The list of bank holidays includes national holidays and those marked by the central and state governments. The country observes three national holidays—Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
With the new year 2022 set to begin on Saturday, here is a look at the month-wise list of all major bank holidays in the upcoming calendar year.
January
January 1: New Year’s day
January 14: Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Imoinu Iratpa
January 15: Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makar Sankranti Festival, Maghe Sankranti, Sankranti, Pongal, Thiruvalluvar Day, Gaan-Ngai, Magh Bihu
January 26: Republic Day
February
February 5: Vasant Panchami
March
March 1: Maha Shivratri
March 18: Holi
April
April 10: Ram Navami
April 13: Ugadi (Telugu new year)
April 14: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, Mahavir Jayanti, Baisakhi, Vaisakhi, Tamil New Year's Day, Cheiraoba, Biju Festival, Bohag Bihu
April 15: Good Friday, Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha), Himachal Day, Vishu, Bohag Bihu
May
May 1: May Day
May 3: Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti, Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra), Basava Jayanti, Akshaya Tritiya
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{{/usCountry}}May 16: Buddha Purnima
June
June 14: Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti
July
July 10: Bakrid, Eid al Adha
August
August 9: Muharram
August 12: Raksha Bandhan
August 15: Independence Day
August 16: Parsi new year
August 19: Janmashtami
August 31: Ganesh Chathurthi
September
September 8: Thiruvona
October
October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
October 3: Maha Ashtami
October 4: Maha Navami
October 5: Vijaya Dashami
October 9: Eid e Milad
October 24: Diwali
November
November 8: Guru Nanak Jayanti
December
December 25: Christmas