Bank holidays September 2026: Banks closed on 16 days, 4-day strike also on cards; check list

Banks will remain closed on 16 days in September, including weekends and state-specific holidays, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) holiday calendar.

However, bank holidays vary from state to state, and branches will not be closed on all the days listed in the calendar across the country.

Banks will remain closed on September 4 on account of Janmashtami, or Krishna Jayanthi, in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.

On September 11, banks in Jaipur will remain closed on account of elections in the jurisdiction of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.

Banks in Assam will remain closed on September 12 for the Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva.

September 14 will be a bank holiday in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana on account of Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi/Hartalika.

On September 15, banks will remain closed in Gujarat for Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha), and in Odisha for Nuakhai.

Goa will also observe a holiday for Ganesh Chaturthi (second day).

Banks in Assam will remain closed on September 21 for the Janmotsav of Srimanta Sankardeva, while branches in Kerala will observe a holiday for Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi.

On September 22, banks in Jharkhand will remain closed for Karma Puja.

Banks in Jammu and Kashmir will observe a holiday on September 23 on account of the birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh Ji.

September 25 will be a bank holiday in Sikkim for Indrajatra.

Apart from these state-specific holidays, banks will also remain closed on Sundays and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.

Customers can continue to use digital banking services such as internet banking, mobile banking, ATMs and UPI during bank holidays.

Nationwide bank strikes in September

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has called for nationwide strikes to press for implementation of five-day banking and withdrawal of the government's revised performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for senior bank officers.

The UFBU said bank employees and officers would observe an all-India strike on September 11, followed by a three-day strike from September 28 to 30.

In case the strikes are not called off, bank customers could face major disruption in services in September, especially during the month end.

Banks will be shut on September 26 (2nd Saturday) and September 27 (Sunday), and the proposed three-day strike from September 28 to 30 would mean five consecutive days of disruption to banking services.