The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the list of public holidays for the calendar year 2022. These are holidays in addition to second Saturdays, fourth Saturdays and Sundays.
The list of holidays does not include May Day (May 1, 2022), Bakrid (July 10, 2022), Mahalaya Amavasya (September 25, 2022), Gandhi Jayanti (October 2, 2022), Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti/Eid Milad (October 9, 2022) and Christmas (December 25, 2022) which fall on Sundays.
In the Kodagu district, a local holiday will be declared for Kail Muhuruth on September 3, 2022, Tula Sankramana on October 18, 2022 and Huthri Festival on December 8, 2022.
The list of holidays in 2022 is as follows:
1. January 15, 2022 - Saturday - Uttarayana Punyakala / Makara Sankranti
2. January 26, 2022 - Wednesday - Republic Day
3. March 1, 2022 - Tuesday - Maha Shivaratri
4. April 1, 2022 - Friday - Yearly closing of bank accounts
5. April 2, 2022 - Saturday - Ugadi
6. April 14, 2022 - Thursday - Ambedkar Jayanti / Mahaveera Jayanti
7. April 15, 2022 - Friday - Good Friday
8. May 3, 2022 - Tuesday - Basava Jayanti / Akshaya Tritiya, Khutub-e-Ramzan
9. August 9, 2022 - Tuesday - Last day of Moharam
10. August 15, 2022 - Monday - Independence Day
11. August 31, 2022 - Wednesday - Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vratha
12. October 4, 2022 - Tuesday - Mahanavami, Ayudha Pooja
13. October 5, 2022 - Wednesday - Vijayadashami
14. October 24, 2022 - Monday - Naraka Chaturdashi
15. October 26, 2022 - Wednesday - Balipadyami / Deepavali
16. November 1, 2022 - Tuesday - Kannada Rajyotsava
17. November 11, 2022 - Friday - Kanakadasa Jayanti