People in all walks of life depend on banks for many things. Banks help fulfill several important financial functions and transactions in our lives. Keeping track of
bank holidays is a crucial step while planning our banking activities in personal, social, professional and business lives.
New Year is a great time to plan for the year ahead. Knowing the bank holidays for January, the first month of the year can let you plan your finances and transactions well in advance without avoiding any last minute interruptions and disappointments.
In India, banking policies, schedules and holidays are announced under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India. Public holidays in India are of two types namely national and regional with the former applicable to all states in the country while the latter applicable only to the concerned states. So, it is important that you consult your state holiday list to confirm the holiday.
Banks in India do not work on Sundays in addition to the second and fourth Saturdays of all months. Here are the
bank holidays in January 2020 letting you plan your banking functions very well in advance.
Bank holidays in January 2022Date
| Day
| Holiday Description
| Applicable in States
|
1 January 2022
| Saturday
| New Year’s Day
| All over India
|
2 January 2022
| Sunday
| Mannam Jayanthi
| Kerala
|
2 January 2022
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All over India
|
8 January 2022
| Saturday
| Second Saturday
| All over India
|
9 January 2022
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All over India
|
9 January 2022
| Sunday
| Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
| Chandigarh, Haryana
|
11 January 2022
| Tuesday
| Missionary Day
| Mizoram
|
12 January 2022
| Wednesday
| Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
| West Bengal
|
14 January 2022
| Friday
| Magh Bihu, Makar Sankranti, Tusu Puja
| Several states
|
15 January 2022
| Saturday
| Pongal / Tiruvalluvar Day
| Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
|
16 January 2022
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
16 January 2022
| Sunday
| Kanuma Panduga, Uzhavar Thirunal,
| Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, and Tamil Nadu
|
22 January 2022
| Saturday
| Fourth Saturday
| All over India
|
23 January 2022
| Sunday
| Weekend holiday
| All over India
|
23 January 2022
| Sunday
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
| West Bengal, Tripura, Odisha, and Assam
|
25 January 2022
| Tuesday
| Statehood Day
| Himachal Pradesh
|
26 January 2022
| Wednesday
| Republic Day
| All over India
|
30 January 2022
| Sunday
| Weekend Holiday
| All Over India
|
31 January 2022
| Monday
| Me-Dam-Me-Phi
| Assam
|
