Bank holidays in November 2026: Check state-wise list of bank closures and festival dates

Bank holidays in November 2026 will vary across states, depending on regional festivals and occasions. Customers should check the state-wise holiday schedule before visiting a bank branch, as a holiday in one state does not necessarily mean that banks will be closed across the country.

As per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday calendar, banks are set to remain closed on November 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23, 24 and 27 in specific locations, as listed in the holiday calendar.

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.

Here are the bank holidays scheduled for November 2026.

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.

Bank holiday on November 13, 2026

Banks will be closed in Meghalaya on November 13, 2026, to celebrate the Wangala festival.

Bank holiday on November 16, 2026

Banks will be closed in Bihar and Jharkhand to celebrate Chhath Puja/Surya Shashti Dala Chhath (Prath Arghya) on November 16, 2026.

Bank holiday on November 20, 2026

Banks will be closed in Uttarakhand to celebrate Igas-Bagwal.

Bank holiday on November 23, 2026

Banks will be closed in Meghalaya to celebrate Seng Kut Snem.

Bank holiday on November 24, 2026

Banks will be closed on November 24, 2026, to celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima/Rahas Purnima in Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu, Nagaland, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar.

Bank holiday on November 27, 2026

Banks will remain closed in Karnataka to celebrate Kanakadasa Jayanthi on November 27, 2026.

November bank holidays

Nov-26	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