With July coming to an end, it’s time to look for bank holidays in August. In the upcoming month, the banks will be closed for 18 days, including weekends. So, if you are planning to head to a bank in the month of August, then you must go through the list of bank holidays to avoid any inconvenience.
Both private and public banks will be closed for 18 days. The banks for festivities will be closed for twelve days while the remaining six days include the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays.
August will witness a number of regional festivals. From Muharram, Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day, Janmashtami to Teej, here are the days when the bank will be closed in July. However, these holidays will not be applicable in all states, it will vary from state to state. As for Patriot’s Day, banks will only be closed in Imphal and not in other states.
Notably, the online banking service will not be affected. It will work round the clock. So, bank customers are advised to link their accounts online.
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Bank Holidays in August 2022
August 1: Drukpa Tshe-zi — Gangtok
August 7: First Sunday
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 — Ahmedadabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, and Shimla
August 12: Raksha Bandhan — Kanpur, and Lucknow
August 13: Second Saturday + Patriot’s Day in Imphal
August 14: Second Sunday
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.
August 20: Sri Krishna Ashtami — Hyderabad
August 21: Third Sunday
August 27: Fourth Saturday
August 28: Fourth Sunday
August 29: Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva — Guwahati
August 31: Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/ Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/ Vinayakar Chathurthi — Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Panaji.
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