Diwali bank holiday 2026: November 9, 10 or 11? Confused which day is Diwali's bank holiday? Here’s the answer!

Diwali bank holiday: Many bank customers are confused about whether bank branches will be open or closed on November 9, 10 or 11, 2026, for Diwali. The festival of lights is observed on different days in different parts of the country, and the bank holiday may vary from state to state.

On November 9, some states will celebrate Diwali and Laxmi Puja, and hence, banks in those states will remain closed. In other states, banks will stay closed the next day (November 10) on account of Bali Pratipada and Govardhan Puja. While in a few states, banks are also closed on November 11.

So if you have some bank branch-related work to complete, before stepping out, check the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday calendar given at the end of the story.

November 2026 bank holiday occasions

Diwali/Laxmi Puj/Govardhan Pooja/Vishwakarma Day, Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Deepawali (Govardhan Puja)/Laxmi Puja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day, Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)/Ningol Chakkouba/Bhratridwitiya/Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti, Wangala Festival, Chhath Puja/Surya Shashti Dala Chhath (Prath Arghya), Igas-Bagwal, Seng Kut Snem, Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima/ Rahas Purnima and Kanakadasa Jayanthi.

In India, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks observe public holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays. The first, third and fifth (in some cases) remain a working Saturday for banks unless specified in the RBI holiday calendar.

Bank holiday on November 9, 2026

Banks will be closed on November 9, 2026, to celebrate Diwali/Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)/Govardhan Pooja/Vishwakarma Day in Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Manipur, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Bank holiday on November 10, 2026

Banks will be closed on November 10, 2026, to celebrate Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Deepawali (Govardhan Puja)/Laxmi Puja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Sikkim.

Bank holiday on November 11, 2026

Banks will be closed on November 11, 2026, to celebrate Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)/Ningol Chakkouba/Bhratridwitiya/Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti in Sikkim, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh.

November state-wise holiday list

Nov-26	2	5	9	10	11	13	16	20	23	24	27
Agartala			•
Ahmedabad				•
Aizawl										•
Belapur				•						•
Bengaluru				•							•
Bhopal			•							•
Bhubaneswar										•
Chandigarh			•							•
Chennai
Dehradun				•				•		•
Gangtok			•	•	•
Guwahati
Hyderabad										•
Imphal			•		•
Itanagar										•
Jaipur			•							•
Jammu										•
Kanpur			•		•					•
Kochi
Kohima										•
Kolkata					•					•
Lucknow			•		•					•
Mumbai				•						•
Nagpur				•						•
New Delhi										•
Panaji
Patna							•
Raipur			•							•
Ranchi							•			•
Shillong	•					•			•
Shimla					•					•
Srinagar										•
Thiruvananthapuram
Vijayawada		•