Bank Holidays in November 2021: Banks to be shut for 17 days this month; Details inside

By Team Newsable  |  First Published Oct 26, 2021, 12:49 PM IST

So, if you want to visit any bank branches in November, make a note to avoid any inconvenience and do your task efficiently.


Across the country, private and public sector banks will be closed for more than half of November. Banks would be closed for up to 17 days out of the 30 days in the second final month of the year due to ongoing festivities in India and weekends. So, if you want to visit any bank branches in November, make a note to avoid any inconvenience and do your task efficiently. The number of holidays has been set at 11 by the Reserve Bank of India, according to an official list provided by the RBI. The weekend leaves are the only ones left. This contains all of the month's Sundays, as well as the second and fourth Saturdays. The list of holidays provided by the RBI is divided into three groups. These are state-wide events, religious holidays, and festival celebrations.

Apart from that, only weekend leaves will be applicable to all banks in India on the same day. Here's the list: 

  • November 1: Kannada Rajyostsava/Kut - Bengaluru, Imphal
  • November 3: Naraka Chaturdashi - Bengaluru
  • November 4: Diwali/Deepavali -Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, and Thiruvananthapuram
  • November 5: Diwali/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Govardhan Pooja - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Nagpur
  • November 6: Bhai DujLaxmi Puja/Deepawali- Applicable in Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Shimla
  • November 7: Sunday

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  • November 10: Chhath Puja- Only in Patna, Ranchi
  • November 11: Chhath Puja - Only applicable in Patna
  • November 12: Wangala Festival - Only in Shillong
  • November 13: Second Saturday of the month
  • November 14: Sunday
  • November 19: Guru Nanak Jayanti - Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, and Srinagar
  • November 21: Sunday
  • November 22: Kanakadasa Jayanthi - Only in Bengaluru

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  • November 23: Seng Kutsnem - Applicable only in Shillong
  • November 27: Fourth Saturday of the month
  • November 28: Sunday
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