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Holidays are a joyous occasion to be spent with friends, family, or just by yourself, creating the best memories possible by visiting new places. With such a big and culturally diverse country as India, there is no shortage of sites to visit on vacation. Knowing the dates of public holidays might help you plan your vacation more effectively and ahead of time. January is a month with a number of public holidays, as well as Republic Day, which is a significant national holiday. Aside from that, each state may have its own set of regional festivals to celebrate.
Listed below are the public holidays celebrated in January 2022:
Date | Day | Holiday | Celebrated in |
1 January 2022 | Saturday | New Year’s Day | Across the country |
2 January 2022 | Sunday | Mannam Jayanthi | Kerala |
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 |
13 January 2022 | Friday | Boghi | Several states |
14 January 2022 | Friday | Magh Bighu, Makara Sankranti, Tusu Puja | Several states |
15 January 2022 | Saturday | Surya Pongal, Tiruvalluvar Day | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh |
16 January 2022 | Sunday | Kanuma Panduga, Uzhavar Thirunal, Mattu Pongal | Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, and Tamil Nadu |
17 January 2022 | Monday | Kaanum Pongal | Tamil Nadu |
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 |
31 January 2022 | Monday | Me-Dam-Me-Phi | Assam |
- New Year’s Day is January 1 (Saturday); banks in Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Manipur, and Meghalaya will be closed.
- Losoong; Sikkim banks are closed on January 4th (Tuesday).
- Tuesday, January 11 (Missionary Day); Mizoram and Sikkim banks are closed.
- Swami Vivekananda’s birthday is on January 12 (Wednesday); West Bengal banks are closed.
- Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Imoinu Iratpa, January 14 (Friday); banks closed in Gujrat, Tamil Nadu, and Manipur.
- Saturday, January 15: Pongal; banks in Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu are closed.
- Tuesday, January 18th: Thai Poosam; Tamil Nadu banks are closed.
- Republic Day is on January 26th (Wednesday); most banks are closed, with a few exceptions.
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State-wise bank holidays in January 2022
January 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 26 |
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Hyderabad | • | • | |||||||
Imphal | • | • | • | • | |||||
Jaipur | • | ||||||||
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Kolkata | • | • | |||||||
Lucknow | • | ||||||||
Mumbai | • | ||||||||
Nagpur | • | ||||||||
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Panaji | • | ||||||||
Patna | • | ||||||||
Raipur | • | ||||||||
Ranchi | • | ||||||||
Shillong | • | • | |||||||
Shimla | • | ||||||||
Srinagar | |||||||||
Thiruvananthapuram | • |