deepawali) – Bank holiday in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan.
- 22 October (Wednesday) – Diwali (Bali Pratipada) / Vikram Samwant New Year Day / Govardhan Puja / Balipadmi, Lakshmi Puja (Deepawali) – Banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- 23 October (Thursday) – Bhai Bij/Bhai Dooj/Chitragupta Jayanti/Lakshmi Puja (Deepawali)/Bharatrividiya/Ningol Chakkauba – Holiday in banks of Gujarat, Assam, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh.
- 27 October (Monday) – Chhath Puja (Pratihar Shashthi / Surya Shashthi) – Holiday in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand.
- 28 October (Tuesday) – Chhath Puja – Holiday in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand.
- 31 October (Friday) – Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – Banks will remain closed in Gujarat.
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