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Bank Holiday Today: Are banks open or closed today on Friday, September 5 for Eid-e-Milad and Thiruvonam? Check city-wise list

Eid-e-Milad and Thiruvonam Bank Holiday 2025: Are banks open or closed today, September 5, 2025, for Milad-un-Nabi and Thiruvonam? Check RBI’s city-wise bank holiday list and state closures here.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2025 07:22 AM IST

Bank Holiday on Friday, September 5, 2025: Find below a complete city-wise list of bank closure days in India, as we mark Thiruvonam and Milad-un-Nabi today. (File).

Eid-e-Milad and Thiruvonam Bank Holiday 2025: Public-sector banks (PSBs) and private banking institutions will be closed today, Friday, September 5, on account of Eid-e-Nabi and Thiruvonam, as designated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its 2025 holiday calendar.

Bank holidays in India are determined by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the Negotiable Instruments Act, including RTGS holidays and other regional and national holidays. Additionally, there are mandatory weekly days off on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month.

In September, there are a total of 15 bank holidays designated for September 2025, following the RBI calendar for the year 2025.

A city-wise list of where banks will be open/closed today, Friday, September 5:

It’s essential to note that banks in several Indian cities will be closed, while the remaining ones will remain operational as usual. Below is the table of bank status for today, Friday, September 5, 2025:

Indian City	Bank Operational Status on September 5 (Friday)
Agartala	OPEN
Ahmedabad	CLOSED
Aizawl	CLOSED
Belapur	CLOSED
Bengaluru	CLOSED
Bhopal	CLOSED
Bhubaneswar	OPEN
Chandigarh	OPEN
Chennai	CLOSED
Dehradun	CLOSED
Gangtok	OPEN
Guwahati	OPEN
Hyderabad	CLOSED
Imphal	CLOSED
Itanagar	OPEN
Jaipur	OPEN
Jammu	CLOSED
Kanpur	CLOSED
Kochi	CLOSED
Kohima	OPEN
Kolkata	OPEN
Lucknow	CLOSED
Mumbai	OPEN
Nagpur	CLOSED
New Delhi	CLOSED
Panaji	OPEN
Patna	OPEN
Raipur	CLOSED
Ranchi	CLOSED
Shillong	OPEN
Shimla	OPEN
Srinagar	CLOSED
Thiruvananthapuram	CLOSED
Vijayawada	CLOSED

Source: RBI Holiday Calendar 2025

Note: Only banks in are closed today, on September 5, 2025 — all other cities are open and operational, as usual.

Banking services that will remain available:

It’s important to bring to your attention that, regardless of the physical closure of bank branches in Ranchi (Jharkhand), essential financial services would remain available through digital and self-service platforms:

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Online and mobile banking for fund transfers, balance queries, and bill payments.
NEFT and RTGS services (according to operational windows)
ATM Withdrawal and Card Transactions
Online requests for chequebooks, demand drafts, and account-related services.

Customers are advised to plan in-branch visits around the holiday and to use online banking for uninterrupted service.

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