Bank Holidays 2026: 5-Days Holiday From November 14-21! Saturday Bank Holiday To Chhath Puja, City-Wise List

Indian banks are having three consecutive days of holiday from November 14 to November 17 due to the second Saturday and a festival like Chhath Puja. In total, banks will enjoy five days of holiday from November 14th to next week's Sunday. However, the holidays will be applicable in selective cities in which banks like SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, and Bank of Baroda, among others, will be closed. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decides bank holidays for all scheduled commercial banks in India.

Bank Holiday Today, November 14, 2026:

Starting with November 14, all banks in India are closed due to the second Saturday of the month. Since September 2015, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks—public, private, foreign, cooperative, regional, rural, and local area banks—are observing public holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays.

Accordingly, payment systems will not be operated on second and fourth Saturdays but would operate for full day on working Saturdays. Payment systems typically includes Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT), Cheque Clearing operated by various Bankers' Clearing Houses in the country including the grid based Cheque Truncation System (CTS) and ECS suite [Electronic Clearing Service (ECS), Regional Electronic Clearing Service (RECS) and National Electronic Clearing Service (NECS)].

On Saturday, all banks across the country are closed.

Bank Holiday On November 15, 2026:

All banks will be closed on November 15 due to Sunday. However, bank branches in some cities will also have an extended holiday for the next day, Monday.

Bank Holiday 2026 Next Week

Bank Holiday On November 16, 2026:

Banks will be closed in cities like Patna and Ranchi on November 16, 2026 for celebration of Chhath Puja, and Surya Shashti Dala Chhath (Prath Arghya). Accordingly, bank employees in Bihar will enjoy three consecutive days holiday from November 14-16.

Chhath or Chhaith, also called Chhath Puja, is an ancient Hindu festival native to East India and southern Nepal. During Chhath Puja, prayers are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to express gratitude for the blessings of life on Earth and to seek the fulfilment of personal wishes. The Hindu goddess Chhathi Maiya (or Chhathi Mata)-the sixth form of Prakriti and Surya's sister-is also worshipped during the festival, as per Wikipedia.

Bank Holiday On November 20:

Furthermore, bank branches in cities like Dehradun will be closed on November 20 for celebration of Igas-Bagwal.

Igas Bagwal, also known as Budhi Diwali, is a traditional festival celebrated in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is observed eleven days after Diwali, on Ekadashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. According to Hindu mythology, news of Rama's return to Ayodhya after exile reached the hilly regions of Uttarakhand eleven days later, as per Wikipedia.

In the rest part of India, banks will function as normal.

Bank Holiday On November 21 or November 22?

Banks will remain open on November 21st as it is the third Saturday of the month. But all banks will be closed across the country on November 22, due to Sunday.