Bank holidays in May 2022: 2 long weekends, offices to remain closed for 11 days. Check full list

Bank holidays list in May 2022: There are four holidays due to festivals and seven weekend days, including two long weekends in May 2022. Scroll down for the full list.

Published on: Apr 25, 2022, 14:56:39 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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Bank holidays in May 2022: Banks will remain closed for a total of 11 days in May, including weekends, according to the list of holidays released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These include four holidays on festivals, along with Sundays and second and fourth Saturday. It must be noted that online banking services will remain functional even on holidays.

Bank holidays 2022: Here's the full list of bank holidays in May 2022 (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

RBI categorises the holidays' list as national and regional under Negotiable Instruments Act, Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. Many holidays are region specific and it may vary from state to state and also from bank to bank.

There are two long weekends in the coming month – with banks remaining shut for three days at a stretch – on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and Buddha Purnima.

As a result, customers who have important bank-related work in the coming month, must check the list before heading out.

Here's a list of the bank holidays for May 2022:

Date	Day	Reason for holiday	State/City
May 1	Sunday	Weekend	All India
May 2	Monday	Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra)	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
May 3	Tuesday	Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti/Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra)/Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya	All India, except Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
May 8	Sunday	Weekend	All India
May 9	Monday	Birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore	Kolkata
May 14	Saturday	Second Saturday	All India
May 15	Sunday	Weekend	All India
May 16	Monday	Buddha Purnima
May 22	Sunday	Weekend	All India
May 28	Saturday	Fourth Saturday	All India
May 29	Sunday	Sunday	All India

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