Bank holiday today, Nov. 9 -- Publi c and private sector lenders, including the State Bank of India and HDFC Bank, will be closed for customers across cities on Monday, 9 November on account of Diwali, Laxmi Puja, Govardhan Pooja and Vishwakarma Day celebrations.

According to Reserve Bank of India's rules, all scheduled and non-scheduled banks observe listed holidays and mandatory closure on second and fourth Saturdays and every Sunday in a month. In-branch services are shut, but digital services (online net banking, app) will remain operational.

Usually, in addition to the common national and gazetted holidays, or weekend offs, banks in India could have local holidays and festivals off, as required. The central bank releases its annual...