September 2024 Bank Holidays List in India: According to the RBI list, banks will remain closed for a total of 15 days in September. Check which days are government holidays in your city.
Bank Holidays in September 2024 in India: There are many days in India throughout the year when banks are closed. Apart from regular Sundays and fourth Saturdays of the month, there are many government holidays when banks do not open. According to the list of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks remain closed on national holidays, state holidays or any important emergency necessary holidays.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the authority to determine all bank holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) holidays. Apart from this, RBI can decide on which day public and private banks will remain closed and on which day they will open across the country.
RBI has recently released the list of bank holidays for September 2024. According to this, there are a total of 15 non-working days in September, that is, there will be no work in banks on these days. These holidays include holidays declared by regional and different governments in the state. Apart from this, the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays of the month are also included in these.
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According to the RBI list, there will be no work in banks on these non-working days, that is, no physical financial services will be available. However, due to digital banking technology, it has now become easier for people to do bank related work even on holidays.
This is the reason that due to internet banking and digital banking, people can easily complete their necessary payments, services.
Banking services that remain operational even on holidays:
- Online banking platforms
- Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
- Mobile banking applications
- Bank websites
How many days will banks remain closed in September 2024: full list of bank holidays in September 2024
| Date | Holiday | State |
| 1 September (Sunday) | Regular holidays | Holiday across the country |
| September 4 (Wednesday) | Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva | Guwahati |
| September 7 (Saturday) | Ganesh Chaturthi | Holiday in most states of the country including Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji |
| September 8 (Sunday) | Regular holidays | Holiday across the country |
| September 14 (Saturday) | Second Saturday/ Karma Puja/ First Onam | Holiday across the country including Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| September 15 (Sunday) | Regular holidays | Holiday across the country |
| September 16 (Monday) | Barawafat (Id-e Milad) | Holiday across the country |
| September 17 (Tuesday) | milad-un-nabi | Gangtok and Raipur |
| September 18 (Wednesday) | Pang-Lhabsol | Gangtok |
| September 20 (Friday) | eid-e-milad-un-nabi | Jammu and Srinagar |
| September 21 (Saturday) | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day | Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) |
| September 22 (Sunday) | Regular holidays | Holiday across the country |
| September 23 (Monday) | Birthday of Maharaja Harisinghji | Jammu and Srinagar |
| September 28 (Saturday) | Fourth Saturday | Holiday across the country |
| September 29 (Sunday) | Regular holidays | Holiday across the country |
