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Bank holidays this week: RBI list for 9 to 16 November, city by city
The Reserve Bank's holiday list shows Diwali closures on 9 November in 10 centres and on 10 November in seven, Bhai Dooj on 11 November in six, the second Saturday on 14 November everywhere, and Chhath on 16 November in Patna and Ranchi. Delhi and Chennai have no weekday closure this week.
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Bank branches are shut in some Indian cities on 9, 10 and 11 November and in every city on Saturday 14 November, according to the Reserve Bank of India's holiday list for the month. The list assigns each holiday to the cities where it applies, so the answer depends on where your branch is. Delhi and Chennai have no weekday closure between 9 and 16 November, while Gangtok has all three Diwali days off. The holidays are those under the Negotiable Instruments Act, which governs cheques and similar instruments, and they apply to branches rather than to online banking.
This article is for information and is not investment advice. Branch hours and local closures can differ, so check your bank's notice before you plan a visit.
Which cities close on 9, 10 and 11 November
The Reserve Bank's list for November 2026 has 11 entries. Three of them fall in the Diwali week and apply to different cities each day. Diwali itself was on Sunday 8 November, so the weekday closures follow it.
| Date | Holiday on the RBI list | Cities where banks are closed |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 Nov | Diwali, Laxmi Puja, Govardhan Puja, Vishwakarma Day | Agartala, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Raipur |
| Tue 10 Nov | Diwali (Bali Pratipada), Govardhan Puja, Vikram Samvat new year | Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Gangtok, Mumbai, Nagpur |
| Wed 11 Nov | Bhai Dooj, Bhratridwitiya, Ningol Chakkouba, Chitragupt Jayanti | Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Shimla |
The list marks different days for different centres, so a customer cannot assume that a Diwali closure in one city applies in the next. Across the three days the list has 23 entries in 18 of its 34 regional offices; the other 16, among them New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna and Kochi, have no closure on 9, 10 or 11 November. The Reserve Bank publishes the holidays as a matrix by regional office, and each closure is a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act in the centres where it is marked. Gangtok has all three days off, and Kanpur and Lucknow have 9 and 11 November. Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru close only on Tuesday, and Kolkata only on Wednesday. Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna and Kochi are not on any of the three lists.
Saturday 14 November, Chhath and what follows
All scheduled and non-scheduled banks observe a public holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, which are 14 November and 28 November this year. Sundays on 15, 22 and 29 November are also closed days. On Friday 13 November the list shows only a local holiday in Shillong, for the Wangala festival.
Chhath Puja is on Monday 16 November, and the list names two centres for it: Patna and Ranchi. Dehradun has a local holiday on 20 November, and Shillong on 23 November.
The rest of the month is quiet apart from one day. Dehradun has a local holiday on Friday 20 November for Igas-Bagwal, Shillong on Monday 23 November for Seng Kut Snem, and Bengaluru on Friday 27 November for Kanakadasa Jayanthi. The fourth Saturday, 28 November, closes banks everywhere.
Putting the week together, a customer in Kolkata can visit a branch on 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16 November but not on 11 or 14 November, while a customer in Patna has an ordinary working week until Chhath on Monday 16 November. In Mumbai the closures are Tuesday 10 and Saturday 14 November, and in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru the same two days. A customer in Delhi or Chennai loses only Saturday 14 November. The Reserve Bank also lists a local holiday in Vijayawada on 5 November for local elections, which has already passed.
Guru Nanak Jayanti and the major cities
The widest closure in the month is on Tuesday 24 November, for Guru Nanak Jayanti, Karthika Purnima and Rahas Purnima. The list names 21 centres: Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla and Srinagar.
For the largest cities, the weekday closures for the rest of November, apart from the two Saturdays, are as follows.
| City | Weekday closures in November after 8 November |
|---|---|
| New Delhi | 24 November |
| Mumbai | 10 and 24 November |
| Kolkata | 11 and 24 November |
| Chennai | None |
| Bengaluru | 10 and 27 November |
| Hyderabad | 24 November |
| Ahmedabad | 10 November |
| Lucknow | 9, 11 and 24 November |
Some regional lists published by other sources give different cities for these dates, and the Reserve Bank's own matrix is the one used here. Two practical points follow. A branch holiday does not stop online banking, ATMs or UPI, which usually run as normal, though a bank may schedule maintenance. Counter services such as cash deposits, cheque handling and demand drafts depend on the branch being open, so anyone with a payment due on a closure day in their centre should plan around it and check with the bank.
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