{"id":19565,"date":"2025-10-21T01:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/are-banks-open-or-closed-today-october-21-check-diwali-bank-holidays-2025-banking-and-finance-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:36:04","slug":"are-banks-open-or-closed-today-october-21-check-diwali-bank-holidays-2025-banking-and-finance-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/are-banks-open-or-closed-today-october-21-check-diwali-bank-holidays-2025-banking-and-finance-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Banks Open Or Closed Today, October 21? Check Diwali Bank Holidays 2025 | Banking and Finance News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9648741\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 21, 2025, 06:30 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9648741\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-203852191 asubttl-schema\">Are Banks Open Or Closed Today? Banks remain closed in cities, including Mumbai, Bhopal and Guwahati. But, they will be open in most cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-203852191 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diwali Bank Holiday 2025.\" title=\"Diwali Bank Holiday 2025.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-203852191\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diwali Bank Holiday 2025.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><strong>Are Banks Open Or Closed Today, October 21?<\/strong> Even though the Indian stock market will open for a special one-hour session today for the Diwali Muhurat Trading 2025, many bank customers are wondering whether banks are open or closed on Tuesday, October 21. As per the RBI\u2019s bank holiday list for October 2025, banks will <strong>remain closed in a few cities<\/strong>, including <strong>Mumbai, Bhopal and Guwahati<\/strong>. However, banks will be <strong>open as usual in most Indian cities<\/strong> such as <strong>Delhi, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad<\/strong> on October 21.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><strong>Are Banks Open Or Closed Today, October 21?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Banks will remain open in most Indian cities today, October 21.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">According to the RBI list, banks will remain closed today in Mumbai, Bhopal, Belapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jammu, Nagpur, Raipur and Srinagar, on account of \u2018Diwali Amavasya (Laxmi Pujan)\/Deepawali\/Govardhan Pooja\u2019.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The bank branches will remain open as usual on October 21 in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agartala, Kanpur, Shimla, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Aizawl, Itanagar, Kochi, Kohima, Panaji, Ranchi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada, Patna.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><strong>Full List Of Bank Holidays In October 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><strong>October 18 (Saturday) \u2013 Kati Bihu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Holiday in Assam<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><strong>October 20 (Monday) \u2013 Diwali \/ Naraka Chaturdasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Holiday in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><strong>October 21 (Tuesday) \u2013 Diwali (Deepavali)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">Holiday in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\"><strong>October 22 (Wednesday) \u2013 Diwali (Bali Pratipada)\/Vikram Samvant New Year Day\/Govardhan Pooja\/Balipadyami, Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\">Holiday in Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p id=\"14\" class=\"story_para_14\"><strong>October 23 (Thursday) \u2013 Bhai Bij\/Bhaidooj\/Chitragupt Jayanti\/Laxmi Puja (Deepawali)\/Bhratridwitiya\/Ningol Chakkouba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"15\" class=\"story_para_15\">Holiday in Gujarat, Assam, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p id=\"16\" class=\"story_para_16\"><strong>October 27 (Monday) \u2013 Chhath Puja (Pratihar Sashthi \/ Surya Sashthi)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"17\" class=\"story_para_17\">Holiday in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand<\/p>\n<p id=\"18\" class=\"story_para_18\"><strong>October 28 (Tuesday) \u2013 Chhath Puja<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"19\" class=\"story_para_19\">Holiday in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand<\/p>\n<p id=\"20\" class=\"story_para_20\"><strong>October 31 (Friday) \u2013 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel\u2019s Birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"21\" class=\"story_para_21\">Banks in Gujarat will observe holiday on October 31.<\/p>\n<p id=\"22\" class=\"story_para_22\"><strong>National Holidays (All Banks Closed Across India) in October 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"listOncontentArticleUL\">\n<li>October 05 (Sunday)<\/li>\n<li>October 11 (2nd Saturday)<\/li>\n<li>October 12 (Sunday)<\/li>\n<li>October 19 (Sunday)<\/li>\n<li>October 25 (4th Saturday).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"24\" class=\"story_para_24\"><strong>Timings Of Banks In India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"25\" class=\"story_para_25\">Banking hours may vary in different states, but most banks in India, including State Bank Of India (SBI), Bank of India, and Punjab National Bank, operate between 10 am and 4 pm.<\/p>\n<p id=\"26\" class=\"story_para_26\">Banks like Axis, ICICI, HDFC, Yes Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank function from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm or 3:30 pm, depending on the branch. Bank of Baroda, on the other hand, has slightly extended hours, working between 9:45 am and 4:45 pm or 10 am to 5 pm, and Canara Bank typically operates from 10 am to 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mohammad Haris\" title=\"Mohammad Haris\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-08-at-16.46.30-2025-07-4288ce65f2e878c717819ce8b60fc7c8.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/mohammad-haris-21410.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Mohammad Haris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haris is Deputy News Editor (Business) at news18.com. 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