Bank Holidays in November 2021: The festive season is here in India, which means there are a lot of upcoming bank holidays. It is important to keep a note of these holidays in order to avoid any clash with your work at a bank.
According to the official holiday calendar on the website of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there are 11 bank holidays in the month of November 2021. These holidays will be observed on account of festivals like Diwali, Bhai Dooj, Guru Nanak Jayanti, etc.
Apart from these holidays, banks in India will also remain closed for six more days on account of weekend holidays (Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays).
Therefore, banks in India will observe a total of 17 bank holidays in the month of November 2021.
However, India being a diverse country, celebrates many festivals, some of which are regional. Therefore, some bank holidays may vary from state to state.
Complete List Bank Holidays in November 2021
1 November: Kannada Rajyotsava/Kut (Bengaluru/Imphal)
3 November: Narak Chaturdashi (Bengaluru)
4 November: 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)
5 November: Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Govardhan Pooja (Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai and Nagpur)
6 November: Bhai Duj/Chitragupt Jayanti/Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba (Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Shimla)
7 November: Sunday (all over India)
10 November: Chhath Puja//Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (Sayan ardhya) (Patna, Ranchi)
11 November: Chhath Puja (Patna)
12 November: Wangala Festival (Shillong)
13 November: Second Saturday (All over India)
14 November: Sunday (All over India)
19 November: 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)
21 November: Sunday (all over India)
22 November: Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Bengaluru)
23 November: Seng Kutsnem (Shillong)
27 November: Fourth Saturday (all over India)
28 November: Sunday (all over India)
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