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 18 bank holidays in August 2022.
| Date | Day | Holiday | States |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 | Monday | Drukpa Tshe-zi | Sikkim |
| August 7 | Sunday | Nationwide | |
| 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 Second Saturday | Manipur Nationwide |
| August 14 | Sunday | Nationwide | |
| 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 | 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 21 | Sunday | Nationwide | |
| August 27 | Saturday | Fourth Saturday | Nationwide |
| August 28 | Sunday | Nationwide | |
| 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 |
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 august 2022. However, readers are advised to verify with their local branches to corroborate the same.
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