Ganesh Chaturthi Bank Holiday: September is observing a plethora of festivals in India including Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam and Eid-e-Milad. Ganesh Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival that is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Maharashtra and across the country. It is a public holiday in the state, and banks are closed on this day.

Apart from Maharashtra, banks are also closed in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Panaji as Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha), Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata, and Vinayakar Chathurthi are also being observed on September 7.

There is a bank holiday in Maharashtra on September 9, 2023, which is Saturday, the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, a ten-day festival that begins on the fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Bhadrapada. On this day, idols of lord Ganesh are brought into homes and businesses. The idols are worshipped for ten days, and then they are immersed in a river or lake on the eleventh day.

Other bank holidays in Maharashtra in September 2024 are:

September 4: Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva

September 7: Ganesh Chaturthi/Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi

September 14: Karma Puja/First Onam

September 16: Eid-e-Milad

September 17: Indrajatra

September 18: Pang-Lhabsol

September 20: Friday following Eid-e-Milad (banks closed only in J&K)

September 21: Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day

September 23: Birthday of Maharaja Hari Singh Ji

September 25: General Elections to the State Legislative Assembly 2024.

Meanwhile, based on the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and regional holidays, banks are closed for 10 days in September 2024, encompassing various holidays such as festivals, second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. The regional offs are decided by the respective state governments.