Bank Holidays in September 2025: Businesses, traders and retail customers may face limited access to physical banking services in September 2025. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday calendar, banks across several states are scheduled to remain shut for up to 15 days next month. The closures, however, will vary by state.
Besides Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays, banks will also remain closed for major regional festivals like Onam, Durga Puja, Id-e-Milad and Navratri. Leading lenders like the State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank will follow the RBI’s notified holiday schedule for respective states.
Full state-wise list of September 2025 bank holidays
September 3 (Wednesday): Ranchi – Karma Puja
September 4 (Thursday): Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram – First Onam
September 5 (Friday): Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada – Id-E-Milad/Milad-un-Nabi/Thiruvonam
September 6 (Saturday): Gangtok, Jammu, Raipur, Srinagar – Id-e-Milad (Milad-Un-Nabi)/Indrajatra
September 12 (Friday): Jammu, Srinagar – Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi
September 22 (Monday): Jaipur – Navratra Sthapna
September 23 (Tuesday): Jammu, Srinagar – Birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh Ji
September 29 (Monday): Agartala, Gangtok, Kolkata – Maha Saptami/Durga Puja
September 30 (Tuesday): Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Jaipur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi – Maha Ashtami/Durga Ashtami/Durga Puja
Online banking to remain active
Customers need not worry about digital transactions. Online and mobile banking services will remain fully operational nationwide, even on holidays. With several key festivals falling in September, customers should plan their cash withdrawals, cheque clearances and in-person banking needs ahead of the holidays to avoid inconvenience.
Are banks open today?
All public and private sector banks are open today, on Saturday, August 30. Today is the fifth Saturday of the month and as per RBI regulations, banks operate on the first, third and fifth Saturdays. The second and fourth Saturdays are observed as holidays.
