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Guru Nanak Jayanti is almost around the corner and the commoners are wondering whether the banks are closed on November 15 or not? If you are one of them wondering to know the same, this article may come in handy. As per the RBI holiday list, banks will be closed on November 15, 2024 in some states on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima. For the unversed, the Reserve Bank of India publishes both the national and regional bank holidays list on its official website: https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/HolidayMatrixDisplay.aspx.

Guru Nanak Jayanti Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak Prakash Utsav, honors the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, upon his birth. This significant day is joyfully commemorated throughout India and around the world on Kartik Purnima, the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month. States observing bank holiday on November 15:

• Mizoram
• Maharashtra
• Madhya Pradesh
• Orissa
• Chandigarh
• Uttarakhand
• Hyderabad – Telangana
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• Jammu
• Uttar Pradesh
• Nagaland
• Bengal
• Uttar Pradesh
• New Delhi
• Chhattisgarh
• Jharkhand
• Himachal Pradesh
• Srinagar

-On November 18, banks will remain closed for Kanakadasa Jayanti in Karnataka.-On November 23, banks will remain closed for Seng Kutsnem in Meghalaya. The banks will be closed in November 2024 for the following occasions as per the RBI website:

• Diwali Amavasya (Laxmi Pujan)
• Kut festival
• Kannada Rajyothsava
• Balipadyami
• Vikram Samvant New Year Day
• Chhath (Evening Arghya)
• Chhath (Morning Arghya)/Wangala Festival
• Egaas-Bagwaal
• Guru Nanak Jayanti/Karthika Purnima/Rahas Purnima
• Kanakadasa Jayanti
• Seng Kutsnem

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