Banks are associated with each of our lives in one or many ways depending on our lifestyle, finances, vocation, social life and financial position. Therefore banks fulfill some crucial roles for us. Bank schedules and holidays is an important topic we always need to keep track of to make sure that our financial transactions and other banking functions do not suffer during bank closures. Banks holidays is in fact one of the hottest topics searched on the internet in the country.
Banking functions, schedules and holidays in India are governed and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India.
Bank holidays in the country follow the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India. Banks remain closed on all Sundays in a month. Apart from that, the weekend holidays for banks also include the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. The other holidays for banks include the national and regional holidays. While the banks do not work on the public holidays announced by the government, they are also closed on regional holidays that are applicable for different states. Here is a list of
bank holidays in November 2021.
List of bank holidays in November 2021Date
| Day
| Holiday Description
| Applicable in states
|
1 November 2021
| Monday
| Kut, Puducherry Liberation Day, Haryana Day, Karnataka Rajyotsava, Kerala Piravi
| Kut - Manipur, Puducherry Liberation Day - Puducherry, Haryana Day - Haryana, Karnataka Rajyotsava - Kannada, Kerala Piravi - Kerala
|
4 November 2021
| Thursday
| Diwali, Naraka Chaturdashi, Lakshmi Puja, Kali Puja
| Diwali - Most states, Naraka Chaturdashi - Karnataka, Lakshmi Puja - Several States, Kali Puja - West Bengal
|
5 November 2021
| Friday
| Deepavali Holiday, Vikram Samvat New Year, Govardhan Puja, Ningol Chakouba, Balipadyami Deepavali
| Deepavali Holiday - Several states, Vikram Samvat New Year - Gujarat, Govardhan Puja - Several states, Ningol Chakouba - Manipur, Balipadyami Deepavali - Karnataka
|
6 November 2021
| Saturday
| Bhai Dooj
| Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
|
7 November 2021
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
10 November 2021
| Wednesday
| Chhath Puja
| Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
|
11 November 2021
| Thursday
| Chhath Puja holiday
| Bihar
|
13 November 2021
| Saturday
| Second Saturday
| All Over India
|
14 November 2021
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
19 November 2021
| Friday
| Karthika Purnima, Guru Nanak Jayanti
| Karthika Purnima - Orissa and Telengana Guru Nanak Jayanti - Many states
|
21 November 2021
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
22 November 2021
| Monday
| Kanakadasa Jayanti
| Karnataka
|
23 November 2021
| Tuesday
| Seng Kut Snem
| Meghalaya
|
24 November 2021
| Wednesday
| Lachit Divas, Martyrdom day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
| Lachit Divas - Assam, Martyrdom day of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji - Punjab
|
27 November 2021
| Saturday
| Fourth Saturday
| All Over India
|
28 November 2021
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
28 November to 6 December 2021
| Sunday to Monday
| Hanukkah
| Several States
|