The Ganesh Chaturthi festival starts today and is celebrated in many parts of the country with great pomp. It is very important from Maharashtra to Gujarat. On this occasion, banks remain closed in many places, and no work is done. Banks will remain closed in many places even today. If you have kept any bank pending for today, then before visiting the bank, check once whether the bank is closed in your city as well.
Bank holidays are issued by the Reserve Bank every month. According to RBI, there will be no holiday in India on Ganesh Chaturthi, but banks will remain closed in many places. According to the RBI Bank Holidays Calendar, banks will remain closed in Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. At the same time, banks will function normally in the rest of the country’s states.
When Will Banks Remain Closed In September
September is full of holidays. This time, banks will remain closed for 15 days instead of 10 or 12 days in all parts of the country.
- 1 September: Sunday
- 4 September: Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva (Guwahati)
- 7 September: Ganesh Chaturthi
- 8 September: Sunday
- 14 September: Second Saturday, First Onam (Kochi, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram)
- 15 September: Sunday
- 16 September: Barawafat
- 17 September: Milad-un-Nabi (Gangtok and Raipur)
- 18 September: Pang-Lhabsol (Gangtok)
- 20 September: Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi (Jammu and Srinagar)
- 22 September: Sunday
- 21 September:Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day (Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram)
- 23 September: Maharaja Hari Singh Ji’s Birthday (Jammu and Srinagar)
- 28 September: Fourth Saturday
- 29 September: Sunday
Holidays Are Different
The list of bank holidays is not the same in all states. According to the Reserve Bank of India, holidays in all states are different. The complete list of these holidays is given on the official website of RBI, which offers full details of other festivals and holidays according to the states.
Despite the banks being closed, customers will not face any problems. Even on holidays, people can complete all their work with the help of online banking. Today, most of the bank services are available online. Therefore, even on holidays, you can complete many banking tasks at home.
