Bank Holidays Full List: The next month is going to be a favorite for those looking for holidays. Holidays are raining in the next month i.e. October 2022. Many big festivals like Diwali, Dussehra, Chhath Puja, Milad-e-Sharif are falling in this month.
The Central Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issues a list of holidays for public and private banks across the country. According to the RBI list, there will be a total of 15 bank holidays across the country in October 2022. Many of these are festivals, social days and bank holidays.
This month also has 2 October, which is a national holiday, but since this time 2 October is falling on a Sunday, the holiday will not be counted on this day. Apart from this, there are also big holidays like Dussehra, Diwali in this month.
Here we are giving you the complete list of Bank Holiday. But keep in mind that these holidays depend on which festival or where the social day is celebrated. A festival may be celebrated in some states, but the same festival may not have any cultural significance in another state.
Bank Holidays in October, 2022 Full List:
| date | why banks will remain closed |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2022 | Half-Yearly Closing Holiday of Accounts in Banks |
| October 3, 2022 | Durga Puja (Maha Ashtami) |
| October 4, 2022 | Durga Puja (Maha Navami) / Ayudha Puja / Shrimant Sankardev Janmotsav |
| October 5, 2022 | Dussehra (Victory Dashami)/Shrimant Sankardev Birthday |
| October 6, 2022 | Durga Puja (Dasin) |
| October 7, 2022 | Durga Puja (Dasin) |
| October 8, 2022 | Milad-e-Sharif/Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) |
| October 13, 2022 | karva chauth |
| October 14, 2022 | Juma after Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi |
| October 18, 2022 | Kati Bihu |
| October 24, 2022 | Kali Puja / Deepawali / Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) / Narak Chaturdashi |
| October 25, 2022 | Lakshmi Puja/Deepawali/Govardhan Puja |
| October 26, 2022 | Govardhan Puja/Vikram Samvat New Year Day/Bhai Bij/Bhai Dooj/Diwali (Bali Pratipada)/Lakshmi Puja/Accession Day (J&K) |
| October 27, 2022 | Bhai Dooj/Chitragupta Jayanti/Lakshmi Puja/Deepawali/Ningol Chakkuba |
| October 31, 2022 | Date of Birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel / Surya Prashti Dala Chhath (Morning Arghya) / Chhath Puja |
Every year RBI releases the list of bank holidays for the government and private banks of the country. It has three categories – ‘Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act,’ ‘Holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday,’ and ‘Banks’ Closing of Accounts’.
