Bank Holidays Today & Tomorrow: SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Banks Closed From October 21-22 For Dussehra; City-Wise List

Indian banks will be closed for two consecutive days for the celebration of the Dussehra festival. The dates include October 20th and October 21st. However, the holidays vary from city to city, as some states are celebrating the ninth day of Navratri on October 20th, and for them, Dussehra will fall on October 21st. However, some states are going to celebrate Dussehra, which is also popularly known as Vijayadashami, on October 20th. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decides bank holidays in India based on state-wise culture, festivals and events, while national holidays are for the entire country.

That being said, banks like SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank, among others, will be closed for festivals like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Maha Navami and Maha Dashami, among others.

So, if you are planning to visit bank branches for any financial transactions, check the full list of whether the banks will be open in your city.

Bank Holiday On October 20, 2026:

Some states will celebrate Dussehra or Maha Navami on October 20. As per RBI's holiday list, banks will be closed on this day for Dasara/Dusshera (Vijaya Dashmi) (Aaso sud-10)/Maha Navami, Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja.

City-wise, bank branches will be shut in Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.

Bank Holiday On October 21, 2026

Banks will be closed for Vijaya Dasami/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Maha Dashami. The cities include Agartala, Bengaluru, Gangtok, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Shillong, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Dussehra 2026 Date:

Vijayadashami more commonly known as Dasara, or Dassahra, or Dussehra, and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri. Dussehra celebrations include processions to a river or ocean front that involve carrying clay statues of Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, and Kartikeya, accompanied by music and chants, after which the images are immersed in the water for dissolution and farewell. In other places, towering effigies of Ravana, symbolising evil, are burnt with fireworks, marking evil's destruction. The festival also marks the start of preparations for Deepavali, the important festival of lights, which is celebrated twenty days after Vijayadashami, as per Wikipedia.

Maha Navami Date:

In West Bengal, the day of Mahanavami or Maha Navami Puja is not always same as that of other Indian states. When it happens, it is one day after of Mahanavami in other states. In West Bengal, Mahanavami is third and final day of Durga Puja. Durga Puja on Maha Navami begins with Mahasnan and Shodashopachar Puja, as per Drik Panchang.

Ayudha Pooja 2026:

Ayudha Puja is a Hindu observance that falls on the ninth day of the bright half of the moon's cycle of 15 days (as per the Hindu calendar) in the month of September/October, popularly a part of the Navaratri festival. While the Navaratri festival is observed all over the country, the festivity that is widely marked as Ayudha Puja possesses slight variations of veneration and practices across India, as per Wikipedia.