Bank Holidays in Year 2022: This year banks are going to be closed for many days in different states of the country. The list of bank holidays also includes national holidays and holidays given by the central and state governments. Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August) and Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary (October 2) come under national holidays. Let’s take a look at how many days in every month the banks are going to be closed this year.
January
January 1: First Day of New Year – Banks closed in Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok and Imphal, January 2: Sunday (weekly holiday), January 3: New Year Celebration/Losung – Banks closed in Aizawl and Gangtok, January 4: Losung – Banks closed in Gangtok, January 8: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), January 9: Sunday (weekly holiday), January 11: Missionary Day – Bank closed in Aizawl, January 12: Swami Vivekananda Day – Banks closed in Kolkata, 14 January: Makar Sankranti/Pongal – Banks closed in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Imphal, January 15: Uttarayan Punyakala Makar Sankranti festival/Maghe Sankranti/Sankranti/Pongal/Thiruvalluvar Day/Magh Bihu – in Bangalore, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Imphal Bank closed, 16 January: Sunday (weekly holiday), 18 January: Thai Poosam – Bank closed in Chennai, 22 January: Saturday (4th Saturday of the month), 23 January: Sunday (weekly holiday), 26 January: Republic Day – all Banks closed in states, 30 January: Sunday (weekly holiday).
February
2 February: Sonam Lochhar – Bank closed in Gangtok, 5 February: Saraswati Puja/Basant Panchami – Bank closed in Agartala, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata, 6 February: Sunday (weekly holiday), 12 February: Saturday (2nd Saturday of the month), 13 February: Sunday (weekly holiday), February 15: Birthday of Muhammad Hazrat Ali/Louis-Nagai-Ni- Banks closed in Imphal, Kanpur and Lucknow, 16 February: Guru Ravidas Jayanti – Banks closed in Chandigarh, February 18: Dolijatra- Kolkata Banks closed in, February 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti – Banks closed in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur, February 20: Sunday (weekly holiday), February 26: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), February 27: Sunday (weekly holiday)
March
March 1: Mahashivratri – Banks closed in Agartala, Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna and other places except Shillong, March 3: Banks closed in Losar- Gangtok, March 4: Chapchar Kut – Banks closed in Aizawl, March 6: Sunday (weekly holiday), March 12: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), March 13: Sunday (weekly holiday), March 17: Holika Dahan – Banks in Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ranchi Closed, March 18: Holi/Dhuleti/Dol Jatra – Banks closed in places other than Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram, March 19: Second day of Holi/Yaosang – Banks in Bhubaneswar, Imphal and Patna Closed, 20 March: Sunday (weekly holiday), 22 March: Bihar Day – Bank closed in Patna, 26 March: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), 27 March: Sunday (weekly holiday).
April
1st April: Annual closing of bank accounts- Banks closed in all states, 2nd April: Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/First day of Navratri/Telugu New Year/Sajibu Nongampamba (Chairoba)- Belapur, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Banks closed in Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji and Srinagar, April 3: Sunday (weekly holiday), April 4: Banks closed in Sarihul- Ranchi, April 5: Babu Jagjivan Ram’s birthday- Bank closed in Hyderabad, April 9: Saturday (months) 2nd Saturday of 10th April: Sunday (weekly holiday), 14th April: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/ Mahavir Jayanti/ Baisakhi/ Tamil New Year/ Chairoba, Biju Festival/ Bohar Bihu – Banks closed in places other than Shillong and Shimla, 15 April: Good Friday/Bengali New Year/Himachal Day/Vishu/Bohag Bihu – Banks closed in Jaipur, Jammu and Srinagar except in other places, April 16: Bohag Bihu – Bank closed in Guwahati, April 17: Sunday (weekly holiday), 21 April: Gadiya Puja- Bank closed in Agartala, 23 April: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), 24 April: Sunday (weekly holiday), 29 April: Shab-e-Qadr/Jumat-ul-Vida- Banks closed in Jammu and Srinagar.
May
May 1: Sunday (weekly holiday), May 2: Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) – Banks closed in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, May 3: Lord Sri Parashuram Jayanti / Ramzan-Eid (Eid-ul-Fitr) / Baswa Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya – Banks closed in all places except Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, May 8: Sunday (weekly holiday), May 9: Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary – Banks closed in Kolkata, May 14: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), 15 May: Sunday (weekly holiday), May 16: Buddha Purnima – Banks closed in Agartala, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla and Srinagar, May 22: Sunday (weekly holiday), May 28: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), May 29: Sunday (weekly holiday).
June
2nd June: Maharana Pratap Jayanti – Bank closed in Shimla, 5th June: Sunday (weekly holiday), 11th June: Saturday (2nd Saturday of the month), 12th June: Sunday (weekly holiday), 15th June: YMA Day/Guru Hargobind Birthday / Raja Sankranti – Bank closed in Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Jammu and Srinagar, 19 June: Sunday (weekly holiday), 25 June: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), 26 June: Sunday (weekly holiday).
July
1st July: Kang (Rathjatra)/ Rath Yatra – Banks closed in Bhubaneswar and Imphal, 3rd July: Sunday (weekly holiday), 7th July: Kharchi Puja – Banks closed in Agartala, 9th July: Saturday (2nd Saturday of the month), Eid -Ul-Adha (Bakrid), July 10: Sunday (weekly holiday), July 11: Ez-ul-Aza – Bank closed in Jammu and Srinagar, July 13: Bhanu Jayanti – Bank closed in Gangtok, July 14: Ben Dienkhlam- Bank closed in Shillong, 16 July: Harela-Dehradun Bank closed, 17 July: Sunday (weekly holiday), 23 July: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), 24 July: Sunday (weekly holiday), 26 July: Ker Puja- Banks closed in Agartala, 31 July: Sunday (weekly holiday).
August
August 1: Drupka She-G – Gangtok Bank closed, 7 August: Sunday (weekly holiday), 8 August: Muharram (Ashura) – Bank closed in Jammu and Srinagar, 9 August: Muharram (Ashura) – Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun Banks closed in all places except Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jammu, Kochi, Panaji, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram, August 11: Raksha Bandhan – Banks closed in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Jaipur and Shimla, August 12: Raksha Bandhan – Banks closed in Kanpur and Lucknow, August 13: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), Patriotic Day, August 14: Sunday (weekly holiday), August 15: Independence Day – Bank closed in all states, August 16: Parsi New Year (Shahanshahi) ) – Bank closed in Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur, August 18: Janmashtami – Bank closed in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Kanpur, Lucknow, August 19: Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8) / Krishna Jayanti – Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok , Jaipur, Jammu, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar Bank closed, 20 August: Shri Krishna Ashtami – Bank closed in Hyderabad, 21 August: Sunday (weekly holiday), 27 August: Saturday (fourth of the month) Was Saturday), August 28: Sunday (weekly holiday), August 29: Date of Shrimant Sankardev – Bank closed in Guwahati, August 31: Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha) / Ganesh Chaturthi / Varsiddhi Vinayak Vrat / Vinayakar Chaturthi – Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bangalore Banks closed in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Panaji.
September
September 1: Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd day) – Banks closed in Panaji, 4 September: Sunday (weekly holiday), 6 September: Karma Puja – Banks closed in Ranchi, 7 September: 1st Onam – Banks closed in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, 8 September : Thiruonam – Bank closed in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, 9 September: Indrajatra – Gangtok bank closed, 10 September: Saturday (2nd Saturday of the month), Sri Naravan Guru Jayanti, 11 September: Sunday (weekly holiday), 18 September: Sunday ( Weekly holiday), September 21: Sri Naravane Guru Samadhi Day – Banks closed in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, September 24: Saturday (fourth Saturday of the month), September 25: Sunday (weekly holiday), September 26: Navratri Sthapana/Lanningthou Sanamahi’s mine Chaoren Hauba- Banks closed in Imphal and Jaipur.
October
October 2: Sunday (weekly holiday), October 3: Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) – Banks closed in Agartala, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, October 4: Durga Puja / Dussehra (Maha Navami) / Ayudha Puja / Birthday of Shrimanta Sankaradeva – Banks closed in Agartala, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram, October 5: Durga Puja / Dussehra (Dussehra) / Ayudha Puja / Shrimant Sankardev’s birth anniversary – Banks closed in other places except Imphal, 6 October: Durga Puja (Dashain) – Banks closed in Gangtok, 7 October: Durga Puja (Dashain) – Bank closed in Gangtok, 8 October: Saturday (Second Saturday of the month) ), Milad-e-Sherif/Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, October 9: Sunday (weekly holiday), October 13: Karva Chauth – Banks closed in Shimla, October 14: Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi Friday after – Bank closed in Srinagar, 16 October: Sunday (weekly holiday), 18 October: Kati Bihu – Bank closed in Guwahati, 22 October: Saturday (4th Saturday of the month), 23 October: Sunday (weekly holiday), 24 October: Lakshmi Poo Ja / Deepawali / Govardhan Puja – Banks closed in Gangtok, Hyderabad and other places except Imphal, 25 October: Kali Puja / Deepawali / Diwali (Lakshmi Pujan) / Narak Chaturdashi) – Gangtok, Dehradun, Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Banks closed in Nagpur, Shimla and Srinagar, 26 October: Govardhan Puja/Vikram Samvat New Year/Bhai Bij/Bhai Dooj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Lakshmi Puja/Victory Day- Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bangalore, Dehradun, Gangtok, Jammu, Kanpur Banks closed in Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Shimla and Srinagar, October 27: Bhai Dooj/Chitragupta Jayanti/Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba – Banks closed in Gangtok, Imphal, Kanpur and Lucknow, October 30: Sunday (weekly holiday) , 31 October: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Birthday/Chhath Puja – Banks closed in Ahmedabad, Patna and Ranchi.
November
1 November: Kannada Rajyotsava/Kut – Banks closed in Bangalore and Imphal, 6 November: Sunday (weekly holiday), 8 November: Guru Nanak Jayanti/Vangala Festival – Agartala, Bangalore, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Kochi, Panaji, Patna, Shillong and Banks closed in places other than Thiruvananthapuram, November 11: Kanakadasa Jayanti/Vangla Festival – Banks closed in Bangalore and Shillong, November 12: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), November 13: Sunday (weekly holiday), November 20: Sunday ( Weekly holiday), 23 November: Seng Kutsanem- Bank closed in Shillong, 26 November: Saturday (4th Saturday of the month), 27 November: Sunday (weekly holiday).
December
December 3: Feast of Saint Francis Xavier – Bank closed in Panaji, December 4: Sunday (weekly holiday), December 10: Saturday (second Saturday of the month), December 11: Sunday (weekly holiday), December 12: Pa-Togan Nengiminja Sangma – Bank closed in Shillong, 18 December: Sunday (weekly holiday), 19 December: Goa Liberation Day – Panaji bank closed, 24 December: Saturday (4th Saturday of the month), Christmas, 25 December: Sunday (weekly holiday), 26 December: Christmas Celebration/Losung/Namsung – Banks closed in Aizawl, Gangtok and Shillong, 29 December: Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday – Banks closed in Chandigarh, 31 December: New Year’s Eve/Yu Kiang Nangbah – in Aizawl and Shillong Bank closed.
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