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This is the list of holidays by country. Most holidays are mentioned although some are not public holidays.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Afghanistan

Main article: Public holidays in Afghanistan

Albania

Main article: Public holidays in Albania
  • 1 & 2 January – New Year's Day – public holiday
  • 14 March – Summer Day – public holiday
  • 22 March – Sultan Nouruz Remembrance – public holiday
  • 4 April – Easter Day (Catholic) – public holiday
  • 4 April – Easter Day (Orthodox) – public holiday
  • 1 May – Labour Day – public holiday
  • 9 September – Eid ul-Fitr (Bajram i Madh) – public holiday
  • 19 October – Mother Teresa Day – public holiday
  • 16 November – Eid al-Adha (Bajram i Vogel) – public holiday
  • 28 November – Independence Day – public holiday
  • 29 November – Liberation Day – public holiday
  • 8 December – National Youth Day – public holiday
  • 25 December – Christmas Day – public holiday

Alderney

  • 15 December - Homecoming Day

Algeria

Main article: Public holidays in Algeria

Andorra

Main article: Public holidays in Andorra

Angola

Main article: Public holidays in Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Main article: Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Main article: Public holidays in Argentina

Armenia

Main article: Public holidays in Armenia
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 6 January – Armenian Christmas
  • Movable feast – Easter
  • Movable feast – Easter Monday. Monday after Easter
  • 24 April - Armenian Genocide
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 28 May – Independence Day 1918 – public holiday
  • 21 September – Independence Day 1991 – public holiday

Australia

Main article: Public holidays in Australia
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 26 January – Australia Day
  • Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday – variable dates. For 2010 Friday 2 April and Monday 5th are public holidays.
  • 25 April - ANZAC Day
  • 2nd Monday of June - Queen's Birthday
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day (except South Australia), Proclamation Day (South Australia only)
  • Labour Day (localised holiday, on a different day in each region) 5 Oct 2009 for NSW; 2nd Monday of March for Vic, Tas.
  • Show Day (localised holiday, on a different day in each region)

Christmas Island

Main article: Public holidays in Christmas Island

Norfolk Island

Main article: Public holidays in Norfolk Island

Austria

An asterisk (*) denotes a movable holiday.

Azerbaijan

Main article: Public holidays in Azerbaijan

An asterisk (*) denotes a movable holiday.

The Bahamas

Bangladesh

Main article: Public holidays in Bangladesh

Barbados

Main article: Public holidays in Barbados

Only if a Public Holiday falls on a Sunday will the next working day (usually the Monday) be a holiday.

Belarus

Main article: Public holidays in Belarus

Belgium

Main article: Public holidays in Belgium

Belize

Main article: Public holidays in Belize

Benin

Main article: Public holidays in Benin

Bermuda

Main article: Public holidays in Bermuda
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • variable dates (6 April 2007) – Good Friday
  • 24 May – Bermuda Day
  • 11 June (Second Monday in June) – National Hero's Day (aka Queen's birthday rescheduled)
  • 2 August (Thursday before the first Monday in August) – Emancipation Day (First Day of Cup Match)
  • 3 August (Friday before the first Monday in August) – Somer's Day (Second day of Cup Match)
  • 3 September (First Monday in September) – Labour Day
  • 11 November – Remembrance Day
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day

Bhutan

  • (lunar) – Offerings Day
  • (lunar) – Losay (Lunar New Year)
  • 2 May – The King's Birthday
  • (lunar) – Shabdrung Kuchoe (death anniversary of the Shabdrung)
  • (lunar) – Third King's Birthday
  • 2 June – Coronation Day
  • (lunar) – Buddha Parinirvana
  • (lunar) – Buddha's First Sermon
  • (lunar) – Third King's Death
  • (lunar) – Guru Rinpoche's Birthday
  • (lunar) – Blessed Rainy Day
  • (lunar) – Dasain
  • (lunar) – Buddha Descension Day
  • 17 December – National Day
  • 21 December – Winter Solstice

Bolivia

Main article: Public holidays in Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Main article: Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina

According to the Islamic calendar:

Botswana

Main article: Public holidays in Botswana

Brazil

Main article: Public holidays in Brazil

2011 variable holidays:

  • 5–9 February – Carnival week (from Saturday to Ash Wednesday - a day before the official Carnaval in Tuesday)
  • 22–24 April – Paixão de Cristo (Friday) to Easter (Sunday)
  • 23 June – Corpus Christi (Thursday)

Bulgaria

Main article: Public holidays in Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Main article: Public holidays in Burkina Faso

Burma

Main articles: Public holidays in Burma and Traditional Burmese calendar
  • 4 January – Independence Day
  • 12 February – Union Day
  • 2 March – Peasants' Day
  • Mar^ (Full Moon Day of Tabaung)
  • 27 March -Armed Forces Day
  • 11–20 April – New Year Long Holidays including Thingyan festival days and Myanmar New Year Day
  • 1 May – World Labour Day
  • May^ (Full Moon of Kason) – Buddha's Birthday
  • June^ (Full Moon of Waso) – Beginning of Buddhist Lent
  • 19 July – Martyr's Day
  • October^ (Full Moon of Thadingyut) – End of Buddhist Lent
  • November^ (Full Moon of Tazaungdaing) – Tazaungdaing Festival
  • November^ – National Day (10th waning day of Tazaungmone)
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • Depavali (Hindi Religious Holiday) – [Will Declare before that day]
  • Karen New Year Day – [Depend on the lunar calendar: around Christmas]

^ Based on Burmese calendar

Burundi

Main article: Public holidays in Burundi

Cambodia

Main article: Public holidays in Cambodia

Cameroon

Main article: Public holidays in Cameroon

Canada

Main article: Public holidays in Canada
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 20 February (Third Monday in February) – Family Day – in some provinces. Called "Louis Riel Day" in Manitoba. Tends to correspond with the US Presidents Day.
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday – schools, banks, and government
  • 21 May (Last Monday on or before 24 May. Officially celebrated as the reigning Monarch's birthday in Canada.) – Victoria Day. Also known as "Journée nationale des Patriotes" in Quebec.
  • 24 June – Fête nationale du Québec also known as St. John the Baptist Day – public holiday in Quebec
  • 1 July – Canada Day
  • 6 August (First Monday in August) – name varies by province, not a holiday in Quebec
  • 3 September (First Monday in September) – Labour Day
  • 8 October (Second Monday in October) – Thanksgiving Day
  • 11 November – Remembrance Day – limited to government agencies and banks in some provinces; public holiday in British Columbia, public holiday in Atlantic provinces if it falls on a week day.
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve (in some provinces)
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day

Quebec

Main article: Public holidays in Quebec

Cape Verde

Main article: Public holidays in Cape Verde

Chad

Main article: Public holidays in Chad

Chile

Main article: Public holidays in Chile

People's Republic of China and SARs

Main article: Public holidays in the People's Republic of China

Traditional holidays:

Holidays in the People's Republic of China:

See also:

Hong Kong

Main article: Public holidays in Hong Kong

Macau

Main article: Public holidays in Macau

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Main article: Public holidays in the Republic of China

Central African Republic

Main article: Public holidays in the Central African Republic

Colombia

Main article: Public holidays in Colombia

A more reliable, detailed, and up-to-date list of official non-working holidays, in Spanish, is to be found in Spanish-language Wikipedia Fiestas de Colombia.

Comoros

Main article: Public holidays in Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Main article: Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

17 January : Death of Mzee Laurent Desire Kabila

Republic of the Congo

Main article: Public holidays in the Republic of the Congo

Cook Islands

Main article: Public holidays in the Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Main article: Public holidays in Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Main article: Public holidays in Croatia

Cuba

Main article: Public holidays in Cuba

Cyprus

Main article: Public holidays in Cyprus
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 6 January – Epiphany Day
  • 2 March – Ash Monday – Green Monday (variable – 50 days before Easter Sunday each year)
  • 25 March – Greek Revolution Day – Mary's Immaculate Conception Day
  • 1 April – Cyprus Revolution 1955–59 Day
  • 2–5 April – Greek Orthodox Easter
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 50 days after Easter Sunday each year – Holy Spirit Monday – "Deftera tou Kataklismou"
  • 15 August – Assumption of Mary Day
  • 1 October – Independence Day
  • 28 October – Ohi Day
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day
  • 31 December – New Year's Eve

Northern Cyprus

Main article: Public holidays in Northern Cyprus

Czech Republic

Main article: Public holidays in the Czech Republic
  • 1 January – Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State
  • variable date: Easter Monday – Easter is celebrated for two days (Sunday and Monday)
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 8 May – Liberation Day
  • 5 July – Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
  • 6 July – Jan Hus Day
  • 28 September – St. Wenceslas Day (Czech Statehood Day)
  • 28 October – Independent Czechoslovak State Day
  • 17 November – Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve; Christmas is celebrated during the evening of the 24th.
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – St. Stephen's Day

Denmark

Main article: Public holidays in Denmark

Djibouti

Main article: Public holidays in Djibouti

Dominica

Main article: Public holidays in Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Main article: Public holidays in Ecuador

Egypt

Main article: Public holidays in Egypt

Eritrea

Estonia

Main article: Public holidays in Estonia

Ethiopia

Main article: Public holidays in Ethiopia

European Union

Main article: Public holidays in the European Union

The European Union does not have official holiday days. These are under the control of member states. Europe Day, however, is recognised as the shared holiday celebrating the European Union. Europe Day is celebrated by some states on 9 May.

Fiji

Main article: Public holidays in Fiji

Finland

Main article: Public holidays in Finland
 
Date English Name Local Name Remarks
1 January New Year's Day Uudenvuodenpäivä / Nyårsdagen  
6 January Epiphany Loppiainen / Trettondagen  
Moveable Friday Good Friday Pitkäperjantai / Långfredag The Friday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Sunday Easter Sunday Pääsiäinen / Påskdagen  
Moveable Monday Easter Monday 2. pääsiäispäivä / Annandag påsk The day after Easter Sunday
1 May May Day Vappu / Valborgsmässoafton See Walpurgis Night
22 June (Friday between 19 June and 25 June) Midsummer Eve Juhannusaatto / Midsommarafton Non official – however a de facto full holiday
23 June (Saturday between 20 June and 26 June) Midsummer Day Juhannus / Midsommar  
3 November (Saturday between 31 October and 6 November) All Saints' Day Pyhäinpäivä / Allhelgona Moved from 1 November
6 December Independence Day Itsenäisyyspäivä / Självständighetsdagen  
24 December Christmas Eve Jouluaatto / Julafton Non official – however a de facto full holiday
25 December Christmas Day Joulu / Juldagen  
26 December Boxing Day Tapaninpäivä / Julannandag  
All Sundays     Official holidays – names follow the Liturgical year

Åland

Main article: Public holidays in Åland

France

Main article: Public holidays in France

The Gambia

Main article: Public holidays in the Gambia

Georgia

Main article: Public holidays in Georgia

Germany

Main article: Public holidays in Germany

All other holidays are regional. The following regional holidays affect more than half of the population of Germany:

Greece

Main article: Public holidays in Greece

Greenland

Main article: Public holidays in Greenland

Guatemala

See also: Días Patrios (Guatemala)

In addition the local festivities are considered official holidays in the specific municipalities. Most holidays are patron saint's days.

Source, Guatemalan Labour Code, Guatemalan Official Holidays.

Guernsey, Channel Islands

  • 9 May - Liberation Day

Guyana

Main article: Public holidays in Guyana

Haiti

Main article: Public holidays in Haiti

Folk religion holidays are available on the Vodou page.

Honduras

Hungary

Main article: Public holidays in Hungary

Iceland

Main article: Public holidays in Iceland

India

Main article: Public holidays in India

The Union Government designates national holidays which are generally observed all over the country, although they are mandatory only for Union Government institutions. State governments generally specify additional holidays depending on their demographics. For example, Guru Nanak Jayanti is a holiday in the North Western states of Haryana and Punjab, and in Delhi, but it is not a holiday in other states and territories where there is no significant Sikh population.

Public holidays as specified by the Union Government (generally observed in the entire Union):

  • 14 January- Makar Sankranti
  • 26 January – Republic Day: transition of India from a British dominion to a sovereign republic in 1950
  • Good Friday
  • 1 May – May Day
  • 15 August – Independence Day: Marks the day India achieved independence from the British Empire
  • 16 August Krishna Janmastami (Hindu)
  • 31 August Eid ul-Fitr (calculated)
  • 2 October – Gandhi Jayanti: Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
  • 26 October – Diwali (calculated)
  • 25 December – Christmas
  • Navratri (Saraswati Pooja / Ayudha Pooja / Vijaya Dasami)
  • Eid
  • New Year

India is a multicultural and multireligious society and celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. In addition to national holidays, many states and regions have local festivals depending on religious and linguistic demographics.[1]

Indonesia

Main article: Public holidays in Indonesia

3-Oct- Durga Pooja

Iran

Main article: Public holidays in Iran

For a calendar with details such as Holidays, please see: http://www.alavi.us/jcal/

See also: Iranian calendars

To convert Iranian calendar to Gregorian calendar and vice versa, please see: http://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php

Iraq

Main article: Public holidays in Iraq

Republic of Ireland

Main article: Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland

Israel

Main article: Public holidays in Israel
For more details on the historical background, see Jewish holiday.
For more details on the exact dates on the Gregorian calendar, see Jewish holidays 2000–2050.

Italy

Main article: Public holidays in Italy

Jamaica

Main article: Public holidays in Jamaica
  • 1 January- New Year's Day
  • 23 May - Labour Day
  • 1 August – Emancipation Day
  • 6 August – Independence Day
  • 17 October - National Heroes Day
  • 25 December - Christmas Day

Japan

Main article: Public holidays in Japan

Jordan

Main article: Public holidays in Jordan

Kazakhstan

Main article: Public holidays in Kazakhstan
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 7 January – Orthodox Christmas
  • 8 March – International Women's Day
  • 22 March – Nauryz Meyrami (Traditional Spring Holiday)
  • 1 May – Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
  • 9 May – Victory Day
  • 30 August – Constitution Day
  • 17 November – Eid al-Adha/Kurban Ait (Feast of the Sacrifice) (date changes according to the Muslim lunar calendar)
  • 16 December – 17 December – Independence Day

Kenya

  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • March/April (variable) – Good Friday, Easter Monday
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 1 June – Madaraka Day (National Day)
  • September (variable) - Idd-ul-fitr (Date depending upon the appearance of the moon)
  • 20 October – Mashujaa Day (National Day)
  • 12 December – Jamhuri Day (National Day)
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day
  • variable - Idd-ul-Azha (Date depending upon appearance of the moon; Muslims only)
  • variable - Diwali (Date to be determined in accordance with the Hindu calendar; Hindus only)

Kenya's public holidays were established in the Constitution from 2010.[2]

Kiribati

Main article: Public holidays in Kiribati

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Main article: Public holidays in North Korea

Republic of Korea

Main article: Public holidays in South Korea

Kyrgyzstan

Main article: Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 7 January – Russian Orthodox Christmas
  • 8 March – Women's Day
  • 21 March – Nooruz, Iranian spring festival
  • 1 May – Labor Day
  • 5 May – Constitution Day
  • 8 May – Remembrance Day
  • 9 May – Victory Day (end of World War II)
  • 31 August – Independence Day
  • First Sunday in October – Teachers' Day

Latvia

Main article: Public holidays in Latvia
  • 1 January - New Year's Day
  • Movable - The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday
  • Movable - March/April Easter Sunday
  • Movable - The day after Easter Sunday Easter Monday
  • 1 May Labour Day
  • 4 May Restoration of Independence day (On May 4, 1990, Latvia proclaimed its independence from the USSR, and restoration of the Republic of Latvia)
  • Movable - Second Sunday of May Mother's day
  • 23 June Midsummer Eve
  • 24 June Midsummer
  • 18 November Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia (The independence of Latvia was proclaimed on this day in 1918.)
  • 24 December Christmas Eve
  • 25 December Christmas Day
  • 26 December Boxing Day
  • 31 December New Year's Eve

Lebanon

Main article: Public holidays in Lebanon

Liberia

Main article: Public holidays in Liberia

Libya

Main article: Public holidays in Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Main article: Public holidays in Lithuania

Luxembourg

Republic of Macedonia

Main article: Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia

Madagascar

Main article: Public holidays in Madagascar
  • 1 January - New Year Day
  • 1 May - Labor Day
  • 26 June – Independence Day
  • 25 December - Christmas Day

Malaysia

Main article: Public holidays in Malaysia

Sabah and Sarawak

Main article: Public holidays in Sabah

Mali

Main article: Public holidays in Mali

Malta

Main article: Public holidays in Malta

School Mid-Term Holidays

Marshall Islands

Main article: Public holidays in the Marshall Islands

Mauritius

Main article: Public holidays in Mauritius
  • 1 & 2 January – New Year's Days – public holiday
  • 30 January – Thaipoosam Cavadee(Tamil Festival) – public holiday
  • 1 February – Abolition of Slavery – public holiday
  • February/March – Maha Shivaratri(Hindu Festival) – public holiday
  • 14 February – Chinese Spring Festival – public holiday
  • 12 March – National Day – public holiday
  • 16 March – Ougadi(Telegu Festival) – public holiday
  • 1 May – Labour Day – public holiday
  • 15 August – Assumption of the Virgin Mary(Christian Festival) – public holiday
  • 10 September – Eid ul-Fitr (Muslim Festival) – public holiday
  • 12 September – Ganesh Chaturthi (Marathi Festival) – public holiday
  • 2 November – Arrival of Indentured Labourers – public holiday
  • 5 November – Divali(Hindu Festival) – public holiday
  • 25 December – Christmas Day – public holiday

Mexico

Main article: Public holidays in Mexico

Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia)

Main article: Public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia

Moldova

Main article: Public holidays in Moldova

Mongolia

Main article: Public holidays in Mongolia

Montenegro

Main article: Public holidays in Montenegro
  • 1 January – New Year's Day – Nova godina
  • 6 January – Christmas Eve – Badnje veče
  • Variable date – Easter – Vaskrs
  • 7 January – Christmas Day – Božić
  • 1 May – Labour Day – Međunarodni praznik rada
  • 21 May – Independence Day – Dan nezavisnosti
  • 13 July – Statehood Day – Dan državnosti

Morocco

Main article: Public holidays in Morocco

Mozambique

Main article: Public holidays in Mozambique

Myanmar

Further information: #Burma

Namibia

Main article: Public holidays in Namibia

Nauru

Main article: Public holidays in Nauru

Nepal

because Nepal officially follows a different luni-solar calendar system for some holidays and another lunar calendar for religious holidays, the dates mentioned above are just approximate dates in AD calendar and actual dates can vary each year.

Netherlands

Main article: Public holidays in the Netherlands
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • March/April – Easter. The Dutch celebrate two days of Easter (on Sunday and the subsequent Monday).
  • 30 April – Queen's Day. Birthday of Queen-Mother Juliana and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter and current monarch Beatrix. If 30 April is on a Sunday, Queen's Day is celebrated on Saturday the 29th.
  • 40 days after Easter – Ascension Day (Always on a Thursday)
  • 7 weeks after Easter – Pentecost. The Dutch celebrate two days of Pentecost (on Sunday and the subsequent Monday).
  • 25 December - First day of Christmas
  • 26 December – Boxing day

If one of the above holidays are on Saturday or Sunday, no compensation day is given by the employer.

Other days

  • April/March – Good Friday. Friday before Easter. Only free for (semi)governmental organisations, most schools and banks.
  • 4 May – Remembrance of the Dead, Remembrance Day of the fallen since the Second World War. Not a day off.
  • 5 May – Liberation Day. Celebrated every year, but as of 2000, an official holiday once every 5 years. However, many (semi) governmental organisations and schools are closed on that day. (Most schools are closed in the first week of May, including Queen's Day).
  • 5 December – Saint Nicholas' Eve. Not a day off

1st Sunday in November - All Saints Day

New Zealand

Main article: Public holidays in New Zealand

Nicaragua

Main article: Public holidays in Nicaragua

Niger

Main article: Public holidays in Niger

Nigeria

Main article: Public holidays in Nigeria

December 25 - Christmas Day

Norway

Main article: Public holidays in Norway

Oman

Main article: Public holidays in Oman

Pakistan

Main article: Public holidays in Pakistan

Holidays given according to Gregorian Calendar

  • 5 February Kashmir Day – National Solidarity Day (1990)
  • 23 March – Pakistan Islamic Republic Day (1956)
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 14 August – Independence Day (1947)
  • 15 October – Waseem Day(Economist) (1980)
  • 9 November – Iqbal Day (1877)
  • 25 December – Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam (Jinnah Day) (1876) / Christmas
  • 27 December – Anniversary of Benazir Bhutto (Anniversary of Benazir Bhutto)(Only Sindh and Baluchistan)


Holidays given according to Hijri Calendar

Palau

Main article: Public holidays in Palau

Panama

Main article: Public holidays in Panama
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 9 January – Martyr's Day (Dia de los Martires)
  • Day Before Ash Wednesday – Mardi Gras
  • March or April – Good Friday
  • 1 May – Labor Day
  • 3 November – Separation (Colombia)
  • 4 November – Flag Day
  • 5 November – Colon Day
  • 10 November – Grito de Independencia
  • 28 November – Independence (Spain)
  • 8 December – Mother's Day
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • The date the Elected-President starts his/her term in office (Presidential Inauguration Day)

An asterisk (*) denotes a movable holiday.

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Main article: Public holidays in Paraguay
  • 1 January – New Year
  • 1 March – Heroes' Day
  • March/ April – Maundy Thursday
  • March/ April – Good Friday
  • 1 May – Labor Day
  • 14 May – Independence Day
  • 12 June – Chaco Armistice
  • 15 August – Founding of Asunción
  • 29 September – Boqueron Battle Victory Day
  • 8 December – Virgin of Caacupe
  • 25 December – Christmas Day

Peru

Main article: Public holidays in Peru

Philippines

Main article: Public holidays in the Philippines

National holidays:[3]

Legends:

  • R — Regular holiday
  • SNW — Special non-working holiday
  • SW — Special working holiday
  • (2012) — Means that the holiday is celebrated only on 2012 and its date may change again the following year.

Poland

Main article: Public holidays in Poland

(Note that there are also a number of days designated as national holidays, but which are not non-working days.)

Portugal

Main article: Public holidays in Portugal

Qatar

Main article: Public holidays in Qatar

Romania

Main article: Public holidays in Romania
  • 1 January – (New Year's Day). public holiday
  • 2 January – (Day after New Year's Day). public holiday
  • 8 March – (International Women's Day)
  • 19 April – (Orthodox Easter Day). public holiday
  • 20 April – (Orthodox Easter Monday). public holiday
  • 1 May – (Labor Day / May Day). public holiday
  • 1 June – (Children's Day)
  • 12 June – (Whit Sunday). public holiday
  • 8 June – (Whitsuntide Day). public holiday
  • 26 June – (Flag Day)
  • 29 July – (National Anthem Day)
  • 15 August – (Assumption Day / The Day of the Virgin Mary). public holiday
  • 1 December – (Union Day / National Day). public holiday
  • 8 December – (Constitution Day)
  • 25 December – (Christmas Day). public holiday
  • 26 December – (Day after Christmas Day / Boxing Day). public holiday

Russian Federation

Main article: Public holidays in Russia
  • 1 January - Happy new year day
  • 2–10 January - Bank holidays (New year)
  • 23 February - Russian Army day
  • 8 March - Women day
  • 9 May - Victory day

Rwanda

Main article: Public holidays in Rwanda

Samoa

Main article: Public holidays in Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Main article: Public holidays in Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Main article: Public holidays in Serbia
  • 1–2 January – New Year's Day
  • 7 January – Christmas Day
  • 13 January – Eastern Orthodox Church New Year's Eve-(working day, not public holiday)
  • 27 January – Saint Sava (non working for schools only)
  • 15 February – National Day (Sretenje)
  • Relative date – Good Friday. Friday before Easter
  • Relative date – Easter
  • Relative date – Easter Monday. Monday after Easter
  • 1 May-2 May – Labour Day
  • 28 June – Vidovdan (working day, not public holiday)
  • December(2 Sundays before Christmas) Mothers day

Slavas:

  • 9 January – Sveti Stefan (Saint Stefan)
  • 14 January – Sveti Vasilije (Saint Vasilis)
  • 20 January – Jovanjdan (Saint John)
  • 6 May – Djurdjevdan (Saint George)
  • 24 June – Saint Vartolomej and Varnava
  • 12 July – Petrovdan (Saint Peter)
  • 2 August – Sveti Ilija (Saint Elias)
  • 27 October – Sveta Petka
  • 8 November – Mitrovdan (Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki)
  • 21 November – Aran?elovdan (Saint Archangel Michael)
  • 19 December – Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicolas)

Singapore

Main article: Public holidays in Singapore
  • New Year's Day 1 January 2012 Sunday*
  • Chinese New Year 23–24 January 2012 Monday & Tuesday
  • Good Friday 6 April 2012 Friday
  • Labour Day 1 May 2012 Tuesday
  • Vesak Day 5 May 2012 Saturday
  • National Day 9 August 2012 Thursday
  • Hari Raya Puasa 19 August 2012 Sunday*
  • Hari Raya Haji 26 October 2012 Friday
  • Deepavali 13 November 2012 Tuesday
  • Christmas Day 25 December 2012 Tuesday

Slovakia

Main article: Public holidays in Slovakia

Slovenia

Main article: Public holidays in Slovenia
  • 1–2 January – New Year
  • 8 February – Culture Day
  • (variable) Easter and Easter Monday
  • 27 April – National Resistance Day
  • 1–2 May – International Labour Day
  • 25 June – National Day
  • 15 August – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
  • 31 October – Reformation Day
  • 1 November – Remembrance Day
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Independence Day

Solomon Islands

Main article: Public holidays in the Solomon Islands

Somalia

Main article: Public holidays in Somalia

Somaliland

Main article: Public holidays in Somaliland

South Africa

Main article: Public holidays in South Africa

Soviet Union (former)

Main article: Public holidays in the Soviet Union

Spain

Main article: Public holidays in Spain

Sri Lanka

January Tuesday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day(In honour of Lord Buddha's first visit to Sri Lanka) *†#
January Tamil Thai Pongal Day *†#
4 February Monday National Day *†#
February Navam Full Moon Poya Day (The Buddha proclaims for the first time a code of fundamental ethical precepts for the monks) *†#
March Thursday Maha Sivarathri Day *†
March Thursday Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday) *†
March Medin Full Moon Poya Day (Commemorates the visit of The Buddha to his home to preach to his father King Suddhodana and other relatives) *†#
March Friday Good Friday *†
13 April Day prior to Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day ((the month of Bak) when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) Sri Lankans begin celebrating their National New Year) *†#
14 April Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day2 *†#
April Friday Additional Bank Holiday †
April Bak Full Moon Poya Day (commemorates the second visit of The Buddha to Sri Lanka) *†#
1 May Thursday May Day *†#
May Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (The Buddhist calendar begins) *†#
May Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day *†#
June Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Commemorates the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka) *†#
July Esala Full Moon Poya Day (Commemorates the deliverance of the first sermon to the five ascetics and setting in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma by Buddha) *†#
August Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (conducting of the first Dhamma Sangayana (Convocation)by Buddha) *†#
September Binara Full Moon Poya Day (Commemorates The Buddha's visit to heaven to preach to his mother and celestial multitude) *†#
October Wednesday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) *†
October Vap Full Moon Poya Day (King Devanampiyatissa of Sri Lanka sending envoys to King Asoka requesting him to send his daughter Arahat Sanghamitta Theri to Sri Lanka to establish the Bhikkhuni Sasana (Order of Nuns)) *†#
October Monday Deepavali Festival Day *†
November Il Full Moon Poya Day (Celebrates the obtaining of Vivarana (the assurance of becoming a Buddha)) *†#
December Tuesday Id-Ul-Adha (Hajj Festival Day) *†
December Monday Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day (Sanghamitta Theri established the Bhikkhuni Sasana (the Order of Nuns)) *†#
24 December Friday Christmas Eve *†#
25 December Saturday Christmas Day *†#
  • Public holiday † Bank holiday # Mercantile holiday

All full-moon days are Buddhist holidays referred to as Poya. The actual date on which a particular Poya day will fall changes every year.

Sudan

1 January – Independence Day

Suriname

  • 1 January – New Year's Day Holiday
  • 1 March - Holi (Phagwa)
  • 2 April - Good Fryday
  • 4 April - 1e Easter (Monday)
  • 5 April - 2e Easter
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 1 July - Emancipation day (Keti Koti)
  • 9 August - Day of the indigenous people
  • 10 September - Id Ul Fitre and Day of the run away slaves (Also known as Marrons)
  • 5 November – Diwali
  • 16 November Eid al-Adha
  • 25 November - Independence Day (Srefidensi)
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day

Sweden

Main article: Public holidays in Sweden
  • Public holiday Date of observation
  • New Year's Day (nyårsdagen) January 1
  • Epiphany (trettondedag jul) January 6
  • Good Friday (långfredagen) The Friday before Easter Sunday. (2011: April 22)
  • Easter Sunday (påskdagen) The Sunday closest after the full moon that occurs on or closest after 21 March. (2011: April 24)
  • Easter Monday (annandag påsk) The day after Easter Sunday. (2011: April 25)
  • International Workers' Day (första maj) May 1
  • Ascension Day (Kristi himmelsfärdsdag) Sixth Thursday after Easter Sunday. (2011: June 2)
  • National Day of Sweden (Sveriges nationaldag) June 6
  • Midsummer's Day (midsommardagen) The Saturday during the period 20–26 June. (2011: June 25)
  • All Saints' Day (alla helgons dag) The Saturday during the period 31 October–6 November. (2011: November 5)
  • Christmas Eve (julafton) 24 December
  • Christmas Day (juldagen) 25 December
  • Boxing Day (annandag jul) 26 December

Switzerland

Main article: Public holidays in Switzerland

Syria

Main article: Public holidays in Syria

São Tomé and Príncipe

Main article: Public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe

Tajikistan

Main article: Public holidays in Tajikistan

Tanzania

Main article: Public holidays in Tanzania

Thailand

Main article: Public holidays in Thailand

References to lunar months below are to the Thai lunar calendar

  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • Chinese New Year (new moon day of third lunar month)
  • Magha Puja Day (full moon day of third lunar month)
  • 6 April – Chakri Memorial Day
  • 13–15 April – Songkran Festival
  • 1 May – National Labour Day
  • 5 May – Coronation Day
  • 9 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony and Farmer's Day
  • Visakha Puja Day see also Vesak (full moon day of sixth lunar month)
  • Asalha Puja Day (full moon day of eighth lunar month)
  • Buddhist Lent Day "Wan Kao Pansa" (day after full moon day of eighth lunar month)
  • 12 August – H.M. The Queen‘s Birthday
  • End of Buddhist Lent Day "Wan Awk Pansa" (full moon day of eleventh lunar month)
  • 23 October – Chulalongkorn Day
  • Loy Krathong (full moon day of twelfth lunar month)
  • 5 December – H.M. The King‘s Birthday
  • 10 December – Constitution Day
  • 31 December – New Year's Eve

Trinidad and Tobago

Main article: Public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago

2011 Official Public Holidays 01/01 - New Year's Day 03/14 - Carnival Monday 03/15 - Carnival Tuesday 03/30 - Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day 04/22 - Good Friday 04/25 - Easter Monday MAY 04/30 - Indian Arrival Day 06/23 - Corpus Christi 06/19 - Labour Day 08/01 - Emancipation Day 08/31 - Independence Day 09/01 - Eid-ul-Fitr 09/24 - Republic Day 10/ - Divali (TO BE ANNOUNDED) 12/25 - Christmas Day 12/26 - Boxing Day

Turkey

Main article: Public holidays in Turkey
  • 31 December - New Year's Eve (for half day)
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 23 April - National Sovereignty and Children's Festival
  • 1 May - Labour Festival
  • 19 May - Remembering Atatürk, Youth and Sports Festival
  • 30 August - Victory Festival
  • 29 October - Republic Day
  • After the end of Islamic month Ramadan (for 3 and a half days)
  • 70 days after the end of Islamic month Ramadan (for 4 and a half days)

Turkmenistan

Main article: Public holidays in Turkmenistan
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 12 January – Memorial Day
  • 19 February – State Flag of Turkmenistan Day
  • 8 March – International Woman's Day
  • 20–21 March – Nowruz Bayram, national spring holiday
  • 1 April (First Sunday in April) – "A Drop of Water—A Grain of Gold" Festival
  • 29 April (Last Sunday in April) – Turkmen Racing Horse Festival
  • 8 May – Day of Commemoration of the National Heroes of the 1941–1945 World War
  • 9 May – Victory Day (World War II)
  • 18–19 May – Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Makhtumkuli
  • 27 May (Last Sunday in May) – Turkmen Carpet Festival
  • 15 July (Third Sunday in July) – Galla Bayramy Festival
  • 12 August (Second Sunday in August) – Turkmen Melon Day
  • 8 September (Second Saturday in September) – Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry
  • 9 September (Second Sunday in September) – Turkmen Bakhshi Day
  • 6 October – Day of Commemoration and National Mourning ("Earthquake Commemoration Day")
  • 27–28 October – Independence Day
  • 4 November (First Sunday in November) – Health Day
  • 25 November (Last Sunday in November) – Harvest Festival, Good Neighborliness Day
  • 12 December – Day of Neutrality and Day of Student Youth
  • First day of the lunar month of Bayram – Oraza Bayram
  • Moving holiday (3 days) – Kurban Bayram

Source: Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age, Ashgabat, 2005, p. 44. plus they celabrate thanksgiving.

Tuvalu

Main article: Public holidays in Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

Main article: Public holidays in Ukraine

Religious holidays are observed according to the Julian calendar, but the dates shown above are Gregorian.

When a public holiday falls on a day off (for example, Sunday), the following working day (often Monday) becomes a day off. For most Ukrainian employees, regular weekly days off are Saturday and Sunday.

If only one or only two working days are between a public holiday and another day off, then the Ukrainian Government may release a recommendation to avoid this gap by moving these working days onto a certain Saturday (that is to have uninterrupted vacations, but to compensate this by work on another day, which would be a day off otherwise). Such recommendations usually affect only those employees whose weekly days off are Saturday and Sunday.

United Kingdom, Crown dependencies, and overseas territories

Main article: Public holidays in the United Kingdom

Scotland
In Scotland, the holidays listed above are official bank holidays but may not be public holidays. Public holidays are set by local authorities and therefore vary from place to place; although Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, 2 January and May Day are observed throughout the country. Banks in Scotland observe English bank holidays; therefore Scottish bank holidays which differ from the English ones are of little practical importance. In Northern Ireland, Easter Tuesday is treated as a public holiday in lieu of Good Friday.

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
In 2012, as part of events intended to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the usual Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday of May is being moved to Monday 4 June and an extra bank holiday on Tuesday 5 June is being created.

Substitute days
In England and Wales, when the usual date of a bank or public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a 'substitute day' is given, normally the following Monday. For example in 2009, Boxing Day was on Saturday, 26 December, so there was a substitute bank holiday on Monday, 28 December.

Anguilla

Main article: Public holidays in Anguilla

British Virgin Islands

Main article: Public holidays in the British Virgin Islands
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • varies - shrove Tuesday
  • 12 March – Commonwealth day
  • Good Friday – Friday before Easter (calculated according to Western Christian calendar)
  • Easter Monday
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve
  • 25 December – Christmas Day
  • 26 December – Boxing Day

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

Main article: Public holidays in the Isle of Man

Jersey

9 May - Liberation Day

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Main article: Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • New Year's Day (January 1)
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Queen's Birthday (3rd Monday in April)
  • St. Helena Day (May 21)
  • Ascension Day (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha only)
  • Whit Monday
  • Ratting Day (Tristan da Cunha only)
  • Anniversary Day (August 14) (Tristan da Cunha only)
  • August Bank Holiday (not Tristan da Cunha)
  • Christmas Day
  • Boxing Day (26 or 27 December)

United States of America

Main article: Public holidays in the United States

The United States federal government designates national holidays (see below) for federal employees only. State and local governments generally observe these holidays as well as many state holidays.

A basic list of holidays as seen on a 2012 calendar:

  • 25 December – Christmas Day (Christian)
  • 26 December – First day of Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa is celebrated until 1 January)
  • 31 December – New Year's Eve

The federal holidays (which are days off from work for federal employees) are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. The official list can be found here (http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/index.asp). These holidays are not necessarily days off from work for private sector workers. Most private sector businesses close for only the "Big 6" holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Many also close on the Friday after Thanksgiving (aka Black Friday), which is not an official holiday, but is commonly granted to private sector workers. Some private businesses may also close for one or more other federal holidays (most commonly either Martin Luther King Day, or Presidents Day).

When a federal holiday falls on Sunday, most federal workers who work a Mon-Fri workweek will observe the holiday on Monday. When a federal holiday falls on Saturday, most federal workers who work a Mon-Fri workweek will observe the holiday on Friday. Workers who normally work on Saturday (such as mail carriers) will observe the holiday on Saturday; Friday will be a regular work day.

In state and local governments, and in the private sector, practices vary when a holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday. In general, most states and private sector workers will observe a holiday that falls on Sunday on Monday. However, that is not universal. Some states and private sector workers will observe a Saturday holiday on Friday, but that is less common than observing the Sunday holidays on Monday. Occasionally, a state or private sector worker will observe a Saturday holiday on Monday, but that is even less common than Friday. Many state workers and private sector workers (in particular, employees at a bank normally closed on Saturdays) do not get any day off when a holiday falls on Saturday, and are "cheated" out of the holiday. Occasionally, a floating holiday may be given in lieu of a Saturday holiday.

Alaska

  • October 18 - Alaska Day Commemorating the anniversary of when Alaska became a state after being transferred from Russia

Puerto Rico

Main article: Public holidays in Puerto Rico

All the same national holidays of the U.S.A., plus:

  • 6 January – (Dia de Reyes, or Three Kings Day)
  • 9 January (Second Monday in January) – Birth of Eugenio María de Hostos
  • Good Friday
  • 16 April (Third Monday in April) – Birth of José de Diego (poet, journalist, politician, and orator. Was co-founder of Unionist Party).
  • 22 March – (Abolition of Slavery in P.R.)
  • 16 July (Third Monday in July) – Birth of Luis Muñoz Rivera (political leader,author, journalist, organized the Federal Party and the Unionist Party of Puerto Rico. Was Resident Commissioner in Washington, where he fought to earn U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans).
  • 25 July – Estado Libre Asociado Constitution Day
  • 27 July – Birth of Jose Celso Barbosa (physician, senator, author, journalist, politician, founder of the pro-statehood Republican Party)
  • 19 November – Discovery Day – Commemorates the discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas

United States Virgin Islands

Main article: Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Main article: Public holidays in Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Main article: Public holidays in Uzbekistan
Fixed date
  • 1 January – Yangi Yil Bayrami New Year Holiday
  • 8 March – Xalqaro Xotin-Qizlar Kuni International Women's Day
  • 21 March – Navro’z Bayrami Navroz (Persian New Year)
  • 9 May – Xotira va Qadirlash Kuni Memorial/Remembrance Day
  • 1 September – Mustaqillik Kuni Independence Day
  • 1 October – O’qituvchi va Murabbiylar Kuni Teachers' Day
  • 8 December – Konstitutsiya Kuni Constitution Day

Birthdays'

Variable date
  • End of Ramazon Ramazon Hayit Eid al-Fitr
  • 70 days later Qurbon Hayit Eid al-Adha

Venezuela

Main article: Public holidays in Venezuela

Vietnam

Main article: Public holidays in Vietnam
  • 1 January – New Year's Day
  • 9 January - Vietnamese Student's day
  • 3 February – Communist Party's establishment day
  • Tết - Vietnamese New Year, for the last day of the previous year and 1st- 3rd day of the 1st lunar month. Now this becomes one of the most important holidays in Vietnam.
  • 27 February-Vietnam Doctor's Day
  • Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương - Hùng Vương commemoriations, 10th day of the 3rd lunar month.
  • 30 April – Reunification Day
  • 1 May – International Labour Day
  • 7 May - Dien Bien Phu victory Day
  • 19 May - Ho Chi Minh President's birthday
  • 1 June - International Children's Day
  • 27 July - Invalids and Martyrs Day
  • 2 September – National Day
  • 20 October - Vietnamese Woman's Day
  • 20 November – Vietnamese Teacher's Day
  • 22 December - Vietnamese Military Day

Zambia

  • 1 January – New Years Day
  • 8 March - International Women's day
  • 12 March – Youth Day
  • variable date – Good Friday
  • variable date – Easter Sunday
  • variable date – Easter Monday
  • 1 May – Labour Day
  • 25 May Africa – Freedom Day
  • 1st Monday & Tuesday of July – Heroes' and Unity Day
  • 1st Monday of August – Farmers' Day
  • 24 October – Independence Day
  • 24 December – Christmas Eve
  • 25 December – Christmas Day

Zimbabwe

Main article: Public holidays in Zimbabwe

References

  1. ^ List of Bank Holidays in India
  2. ^ http://fke-kenya.org/download/NATIONAL%20HOLIDAYS%20&PUBLIC%20HOLDAYS.PDF
  3. ^ PROCLAMATION NO. 295: DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2012, Official Gazette of the Government of the Philippines, http://www.gov.ph/2011/11/24/proclamation-no-295-s-2011/, retrieved 2011-12-24 

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