Bank Holiday in October Month 2025: The month of October 2025 is full of festivals. Banks will remain closed for 21 days in October. It also includes weekly holidays with festivals. Large festivals like Dussehra, Durga Puja, Diwali, Chhath Puja, Lakshmi Puja and Bhai Dooj will be celebrated in October. This is the reason that banks have been announced in many states. Apart from this, on October 2, on the day of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, there will be a national holiday across the country, the day all the banks will remain closed.
However, it is noteworthy that these holidays of banks vary according to the state and festival. That is, banks in every state will be closed on different days. Customers must see the list of their state holidays before transactions so that there is no inconvenience. In addition, online and mobile banking services will remain as before.
Major holidays of banks in October 2025
1 October 2025 (Wednesday)
Banks will remain closed in Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Meghalaya on the occasion of Dussehra, Ayudh Puja and Durga Puja (Dasain).
2 October 2025 (Thursday)
There will be a national holiday all over the country on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. On this day, banks will remain closed in all states and union territories.
3 and 4 October 2025
Banks will remain closed only due to Durga Puja (Dasain) in Sikkim.
5 October – sunday
6 October 2025
Banks will remain closed due to Lakshmi Puja in Tripura and West Bengal.
7 October 2025
Karnataka, Odisha, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh will have a bank holiday on the occasion of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti and Kumar Purnima.
10 October 2025
Banks will remain closed due to Karvachauth in Himachal Pradesh.
11 October – Second Saturday
12 October – sunday
18 October 2025
There will be a holiday of banks on the occasion of Kati Bihu in Assam.
19 October – sunday
20 October 2025
This day will be of Diwali, Narak Chaturdashi and Kali Puja. On this occasion, banks will remain closed in Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
21 October 2025
Banks will be holiday due to Diwali Amavasya, Lakshmi Pujan and Govardhan Puja in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Manipur, Jammu and Srinagar.
22 October 2025
Banks will remain closed on Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Vikram Samvat New Year, Govardhan Puja and Balipadyami.
23 October 2025
In Gujarat, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh, banks will remain closed on the occasion of Bhai Dooj, Chitragupta Jayanti, Lakshmi Puja, Bhratrdwitiya and Ningol Chakau.
October 25 – Fourth Saturday
October 26 – sunday
27 October 2025
In West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, banks will remain closed due to Chhath Puja (evening arghya).
28 October 2025
There will be a bank holiday on Chhath Puja (morning Arghya) in Bihar and Jharkhand.
31 October 2025
In Gujarat, banks will have a holiday to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
All scheduled and non-scheduled banks in India consider public halls on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Whereas the first, third and fifth Saturday (if it) is open.
The month of October 2025 will be very busy and challenging in terms of banking functioning, as almost all months will get holidays due to festivals in different states. In such a situation, customers are advised to handle their banking work in advance. However, digital and online transaction service will be available all the time.