October 2022 Holidays Calendar With Major Festivals & Events: Gandhi Jayanti, Dussehra, Diwali, Halloween; List of Important Dates and Indian Bank Holidays for the Tenth Month
October will come along with a plethora of festivals and global events. Here's a comprehensive list of the October 2022 holiday calendar with dates of all the auspicious occasions, national events and international observances. We have also brought you a checklist of all the Indian bank holidays for the month.
With October comes the most significant time for festivals and celebrations! In India, many holy events are observed which hold ancient significance for the people. The tenth month of the Gregorian Calendar marks the culmination of monsoon throughout the country and the onset of pious occasions. The period is also deemed an essential month by the farmers as it is the last month of crop season before harvesting is done. According to the traditional Hindu calendar, Asvina and Kartika are the lunar months corresponding to October. This article brings you a complete list of October 2022 Official Holidays Calendar dates of major festivals and international and national observances, along with a listicle of Indian Bank Holidays. Save the dates!
The first day of October will be observed as the starting of the widely celebrated festival of Durga Puja in West Bengal and other eastern Indian states of India. The holy occasion will commence with the rituals like Bilva Nimantran, Kalparambha and Akal Bodhon on October 1, Saturday. The seventh day of Sharad Navaratri, which is Maha Saptami Day, falls on Sunday, October 2. The day will be marked as Navpatrika Puja. After this day, October 2 will be observed as a national holiday in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Vijayadashami or Dussehra will mark the end of Navaratri and Durgotsava on October 5, Wednesday. Apart from these events, October also has observances honouring legendary poets like Valmiki and Meera Bai. The last week of the month has stored the major Hindu festival of Diwali, which falls on October 24, Monday. Eventually, the last day, October 31, will be marked as the spookiest holiday of the year, widely celebrated as Halloween.
October 2022 Official Holidays Calendar
| Date | Day | Festival/Event |
| 1 October | Saturday | Durga Puja Begins |
| 2 October | Sunday | Saraswati Avahan, Gandhi Jayanti |
| 5 October | Wednesday | Vijayadashami, Dussehra, Madhvacharya Jayanti, Vidyarambham Ceremony, World Teachers Day |
| 6 October | Thursday | Papankusha Ekadashi |
| 8 October | Saturday | Air Force Day |
| 9 October | Sunday | Valmiki Jayanti, Kojagari Puja, Mirabai Jayanti |
| 10 October | Monday | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 October | Tuesday | International Day of the Girl Child |
| 12 October | Wednesday | Atla Tadde |
| 13 October | Thursday | Karwa Chauth |
| 15 October | Saturday | World Student’s Day |
| 17 October | Monday | Tula Sankranti, Radha Kunda Snan, Ahoi Ashtami |
| 21 October | Friday | Govatsa Dwadashi, Rama Ekadashi Vrat, Police Commemoration Day |
| 22 October | Saturday | Dhanteras |
| 23 October | Sunday | Hanuman Puja |
| 24 October | Monday | Lakshmi Puja, Diwali, Narak Chaturdashi, Sharda Puja |
| 26 October | Wednesday | Govardhan Puja, Gujarati New Year, Bhai Dooj |
| 28 October | Friday | Nagula Chavithi |
| 30 October | Sunday | Chhath Puja, Soorasamharam |
| 31 | Monday | Halloween, National Unity Day |
List Of Bank Holidays For October 2022:
| Date | Day | Holiday | Indian State |
| 2 October | Sunday | Maha Saptami | Many States |
| 2 October | Sunday | Gandhi Jayanti | Across India |
| 3 October | Monday | Maha Ashtami | Many States |
| 4 October | Tuesday | Maha Navami | Many States |
| 5 October | Wednesday | Vijaya Dashami | Many States |
| 9 October | Sunday | Eid e Milad | Many States |
| 14 October | Friday | Friday Following Eid-e-Milad | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 24 October | Monday | Lakshmi Puja | Many States |
| 24 October | Monday | Diwali | Many States |
| 27 October | Thursday | Bhai Dooj | Many States |
| 30 October | Sunday | Chhath Puja | Bihar, West Bengal |
| 31 October | Monday | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti | Gujarat |
The comprehensive table will give you a glimpse of working and non-working days for October 2022. The month is full of events celebrating different traditions, honouring mythical folks and raising awareness about different diseases, sacrifices and issues of global interest.
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