Bank Holidays Alert: Why SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Other Banks Will Be Shut For 5 Days In Row From September 11-15?

Indian banks are in for a long-holiday weekend going ahead. To be precise, banks like SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Canara Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, and Bank of Baroda, among other private, public, regional, and foreign banks, will be closed for five days in a row from September 11th to September 15th. However, these holidays will vary from state to state due to events, festivals, and cultures. That also means banks will be open for the majority of days of the week before Friday.

September 7, September 8, September 9, September 10

All banks in the country will be open on these four days, as there are no special events or festivals, as per the RBI's holiday list. So banking operations will run normal on September 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th before entering into one of the longest weekends.

Bank Holiday On September 11, 2026

Banks will be closed in cities of Rajasthan, including Jaipur to the local bodies election in the state.

Bank Holiday On September 12, 2026

Although September 12th is a second Saturday, so by default all banks in the country are closed. However, a bank holiday is also declared in the cities of Assam due to the Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva.

Bank Holiday On September 13, 2026

All banks in India are closed on every Sunday.

Bank Holiday On September 14, 2026

Banks will be closed in cities like Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji, and Vijayawada due to the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi/Ganesh Puja/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi/Hartalika on September 14.

Bank Holiday On September 15, 2026

On this day, banks will be closed in cities like Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram for celebration of Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Nuakhai/Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day).

So in some states, there will be back-to-back three-day holidays, while some will enjoy a four-day-long weekend, while some banks will be closed only for two days.

1. Jaipur Muncipal Corporation Elections 2026

At least 309 urban local bodies will hold elections in Rajasthan on September 9th and September 11th. The state's capital city, Jaipur, will hold the second phase of polls of its municipal corporation on the 11th, while the rest of 18 urban local bodies in the city will hold their first phase of election. The outcome will be announced on September 14, 2026. According to the state election commissioner, Rajeshwar Singh, more than 1.4 crore voters are eligible in this polls, of which 73.9 lakh are men, 70 lakh voters are women, and 511 voters are third-gender.

2. Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva 2026

Tirubhav Tithi is in honour of death anniversary of Srimanta Sankardev who was a 15th-16th century Assamese polymath which includes a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in the Assam state.

3. Ganesh Chaturthi 2026

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi, or Vinayagar Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birthday of the Hindu deity Ganesha. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's murtis, privately in homes and publicly on elaborate pandals. Offerings and prasada from the daily prayers, which are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak, as it is believed to be a favourite of Ganesha. The festival ends on the tenth day after its start, when the murti is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, and then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjana on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi, as per Wikipedia.

4. Hartalika Teej 2026

Of the three Teej vrats that mark the monsoon months, Hartalika Teej is the hardest and the holiest. Hariyali Teej is joy. Kajari Teej is longing. Hartalika Teej is tapasya - a full day and night without a grain of food or a drop of water, kept in memory of the penance Parvati performed on the banks of the Ganga so that she could marry Shiva and no one else. In 2026 the vrat carries an unusual twist. Because of where the Tritiya tithi falls, Hartalika Teej and Ganesh Chaturthi land on the same day - Monday, 14 September. And many families in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh will keep it a day earlier, on Sunday, 13 September, as per the Santana Journey website.

5. Samvatsari 2026:

Samvatsari, often known as International Forgiveness Day, is one of the most profound and spiritually resonant observances in Jainism. It marks the final day of Paryushana, a sacred period of intense reflection, fasting, and spiritual purification. Samvatsari is not a festival in the conventional sense-it is a deep ritual of soul-cleansing, a quiet return to humility, and a renewal of ethical intention through the powerful act of asking and offering forgiveness, as per The Spiritual Arts Foundation.

6. Nuakhai 2026

Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. According to the calendar it is observed on panchami tithi of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba, the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, as per Wikipedia.