According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there will be 11 bank holidays in the next 13 days, beginning on August 8th and ending on August 19th.
Weekend holidays are also included on the list.
However, given many of the bank holidays are local, this may vary from state to state and bank to bank. But on August 13, which also happens to be the second Saturday of the month and a regional holiday for Imphal, banks will remain closed.
Holidays in August 2022
Here’s the list of leaves in August as per the Negotiable Instruments Act:
August 8: Muharram (Ashoora) — Jammu, Srinagar
August 9: Muharram (Ashoora) — Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur and Ranchi
August 11: Raksha Bandhan — Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, and Shimla
August 12: Raksha Bandhan — Kanpur, and Lucknow
August 13: Patriot’s Day — Imphal
August 15: Independence Day — All over India
August 16: Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) — Belapur, Mumbai, and Nagpur
August 18: Janmashtami — Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Kanpur, and Lucknow
August 19: Janmashtami (Shravan Vad-8)/ Krishna Jayanthi — Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Jaipur, Jammu, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla
List of weekend leaves:
August 7: First Sunday
August 13: Second Saturday + Patriot’s Day
August 14: Second Sunday
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divided the holidays into three categories: Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday, Holiday Under Negotiable Instruments Act, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.
