The Reserve Bank of India determines bank holidays each month, releasing a month-by-month schedule of such days off for private and public lenders at the start of the year. According to the list, all commercial and public sector banks will have 11 bank holidays in May 2022.
Date | Day | Holiday | States |
May 1 | Sunday | All states | |
May 2 | Monday | Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitr) | Kerala |
May 3 | Tuesday | Bhagvan Shree Parshuram Jayanti/Ramjan-Eid (Eid-UI-Fitr)/Basava Jayanti | All states except Kerala |
May 8 | Sunday | All states | |
May 9 | Monday | Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore | West Bengal |
May 14 | Saturday | Second Saturday | All states |
May 15 | Sunday | All states | |
May 16 | Monday | Buddha Purnima/Vesak | Tripura, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, New, Delhi, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh |
May 22 | Sunday | All states | |
May 28 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday | All states |
May 29 | Sunday | All states |
The Reserve Bank of India grants holidays to the bank under three categories that include Banks’ Closing of Accounts, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act, and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday.
Disclaimer: All precautions have been taken to gather the most accurate information about the Bank Holiday dates for the month of May 2022. However, readers are advised to verify with their local branches to corroborate the same.