Overview
- Branches operate as usual outside Ranchi and Patna, according to the RBI holiday list.
- The closure marks the Usha Arghya on the final day of Chhath Puja, a festival centered in Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- Online and mobile banking remain available, with NEFT and RTGS functioning within their operating windows.
- ATMs and card payments continue, though cash services, cheque clearances and demand drafts pause at closed branches.
- The next regional bank holiday on the RBI calendar falls in Gujarat on October 31 for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary.