India, the country of festivals, will begin a series of celebrations in various states in October. Despite the fact that the festival is the same, it is celebrated on different days and in different ways.
There will be back-to-back bank holidays in some states due to the weekend, followed by festivals. The following states will have long bank holidays during Dussehra, which falls on October 5 (Wednesday).
dussehra bank holidays
October 1 (Saturday): Half-Yearly Closing- Bank accounts in Sikkim are closed for half-yearly closure
2 October (Sunday): Gandhi Jayanti- National Holiday
October 3 (Monday): Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami)- Banks are closed in Tripura, Orissa, Sikkim, Manipur, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and Kerala.
October 4 (Tuesday): Durga Puja/Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Ayudha pooja/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva- Banks are closed in Agartala, Karnataka, Orissa, Sikkim, Kerala, Maharashtra, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Meghalaya .
October 5 (Wednesday): Durga Puja/Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi)/Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva- Banks are closed in all states except Manipur.
October 6 (Thursday): Durga Puja (Dasain) – Banks are closed in Gangtok, Sikkim
October 7 (Friday): Durga Puja (Dasain) – Banks are closed in Gangtok, Sikkim.
State wise long leave
Banks in Tripura, Orissa, Sikkim, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand remain closed for consecutive days from Sunday to Wednesday (2-5 October). In Gangtok, Sikkim Banks are closed from October 4-7.
diwali long holidays
Banks will also have a long weekend due to Diwali. Banks will remain closed for three consecutive days from October 22 to 24, except in Sikkim, Telangana and Manipur. Banks in Gangtok will remain closed from October 25 to October 27.
October 22 – Fourth Saturday
23 October – Sunday
October 24 – Monday: Kali Puja/Deepavali/Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)/Naraka Chaturdashi- Banks in India are closed except Sikkim, Telangana, and Manipur.