Bank Holidays October 2025: The month of October 2025 will bring a flurry of festivals, which will have a direct impact on banking operations. This month, along with Gandhi Jayanti, major festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali, and Chhath Puja are falling, due to which banks will remain closed throughout the month in various states across the country.
The month of October 2025 will bring a flurry of festivals, which will have a direct impact on banking operations. This month also includes the national festival Gandhi Jayanti, as well as major festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, and Diwali, resulting in bank holidays in various states throughout the month.
Major Holidays in the Month of October
The month begins on Thursday, October 2nd, the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, which is a national holiday across the country, and banks will be closed in all states. Dussehra also falls this month. From Monday, October 20th, to Wednesday, October 22nd, various states will observe holidays for Diwali, Naraka Chaturdashi, and Lakshmi Puja.
According to The Indian Express, banks will be closed in Bihar and Jharkhand on October 27 and 28 due to Chhath Puja. The last day of the month, Friday, October 31, is also marked as a holiday in some states, such as West Bengal (Kali Puja), Gujarat (Sardar Patel Jayanti), and Delhi (Diwali).
Bank Holidays in October 2025
October 1, Wednesday
Occasion: Mahanavami
States: Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
Thursday, October 2
Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary
States: Almost all states and union territories (see: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi)
Occasion: Mahalaya
State: West Bengal
Occasion: Vijayadashami
States: Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya
Monday, October 6
Occasion: Lakshmi Puja
States: Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
Tuesday, October 7
Occasion: Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti
States: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
Monday, October 20
Occasion: Diwali
States: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland
Occasion: Naraka Chaturdashi
State: Karnataka, Kerala
October 21, Tuesday
Occasion: Diwali
States: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura
October 22, Wednesday
Occasion: Diwali
States: Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
Occasion: Vikram Samvat New Year
· State: Gujarat
Thursday, October 23
Occasion: Bhai Dooj
States: Gujarat, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
October 24, Friday
Occasion: Ningol Chakouba
State: Manipur
Monday, October 27
Occasion: Chhath Puja
State: Bihar, Jharkhand
October 28, Tuesday
Occasion: Chhath Puja
State: Bihar
October 31, Friday
Occasion: Birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
· State: Gujarat
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