Bank Holidays in August 2022 Check Latest Updated Complete List – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the list of bank holidays for the month of August. According to the list, banks in India will remain closed for 19 days in August, including weekend holidays.
Therefore, customers should check the list of holidays before going to their respective branches. Some of the holidays on the list are specific only to a few states and may include Sundays and second and fourth Saturdays. Though banks will remain closed for 19 days, customers should not worry as online internet banking services will be available as usual. Customers will not be able to physically deposit and withdraw cash from the bank; The rest of the internet services can be availed without any inconvenience. Bank Holidays List 2022 in India | Government Bank Holiday List
Bank Holidays in August 2022 Check Latest Updated Complete List
| Date | Day | Holiday |
| August 1, 2022 | Monday | Drupka Tshe-zi (Banks are closed in Sikkim and Srinagar) |
| August 8, 2022 | Monday | Muharram (Ashoora) (Banks closed in Jammu and Kashmir) |
| August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | Muharram (Ashoora) Tripura, Gujarat, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand |
| August 11, 2022 | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan |
| August 12, 2022 | Friday | Raksha Bandhan |
| August 15, 2022 | Monday | Independence Day (All over India) |
| August 16, 2022 | Tuesday | Parsi New year (Belapur, Mumbai, Nagpur) |
| August 18, 2022 | Thursday | Janmashtami (Bhubaneshwar, Dehradun, Kanpur and Lucknow) |
| August 19, 2022 | Friday | Janmashtami (Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Jammu, Jaipur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, and Shimla) |
| August 29, 2022 | Monday | Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva (Assam) |
| August 31, 2022 | Wednesday | Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/ Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/ Vinayakar Chathurthi (Belapur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Nagpur and Panaji) |
August 2022 on weekends
| Date | Day and Holiday |
| August 7, 2022 | First Sunday |
| August 13, 2022 | Second Saturday + Patriot’s Day in Manipur |
| August 14, 2022 | Second Sunday |
| August 20, 2022 | Saturday (Shri Krishna Ashtami – Hyderabad) |
| August 21, 2022 | Third Sunday |
| August 27, 2022 | Fourth Saturday |
| August 28, 2022 | Fourth Sunday |
On the other hand, there are also 13 regional holidays, in which lenders in certain specific areas remain closed due to opportunities in those particular areas. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fixes bank holidays every year under three categories – leave under the Negotiable Instruments Act, real-time gross settlement leave and closure of banks’ accounts.
