Bank Holidays in Mahashivratri 2022: Check The Full List of States Here

Indian banking customers will experience a variety of bank holidays in March, which will differ from state to state. From the first day of March 2022, Indian banks will be closed for the Mahashivratri festival. Maha Shivaratri is an annual Hindu ritual dedicated to the deity Shiva. Every year at Chaturdashi Tithi, the event takes place in February or March and it occurs during Krishna Paksha in the month of Magha, according to Drik Panchang. Bank holidays in India are divided into three categories: Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays, and Banks' Closing of Accounts pursuant to the holiday calendar of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Mahashivratri (Maha Vad-14) will fall on March 1, 2022, and banks across the country will be closed as part of the Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act.

As a result, on March 1, 2022, banks in Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, and Thiruvananthapuram would be closed owing to Mahashivratri. This means that bank holidays will be observed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, and Himachal Pradesh.

Due to numerous festive occasions, banks will be closed for 13 days, ranging from state to state across the country, including Mahashivratri. A list of locations and dates when banks will be closed in the month of March can be found below if banking customers wish to appropriately arrange their tasks.

Bank Holidays In March 2022

Sr No.	Date	Day	Occasion	Banks to remain closed in
1	1st March 2022	Tuesday	Mahashivratri (Maha Vad-14)	Ahmedabad, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram.
2	3rd March 2022	Thursday	Losar	Gangtok
3	4th March 2022	Friday	Chapchar Kut	Aizawl
4	6th March 2022	Sunday	Weekend	All states
5	12th March 2022	Saturday	Second Saturday	All states
6	13th March 2022	Sunday	Weekend	All states
7	17th March 2022	Thursday	Holika Dahan	Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ranchi
8	18th March 2022	Friday	Holi/Holi 2nd Day - Dhuleti/Doljatra	Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Belapur, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, and Srinagar
9	19th March 2022	Saturday	Holi/Yaosang 2nd Day	Bhubaneswar, Imphal, Patna
10	20th March 2022	Sunday	Weekend	All states
11	22nd March 2022	Tuesday	Bihar Divas	Patna
12	26th March 2022	Saturday	Fourth Saturday	All states
13	27th March 2022	Sunday	Weekend	All states