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2022 Holiday Calendar: List Of Government, Bank And Public Holidays In India
Bank Holidays in India in 2022
12 January 2022
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12 January 2022With each state having its own culture, traditions and customs, India enjoys a wide variety of festivals throughout the year. The following sections provide a comprehensive list of government, public and bank holidays of 2022.
Take a look at the complete 2022 holiday calendar here.
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National Holidays in 2022
India has three national holidays every year. These include:
- Republic Day held on January 26
- Independence Day held on August 15
- Gandhi Jayanti held on October 2
2022 Holiday Calendar: Public and Government Holidays
India has a long list of public and government holidays throughout the year. These holidays usually include various religious festivals, birth anniversaries of notable individuals, along with foundation days of different states.
The following section provides a list of public and government holidays for 2022.
| Date | Day | Occasion | States |
| January 1 | Saturday | New Year’s Day | Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh |
| January 2 | Sunday | New Year Holiday | Mizoram |
| January 9 | Sunday | Guru Govind Singh Jayanti | Haryana and Chandigarh |
| January 11 | Tuesday | Missionary Day | Mizoram |
| January 12 | Wednesday | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti | West Bengal |
| January 14 | Friday | Makara Sankranti | Gujarat, Sikkim, Karnataka and Telangana |
| January 14 | Friday | Magh Bihu | Assam |
| January 15 | Saturday | Pongal | Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu |
| January 15 | Saturday | Thiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu |
| January 16 | Sunday | Kanuma Panduga | Andhra Pradesh |
| January 16 | Sunday | Uzavar Thirunal | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
| January 23 | Sunday | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha |
| January 25 | Tuesday | State Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| January 26 | Wednesday | Republic Day | National |
| January 31 | Monday | Me-Dum-Me-Phi | Assam |
| February 2 | Wednesday | Sonam Losar | Sikkim |
| February 5 | Saturday | Vasant Panchami | Odisha, West Bengal, Punjab, Tripura and Haryana |
| February 15 | Tuesday | Lui-Ngai-Ni | Manipur |
| February 15 | Tuesday | Hazrat Ali Jayanti | Uttar Pradesh |
| February 16 | Wednesday | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana |
| February 19 | Saturday | Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti | Maharashtra |
| February 20 | Sunday | State Day | Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram |
| March 1 | Tuesday | Maha Shivratri | National except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Bihar, Lakshadweep, ,Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry, and West Bengal |
| March 3 | Thursday | Losar | Sikkim |
| March 5 | Saturday | Panchayatiraj Divas | Odisha |
| March 18 | Friday | Holi | Delhi |
| March 18 | Friday | Doljatra | West Bengal |
| March 19 | Saturday | Holi | National except Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Manipur |
| March 22 | Tuesday | Bihar Day | Bihar |
| March 23 | Wednesday | S. Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| April 1 | Friday | Odisha Day | Odisha |
| April 2 | Saturday | Gudi Padwa | Maharashtra |
| April 2 | Saturday | Telugu New Year | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka |
| April 4 | Monday | Sarhul | Jharkhand |
| April 5 | Tuesday | Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanti | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana |
| April 10 | Sunday | Ram Navami | Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Odisha, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, and Andhra Pradesh |
| April 13 | Wednesday | Ugadi | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana |
| April 13 | Wednesday | Bohag Bihu | Assam |
| April 14 | Thursday | Mahavir Jayanti | Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh |
| April 14 | Thursday | Vaisakh | Punjab |
| April 14 | Thursday | Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti | National except Assam, Delhi, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep |
| April 14 | Thursday | Tamil New Year | Tamil Nadu |
| April 14 | Thursday | Vishu | Kerala |
| April 14 | Thursday | Maha Vishuba Sankranti | Odisha |
| April 14 | Thursday | Cheiraoba | Manipur |
| April 14 | Thursday | Bohag Bihu | Assam |
| April 15 | Friday | Bengali New Year | West Bengal and Tripura |
| April 15 | Friday | Good Friday | National except Jharkhand and Haryana |
| April 15 | Friday | Himachal Day | Himachal Pradesh |
| April 16 | Saturday | Easter Saturday | Nagaland |
| April 17 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Kerala and Nagaland |
| April 21 | Thursday | Garia Puja | Tripura |
| April 29 | Friday | Shab-i-Qadr | Jharkhand |
| April 29 | Friday | Jumat-ul-Wida | Jharkhand |
| May 1 | Sunday | Maharashtra Day | Maharashtra |
| May 1 | Sunday | May Day | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Goa, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka |
| May 2 | Monday | Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti | Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana |
| May 3 | Tuesday | Idul Fitr | National |
| May 3 | Tuesday | Basava Jayanti | Karnataka |
| May 4 | Wednesday | Idul Fitr Holiday | Telangana |
| May 9 | Monday | Guru Rabindranath Jayanti | West Bengal and Tripura |
| May 16 | Monday | State Day | Sikkim |
| May 16 | Monday | Buddha Purnima | Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh |
| May 24 | Tuesday | Kazi Nazrul Islam Jayanti | Tripura |
| June 2 | Thursday | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | Rajasthan and Haryana |
| June 3 | Friday | Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji’s Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| June 14 | Tuesday | Sant Guru Kabir Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana |
| June 14 | Tuesday | Pahili Raja | Odisha |
| June 15 | Wednesday | Raja Sankranti | Odisha |
| June 15 | Wednesday | YMA Day | Mizoram |
| June 22 | Wednesday | Kharchi Puja | Tripura |
| June 30 | Thursday | Remna Ni | Mizoram |
| July 1 | Friday | Ratha Yatra | Odisha |
| July 5 | Tuesday | Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday | Jammu and Kashmir |
| July 6 | Wednesday | MHIP Day | Mizoram |
| July 10 | Sunday | Bakrid | National except Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Sikkim |
| July 11 | Monday | Bakrid Holiday | Jharkhand |
| July 13 | Wednesday | Martyrs’ Day | Jharkhand |
| July 13 | Wednesday | Bhanu Jayanti | Sikkim |
| July 17 | Sunday | U Tirot Sing Day | Meghalaya |
| July 24 | Sunday | Bonalu | Telangana |
| July 31 | Sunday | Haryali Teej | Haryana |
| July 31 | Sunday | Shaheed Udham Singh’s Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| August 8 | Monday | Tendong Lho Rum Faat | Sikkim |
| August 9 | Tuesday | Muharram | National except Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Assam |
| August 12 | Friday | Raksha Bandhan | Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh |
| August 12 | Friday | Jhulan Purnima | Odisha |
| August 13 | Saturday | Patriots Day | Manipur |
| August 15 | Monday | Independence Day | National |
| August 16 | Tuesday | De Jure Transfer Day | Puducherry |
| August 16 | Tuesday | Parsi New Year | Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| August 19 | Friday | Janmashtami | National except Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala |
| August 28 | Sunday | Parkash Utsav Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji | Punjab |
| August 29 | Monday | Hartalika Teej | Chandigarh |
| August 31 | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka |
| September 1 | Thursday | Nuakhai | Odisha |
| September 1 | Thursday | Ganesh Chaturthi Holiday | Goa, Maharashtra |
| September 6 | Tuesday | Ramdev Jayanti | Rajasthan |
| September 6 | Tuesday | Teja Dashmi | Rajasthan |
| September 7 | Wednesday | Onam | Kerala |
| September 8 | Thursday | Thiruvonam | Kerala |
| September 9 | Friday | Indra Jatra | Sikkim |
| September 10 | Saturday | Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti | Kerala |
| September 21 | Wednesday | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi | Kerala |
| September 23 | Friday | Heroes Martyrdom Day | Haryana |
| September 25 | Sunday | Mahalaya | Tripura, West Bengal |
| September 25 | Sunday | First Day of Bathukamma | Telangana |
| September 26 | Monday | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | Haryana |
| September 26 | Monday | Ghatasthapana | Rajasthan |
| September 28 | Wednesday | Bhagat Singh Jayanti | Punjab |
| October 2 | Sunday | Gandhi Jayanti | National |
| October 2 | Sunday | Maha Saptami | Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha |
| October 3 | Monday | Maha Ashtami | West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Tripura |
| October 4 | Tuesday | Maha Navami | Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu |
| October 5 | Wednesday | Vijaya Dashami | National except Manipur, Puducherry |
| October 9 | Sunday | Lakhsmi Puja | Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura |
| October 9 | Sunday | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh |
| October 9 | Sunday | Eid-e-Milad | National except Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Punjab, Mizoram, West Bengal, and Goa |
| October 14 | Friday | Friday after Eid-e-Milad | Jharkhand |
| October 24 | Monday | Diwali | Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu |
| October 25 | Tuesday | Diwali | National except Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu |
| October 25 | Tuesday | Vikram Samvat New Year | Gujarat |
| October 26 | Wednesday | Deepavali Holiday | Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand |
| October 27 | Thursday | Bhai Dooj | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal |
| October 30 | Sunday | Chhath Puja | Bihar and Jharkhand |
| October 31 | Monday | Chhath Puja Holiday | Bihar |
| October 31 | Monday | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Gujarat |
| November 1 | Tuesday | Puducherry Liberation Day | Puducherry |
| November 1 | Tuesday | Haryana Day | Haryana |
| November 1 | Tuesday | Kannada Rajyothsava | Karnataka |
| November 1 | Tuesday | Kut | Manipur |
| November 8 | Tuesday | Karthika Purnima | Telangana and Odisha |
| November 8 | Tuesday | Guru Nanak Jayanti | National except Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Tripura |
| November 15 | Tuesday | Lhabab Duchen | Sikkim |
| November 22 | Tuesday | Kanakdasa Jayanti | Karnataka |
| November 23 | Wednesday | Seng Kut Snem | Meghalaya |
| November 28 | Monday | Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Martyrdom Day | Punjab |
| December 1 | Thursday | Indigenous Faith Day | Arunachal Pradesh |
| December 3 | Saturday | Feast of St. Francis Xavier | Goa |
| December 5 | Monday | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Jayanti | Jammu and Kashmir |
| December 12 | Monday | Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma | Meghalaya |
| December 18 | Sunday | Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham | Meghalaya |
| December 18 | Sunday | Guru Ghasidas Jayanti | Chandigarh |
| December 19 | Monday | Liberation Day | Damana and Diu and Goa |
| December 24 | Saturday | Christmas Holiday | Meghalaya and Mizoram |
| December 25 | Sunday | Christmas | National |
| December 26 | Monday | Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti | Haryana |
| December 26 | Monday | Christmas Holiday | Mizoram, Meghalaya and Telangana |
| December 29 | Thursday | Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti | Punjab and Haryana |
| December 30 | Friday | Tamu Losar | Sikkim |
| December 30 | Friday | U Kiang Nangbah | Meghalaya |
| December 31 | Saturday | New Year’s Eve | Manipur |
Final Word
India is a highly diverse country, there are numerous holidays throughout the year in the event of various major festivals of different cultures, religions and states. If you are looking to learn about the upcoming public holidays, make sure to refer to the 2022 holiday calendar stated above.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Are public holidays the same across the country?
Ans: No, the list of government or public holidays is not similar across all the states of the country. There are, however, some holidays that are common for all states. But some holidays are exclusive to a particular state or culture.
Q2. What is the total number of national holidays in India each year?
Ans: There are a total of three national holidays in India. National holidays are observed throughout the nation irrespective of state, religion or culture. There are three national holidays: Republic Day (January 26), Independence Day (August 15) and Gandhi Jayanti (October 2).
Q3. Can I take a public holiday of one state in a different state?
Ans: Depending on the type of holiday, you may or may not take a public holiday of one state in a different state. If the state you live in has a public holiday on the same day as another state, then only you can take a leave.
Q4. Is New Year Day a public holiday in India?
Ans: Yes, many Indian states have declared New Year Day as a public holiday. Moreover, it is also observed as a bank holiday in the country. Some states also observe a holiday on New Year’s Eve as well.
Q5. What are the 10 most popular Indian festivals?
Ans: Since India is home to people belonging to different cultures, languages and religions, the top 10 festivals include those from various communities of the country. These include Holi, Diwali, Maha Shivratri, Raksha Bandhan, Navaratri, Ramadan, Dussehra, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja and Janmashtami.
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