The abandoned result means the Proteas cannot win the series with the home team 2-1 ahead with one game left to play on Friday on Ahmedabad.
India won the first T20I of the five-match series by a comprehensive margin of 101 runs in Cuttack before the tourists hit back with a 51-run victory in Mohali.
The hosts then retook the lead in the series with a seven-wicket win in Dharamsala after the Proteas were bowled out for just 117.
The visitors have opted to chop and change their line-up in all three completed games to test combinations ahead of the T20 World Cup early next year.
Simon Harmer says it is privilege to represent the Proteas after scooping the ICC Player of the Month award for November following his heroics in the historic Test series win in India.
In a tough afternoon for the batters, the Proteas were bowled out for 117 and suffered a seven-wicket defeat to India in the third T20I of their tour to India.
South Africa produced a ruthless all-round display to beat India by 51 runs in the second T20I of the five-match series at New Chandigarh on Thursday, taking firm control of the tour.
Hardik Pandya struck forceful half-century and then took a wicket as India crushed the Proteas by 101 runs in the first of five T20Is played in Cuttack on Tuesday.
