According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Banks across India will be observing holidays for 12 days this month. Out of which, five holidays are falling this week. This is the highest number of holidays in this month and will lead to the closure of bank branches for five days in a row in some cities.
In the month of September, the holidays that are included are six festival-related and six weekly bank holidays. The holiday season will impact the work of those who are planning to visit bank branches, so it is important to keep in mind the key dates this week.
Here is a list of bank holidays this week:
- On September 8, banks will be closed in Guwahati on account of Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva.
- On September 9, banks will observe a holiday on account of Haritalika Teej. The branches will be closed in Gangtok.
- The major holiday of the month is Ganesh Chaturthi, which will be observed on two consecutive days.
- On September 10, the bank branches in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Panaji, according to the RBI calendar.
- On September 11, the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi, the RBI has declared a holiday in Panaji. However, the operations in all the cities will be impacted since September 11 is the second Saturday of the month.
- The banks will also be closed on September 12, since it’s a Sunday.
- In the remaining days of the month, Karma Puja will be marked on September 17, leading to bank closure in Ranchi.
- Indra Jatra will be celebrated in Gangtok on September 20, and Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
- Apart from these holidays, September 25 will be the fourth Saturday and 19 and 26 will fall on Sunday.
