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Bank holiday Janmashtami 2022: Are banks closed today or tomorrow?

Since Hyderabad will celebrate the festival as Krishna Ashtami on August 20, only the banks in that region will remain non-operational. Online banking services, on the other hand, will continue to operate normally.

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Bank holiday Janmashtami 2022: Most of the government, private offices including banks and educational institutions will be closed on the occasion of Janmashtami festival. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) holiday calendar list, banks will not be open to the public on Janmashtami. However, there is a lot of confusion among the public about the date.

Is it August 18, August 19 or August 20?  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced holidays for lenders under these categories – the Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.

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Not only banks, but the confusion is for government offices and educational institutions too. The Haryana government has notified that August 19 will be observed as holiday in government offices and educational institutions on account of Janamashtami festival instead of August 18.

Banks holiday on Janmashtami 2022

18 August, Janmashtami: Bhubaneswar, Dehradun

19 August, Janmashtami: Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gangtok, Jaipur, Jammu, Jammu, Lucknow, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar.

Banks in Delhi and a few other cities will not observe holiday on Janmashtami.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces holidays for banks under these categories – the Negotiable Instruments Act, Holiday, Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts.

Last week, the banks were closed for three days in a row. The banks holidays list is available on RBI’s official website – https://www.rbi.org.in/

August 20: Sri Krishna Ashtami (Saturday)

Since Hyderabad will celebrate the festival as Krishna Ashtami on August 20, only the banks in that region will remain non-operational. Online banking services, on the other hand, will continue to operate normally.

Banks to remain open in these cities during Janmashtami

Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji and Thiruvananthapuram

Bank holidays in August 2022:

August 18: Janmashtami

August 19: Shravan Vad/Krishna Jayanthi

August 20: Sri Krishna Ashtami

August 29: Tithi of Srimanta SankardevaAugust 31: Samvatsari (Chaturthi Paksha)/Ganesh Chaturthi/Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata/Vinayakar Chathurthi

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