 "Bank Holidays September 2023: Banks will remain shut for 16 days, list here")
RBI has issued the bank holiday list for the month of September, and there will be 16 holidays, including national and regional holidays. Some states will see their banks closed for festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Maharaja Hari Singh Ji's anniversary, and Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi next month.
If you are planning to visit the bank next month, make sure you know whether the bank is open in your state or not to avoid last-minute hassle. However, the ATM services and net banking facilities will remain operational throughout the country on all days.
List of holidays
Here's the list of holidays and states where banks will remain closed in September month:
| Date | Holidays | State |
| September 6, 2023 | Shri Krishna Janmashtami | Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar |
| September 7, 2023 | Janmashtami (Shravan Vd-8) and Shri Krishna Ashtami | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Srinagar |
| September 18, 2023 | Varsiddhi Vinayak Vrata and Vinayaka Chaturthi | Karnataka and Telangana |
| September 19, 2023 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, and Goa |
| September 20, 2023' | Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day) and Nuakhai (Odisha) | Orissa and Goa |
| September 22, 2023 | Shree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day | Kerala |
| September 23, 2023 | Maharaja Hari Singh’s birthday | Jammu and Srinagar |
| September 25, 2023 | Birth anniversary of Shrimant Sankardeva | Assam |
| September 27, 2023 | Milad-e-Sherif (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) | Jammu and Kerala |
| September 28, 2023 | Eid-e-Milad or Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Bara Vafat) | Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tanil Nadu, Uttara Khand, Telangana, Manipur, Uttara Pradesh, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand |
Weekends in September
| Date | Weekoffs |
| September 3, 2023 | Sunday |
| September 9, 2023 | SecondSaturday |
| September 10, 2023 | Sunday |
| September 17, 2023 | Sunday |
| September 23, 2023 | Fourth Saturday |
| September 24, 2023 | Sunday |
RBI guidelines say all the private and public sector banks remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays, apart from Sundays.
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