Bank holidays ALERT! Banks to remain closed for 18 days in August 2022, full list here
Bank holidays in August 2022: While there were 14 bank holidays in July, there are as many as 18 bank holidays in August.
Banks across the country will be closed for up to 19 days in the month of August 2022. This includes the second and fourth Saturdays, as well as Sundays. Apart from the weekly offs, banks will remain closed in various states due to other holidays. Notably, the RBI has divided holidays into three categories: Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks' Closing of Accounts. The RBI has issued the following list of holidays.
Many bank holidays are may differ from state to state and bank to bank. There are 19 bank holidays in August. Out of which six are weekend holidays and other regional holidays.
Bank Holidays in August 2022Drukpa Tshe-zi: August 1Muharram (Ashoora): August 8Muharram (Ashoora): August 9Raksha Bandhan: August 11Raksha Bandhan: August 12Patriot’s Day: August 13Independence Day: August 15Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi): August 16Janmashtami: August 18Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/Krishna Jayanthi: August 19Sri Krishna Ashtami: August 20Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva: August 29Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi: August 31
Weekend holidays in August 2022: Sunday: August 7Second Saturday: August 13Sunday: August 14Sunday: August 21Fourth Saturday: August 27Sunday: August 28