Durga Puja: Banks to remain shut for 4 days in West Bengal, Odisha; here is the full list of bank holidays

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Durga Puja bank holiday: Public and private commercial banks will remain shut for holidays in several states between October 21 and October 24 on account of the Durga Puja festival. Banks in West Bengal will remain closed for four days in succession, including Sunday, October 22, according to the RBI’s website, RBI.org.in.

Here are the details of the bank holidays on account of Durga Puja and related festivities during the nine-night Navaratri festival:

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Holiday Description	Day
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti	2
Mahalaya	14
Durga Puja (Maha Saptami)	21
Dusshera (Mahanavami)/Ayudha Pooja/Durga Puja/Vijaya Dasami	23
Dussehra/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi)/Durga Puja	24
Lakshmi Puja	28

October 21 bank holiday

Banks will remain closed on October 21 on the occasion of Maha Saptami in Kolkata along with Agartala in Tripura, Guwahati in Assam, and Imphal in Manipur.

October 23 and 24 bank holidays

Banks in several cities will remain shut on the two days on account of the Dusshera, Mahanavami, Durga Puja or Vijaya Dasami holidays. October 24 will be observed as a bank holiday in most parts of the country.
Here is the complete list of bank holidays on account of Durga Puja (also spelled Durga Pooja):

Types of bank holidays

The RBI categorises bank holidays into four categories: holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, real time gross settlement holidays, and banks’ closing of accounts.

Upcoming bank holidays: Here's a list of upcoming bank holidays in October 2023:

Holidays under the Holidays Under Negotiable Instruments Act

Bank holiday on October 21: Durga Puja
Bank holiday on October 23: Dusshera, Ayudha Pooja, Durga Puja, Vijaya Dasami
Bank holiday on October 24: Dusshera/Dussehra/Durga Puja
Bank holiday on October 25: Durga Puja
Bank holiday on October 26: Durga Puja
Bank holiday on October 27: Durga Puja
Bank holiday on October 28: Lakshmi Puja
Bank holiday on October 31: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birthday

These holidays will not be uniformly applied across the country and will vary from region to region as some holidays will be observed nationwide as public holidays while others will be treated as local holidays.

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