A list of holidays in 2022 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, during which banks in India would not be operational.
It is vital to be aware of bank holidays so you can smoothly carry out all the financial transactions you need to. As a rule, all the banks in the country remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month as well as all Sundays. This apart, there are some national and regional holidays during which the banks remain shut.
| Date | Day | Holiday | States |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya |
| January 3 | Monday | New Year's Holiday/Lossong | Mizoram, Sikkim |
| January 4 | Tuesday | Losoong | Sikkim |
| January 11 | Tuesday | Missionary Day | Mizoram |
| January 12 | Wednesday | Swami Vivekananda’s birthday | West Bengal |
| January 14 | Friday | Makar Sankranti/ Pongal/ Imoinu Iratpa | Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Manipur |
| January 15 | Saturday | Uttarayaana Punyakaala Makar Sankranti Festival/MagheSankranti/Sankranti/Pongal/Thiruvalluvar Day/Gaan-Ngai/Magh Bihu | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Telangana, Manipur |
| January 18 | Tuesday | Thai Poosam | Tamil Nadu |
| January 26 | Wednesday | Republic Day | National Holiday |
| February 2 | Wednesday | Sonam Lochhar | Sikkim |
| February 5 | Saturday | Vasant Panchami/ Saraswati Pooja | West Bengal, Tripura, Odisha |
| February 15 | Tuesday | Birthday of Md. Hazrat Ali/Lui-Ngai-Ni | Manipur, Uttar Pradesh |
| February 16 | Wednesday | Guru Ravi Das Ji Birthday | Punjab |
| February 18 | Friday | Doljatra | West Bengal |
| February 19 | Saturday | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra |
| March 1 | Tuesday | Maha Shivratri | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh |
| March 3 | Thursday | Losar | Sikkim |
| March 4 | Friday | Chapchar Kut | Mizoram |
| March 17 | Thursday | Holika Dahan | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand |
| March 18 | Friday | Holi | Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh |
| March 19 | Saturday | Holi | Odisha, Manipur, Bihar |
| March 22 | Monday | Bihar Diwas | Bihar |
| April 1 | Friday | National bank closing | All except Mizoram, Meghalaya, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh |
| April 2 | Saturday | Gudi Padwa/Ugadi Festival/1st Navratra/Telugu New Year's Day/Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba) | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur |
| April 4 | Monday | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
| April 5 | Tuesday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti | Telangana |
| April 14 | Thursday | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti/Mahavir Jayanti/Baisakhi/Vaisakhi/Tamil New Year's Day/Cheiraoba/Biju Festival/Bohag Bihu | All states except Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh |
| April 15 | Friday | Good Friday | All except Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan |
| April 16 | Saturday | Bohag Bihu | Assam |
| April 21 | Thursday | Garia Puja | Tripura |
| April 29 | Friday | Jummat-ul-Vida | Jammu and Kashmir |
| May 2 | Monday | Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra) | Kerala |
| May 3 | Tuesday | Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti/Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitra)/Basava Jayanti/Akshaya Tritiya | All states except Kerala |
| May 9 | Monday | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | West Bengal |
| May 16 | Monday | Buddha Purnima/Vesak | Tripura, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, New, Delhi, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh |
| June 2 | Thursday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh |
| June 15 | Wednesday | Y.M.A. Day/Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday/Raja Sankranti | Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram |
| July 1 | Friday | Rathyatra/Kang | Odisha, Manipur |
| July 7 | Thursday | Kharchi Puja | Tripura |
| July 9 | Saturday | ld-Ul-Ad'ha (Bakrid) | Kerala |
| July 11 | Monday | Eid-ul-Azha | Jammu and Kashmir |
| July 13 | Wednesday | Bhanu Jayanti | Sikkim |
| July 14 | Thursday | Beh Dienkhlam | Meghalaya |
| July 16 | Saturday | Harela | Uttarakhand |
| July 26 | Tuesday | Ker Puja | Tripura |
| August 1 | Monday | Drukpa Tshe-zi | Sikkim |
| August 8 | Monday | Muharram (Ashoora) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| August 9 | Tuesday | Muharram (Ashoora) | Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh |
| August 11 | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh |
| August 12 | Friday | Raksha Bandhan | Uttar Pradesh |
| August 13 | Saturday | Patriot’s Day | Manipur |
| August 15 | Monday | Independence Day | National Holiday |
| August 16 | Tuesday | Parsi New Year | Maharashtra |
| August 18 | Thursday | Janmashtami | Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| August 19 | Friday | Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya |
| August 20 | Saturday | Sri Krishna Ashtami | Telangana |
| August 29 | Monday | Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva | Assam |
| August 31 | Wednesday | Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi | Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat |
| September 1 | Thursday | Ganesh Ghaturthi (2nd day) | Goa |
| September 6 | Tuesday | Karma Puja | Jharkhand |
| September 7 | Wednesday | First Onam | Kerala |
| September 8 | Thursday | Thiruvonam | Kerala |
| September 9 | Friday | Indrajatra | Sikkim |
| September 10 | Saturday | Sree Naravana Guru Javanthi | Kerala |
| September 21 | Wednesday | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day | Kerala |
| September 26 | Monday | First Day of Sharad Navratri | Manipur, Rajasthan |
| October 1 | Saturday | Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts | Sikkim |
| October 3 | Monday | Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) | Tripura, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand |
| October 4 | Tuesday | Mahanavami | Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya |
| October 5 | Wednesday | Vijay Dasami | All states except Manipur |
| October 6 | Thursday | Durga Puja (Dasain) | Sikkim |
| October 7 | Friday | Durga Puja (Dasain) | Sikkim |
| October 8 | Saturday | Milad-i-Sherif/ Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed) | Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala |
| October 13 | Thursday | Karva Chauth | Himachal Pradesh |
| October 14 | Friday | Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi | Jammu and Kashmir |
| October 18 | Tuesday | Kati Bihu | Guwahati |
| October 24 | Monday | Kali Puja/Deepavali/Diwali (Laxmi Pujan)/Naraka Chaturdashi | All states except Manipur, Sikkim and Telangana |
| October 25 | Tuesday | Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Pooja | Sikkim, Telangana, Manipur and Rajasthan |
| October 26 | Wednesday | Govardhan Pooja/Vikram Samvant New Year Day/Bhai Bij/Bhai Duj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Laxmi Puja/Accession Day | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. |
| October 27 | Thursday | Bhaidooj/Chitragupt Jayanti/Laxmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkouba | Sikkim, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh. |
| October 31 | Monday | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday/Surya Pashti Dala Chhath (Morning-ardhya)/Chhath Puja | Gujarat, Jharkhand and Bihar. |
| November 1 | Tuesday | Kannada rajyotsava/Kut | Karnataka and Manipur |
| November 8 | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti/Kartika Purnima/Rahas Purnima | Mizoram, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh |
| November 11 | Friday | Kanakadasa Jayanthi/Wangala Festival | Karnataka, Meghalaya |
| November 23 | Wednesday | Seng Kutsnem | Meghalaya |
| December 3 | Saturday | Feast of St. Francis Xavier | Goa |
| December 12 | Monday | Pa-Togan Nengminja Sangma | Meghalaya |
| December 19 | Monday | Goa Liberation Day | Goa |
| December 24 | Saturday | Christmas Festival | Meghalaya |
| December 26 | Monday | Christmas Celebration/Losoong/Namsoong | Mizoram, Sikkim, Meghalaya |
| December 29 | Thursday | Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthday | Punjab |
| December 31 | Saturday | New Year’s Eve/U Kiang Nangbah | Meghalaya, Mizoram |
Source: https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/HolidayMatrixDisplay.aspx
