In November 2021, private and public sector banks will remain closed for at least half the month so if you plan to visit any bank and carry out official work in a hassle free manner, be sure to make note of the following holidays.
Also, keep in mind that most holidays could differ state-wise, even as bank holidays come into effect as per a list released by the Reserve Bank of India and remaining are weekend leaves including all Sundays of the month as well as second and fourth Saturdays. Banks remain open on first and third Saturdays of the month.
Here are a list of Bank Holidays for November 2021 according to RBI mandate.
November 1: Kannada Rajyostsava/Kut, Chavang Kut- Bengaluru, Imphal
November 3: Naraka Chaturdashi – Bengaluru
November 4: Diwali Amavasaya (Laxmi Pujan)/Deepavali/Kali Puja – Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram
November 5: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Govardhan Pooja – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Nagpur
November 10: Chhath Puja/Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (Sayan ardhya) – Patna, Ranchi
November 11: Chhath Puja – Patna
November 12: Wangala Festival – Shillong
November 19: Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima – Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, and Srinagar
November 22: Kanakadasa Jayanthi – Bengaluru
November 23: Seng Kutsnem – Shillong
Apart from the varying state-wise holidays. The banks will remain closed on some of the days of the weekends. These are mentioned below
November 7: Sunday
November 13: Second Saturday
November 14: Sunday
November 21: Sunday
November 27: Fourth Saturday
November 28: Sunday
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