Bank Holidays August: Banks will be closed for many days due to holidays in the month of August.In this month there are important festivals like Muharram, Independence Day, Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Rakshabandhan (Rakshbandhan 2022).Due to which there will be leave of bank employees for several days in different cities.Banks will be closed for 6 days in different states this week.Let us know when and where will the lockdown be?
When will the bank holidays be closed this week?
8 August – Muharram (Ashura) – Jammu, Srinagar
9 August – Muharram (Ashura) – Agartala, Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Banks will remain closed in Ranchi and Rampur.
11 August – Raksha Bandhan – Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur and Shimla
12 August – Raksha Bandhan – Kanpur and Lucknow
13 August – Patriot’s Day – Imphal
14 August – Sunday Weekly Holiday
When will the banks be closed next week
15 August – Independence Day
16 August – Parsi New Year – Belapur, Mumbai and Nagpur
18 August – Janmashtami – Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Kanpur and Lucknow
19 August – Janmashtami – Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Jaipur, Jammu, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong and Shimla
20 August – Sri Krishna Ashtami – Hyderabad
21 August – Sunday (weekly holiday)
28 August – Sunday (weekly holiday)
29 August – Srimanta Sankaradeva’s date (Guwahati)
31 August – Ganesh Chaturthi (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka) Banks will remain closed in
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Different rules for all states
Please note that all these holidays will not be applicable in all the states.According to the list of holidays given on the official website of RBI (Bank Holidays List 2022), banking holidays also depend on the festivals celebrated in different states or the notification of special occasions in those states.