Public Holidays

Upcoming Holiday Highlights

Upcoming Public Holidays

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: Central African Republic: Republic Day

: Chad: Freedom and Democracy Day

: Costa Rica: Army Abolition Day

: India: State Inauguration Day

: India: Indigenous Faith Day

: Kuwait: Public Holiday

: Portugal: Restoration of Independence

: Romania: National Day

: United Arab Emirates: Commemoration Day

: India: Asom Divas

: Lao: National Day

: New Zealand: Chatham Islands Anniversary Day

: New Zealand: Westland Anniversary Day

: Tonga: Tupou I Day

: United Arab Emirates: National Day

: India: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: Spain: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

: United Arab Emirates: National Day Holiday

: Iran: Martyrdom Of Hazrat Fatimah

: Thailand: King Bhumibol's Birthday

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Saba Day

: Ecuador: Foundation of Quito Day

: Finland: Independence Day

: Ghana: Farmer's Day

: India: Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

: Italy: Feast of St. Nicholas

: Spain: Constitution Day

: East Timor: Memorial Day

: Italy: Feast of St. Ambrose

: Albania: Albanian National Youth Day

: Andorra: Immaculate Conception Day

: Argentina: Immaculate Conception Day

: Austria: Immaculate Conception Day

: Chile: Immaculate Conception Day

: Colombia: Immaculate Conception Day

: East Timor: Day of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception

: Equatorial Guinea: Immaculate Conception Day

: Guam: Santa Marian Kamalen Day

: Italy: Immaculate Conception Day

: Liechtenstein: Immaculate Conception Day

: Macau: Feast of Immaculate Conception

: Malta: Immaculate Conception Day

: Monaco: Immaculate Conception Day

: Nicaragua: Immaculate Conception Day

: North Macedonia: St. Clement of Ohrid

: Panama: Panama Mother's Day

: Paraguay: Virgin of Caacupé Day

: Peru: Immaculate Conception Day

: Philippines: Immaculate Conception Day

: Portugal: Immaculate Conception Day

: San Marino: Immaculate Conception Day

: Seychelles: Immaculate Conception

: Spain: Immaculate Conception Day

: Switzerland: Immaculate Conception Day

  • Holiday info: It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from original sin all of her life
  • Regions: Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Fribourg, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Solothurn, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Zug


: Uzbekistan: Constitution Day

: Vatican City: Immaculate Conception Day

: Antigua and Barbuda: V.C. Bird Day

: Equatorial Guinea: Immaculate Conception Day (in lieu)

: Falkland Islands: Battle Day (in lieu)

: Macau: Compensatory rest day for Feast of Immaculate Conception

: Panama: Panama Mother's Day (in lieu)

: Peru: Battle of Ayacucho

: Spain: Immaculate Conception Day (in lieu)

: Tanzania: Independence Day

: Iraq: Victory Day

: Kiribati: International Human Rights Day

: Namibia: International Human Rights Day

: Thailand: Thailand Constitution Day

: Burkina Faso: Proclamation of the Republic

: Malaysia: Birthday of The Sultan of Selangor

: India: Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma

: Kenya: Jamhuri Day

: Mexico: Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe

: Turkmenistan: Neutrality Day

: Malta: Republic Day

: Saint Lucia: National Day

: Sri Lanka: Unduvap Full Moon Poya

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Kingdom Day

: Nepal: Udhauli Parva

: Bahrain: National Day

: Bangladesh: Victory Day

: Kazakhstan: Independence Day

: South Africa: Day of Reconciliation

: Bahrain: National Day Holiday

: Bhutan: National Day

  • Holiday info: The Day commemorates the coronation of the first Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of modern Bhutan. It is Bhutan's most significant national holiday and is widely celebrated throughout the country.


: Kazakhstan: Independence Day

: Tunisia: Revolution and Youth Day

: Eswatini: Incwala Day

: India: Guru Ghasidas Jayanti

: India: Death Anniversary of U SoSo Tham

: Niger: Republic Day

: Qatar: National Day

  • Holiday info: Qatar National Day (Al-Yaoum-al-Watani) commemorates December 18th 1878 when Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani succeeded his father, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Thani, as the ruler of Qatar.


: Anguilla: National Heroes and Heroines Day

: India: Goa Liberation Day

: Macau: Macao SARE Day

: Panama: National Mourning Day

: Macau: Dongzhi

: São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé Day

: Nigeria: Sambisa Memorial Day

: Zimbabwe: Unity Day

  • Holiday info: National Unity Day is a public holiday in Zimbabwe on December 22nd. It commemorates the merger of two political parties, Zanu PF and PF Zapu in December 1987.


: Latvia: Christmas Holiday

: Macau: Compensatory rest day for Winter Solstice

: Australia: Christmas Eve

: Bulgaria: Christmas Eve

: Czech Republic: Christmas Eve

: Denmark: Christmas Eve Day

: El Salvador: Christmas Eve

: Estonia: Christmas Eve

: Faroe Islands: Christmas Eve

: Finland: Christmas Eve

: Greenland: Christmas Eve

: Guatemala: Christmas Eve

: Hungary: Christmas Holiday

: Iceland: Christmas Eve

: India: Christmas Eve

  • Holiday info: Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
  • Regions: Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland


: Latvia: Christmas Eve

: Libya: Independence Day

: Lithuania: Christmas Eve

: Macau: Christmas Eve

: Malaysia: Christmas Eve

: Norway: Christmas Eve

: Philippines: Christmas Eve

: Puerto Rico: Christmas Eve

: Slovakia: Christmas Eve

  • Holiday info: Christmas Eve is a beloved Slovak holiday, a day for the exchange of presents and when families can spend quality time together. They enjoy a supper that consists of soup, mostly prepared from a cabbage, and fish with potato salad as the main course.


: South Sudan: Christmas Holiday

: Sweden: Christmas Eve

: Switzerland: Christmas Eve

: USA: Christmas Eve

  • Holiday info: Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
  • Regions: North Carolina, Oklahoma


: Venezuela: Christmas Eve

: Albania: Christmas Day

: American Samoa: Christmas Day

: Andorra: Christmas Day

: Angola: Christmas Day and Family Day

: Anguilla: Christmas Day

: Antigua and Barbuda: Christmas Day

: Argentina: Christmas Day

: Aruba: Christmas Day

: Australia: Christmas Day

: Austria: Christmas Day

: Bahamas: Christmas Day

: Bangladesh: Christmas Day

: Barbados: Christmas Day

: Belarus: Christmas Day (Catholic)

: Belgium: Christmas Day

: Belize: Christmas Day

: Benin: Christmas Day

: Bermuda: Christmas Day

: Bolivia: Christmas Day

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Christmas Day

: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Christmas (Catholic)

: Botswana: Christmas Day

: Brazil: Christmas Day

: British Virgin Islands: Christmas Day

: Brunei: Christmas Day

: Bulgaria: Christmas Day

: Burkina Faso: Christmas Day

: Burundi: Christmas Day

: Cameroon: Christmas Day

: Canada: Christmas Day

: Cape Verde: Christmas Day

: Cayman Islands: Christmas Day

: Central African Republic: Christmas Day

: Chad: Christmas Day

: Chile: Christmas Day

: Colombia: Christmas Day

: Congo: Christmas Day

: Cook Islands: Christmas Day

: Costa Rica: Christmas

: Croatia: Christmas Day

: Cuba: Christmas Day

: Curaçao: Christmas Day

: Cyprus: Christmas Day

: Czech Republic: Christmas Day

: DR Congo: Christmas Day

: Denmark: Christmas Day

: Djibouti: Christmas Day

: Dominica: Christmas Day

: Dominican Republic: Christmas Day

: East Timor: Christmas Day

: Ecuador: Christmas Day

: El Salvador: Christmas Day

: Equatorial Guinea: Christmas Day

: Eritrea: Christmas Day

: Estonia: Christmas Day

: Eswatini: Christmas Day

: Falkland Islands: Christmas Day

: Faroe Islands: Christmas Day

: Fiji: Christmas Day

: Finland: Christmas Day

: France: Christmas Day

: French Guiana: Christmas Day

: French Polynesia: Christmas Day

: Gabon: Christmas Day

: Gambia: Christmas Day

: Germany: Christmas Day

: Ghana: Christmas Day

: Gibraltar: Christmas Day

: Greece: Christmas Day

: Greenland: Christmas Day

: Grenada: Christmas Day

: Guadeloupe: Christmas Day

: Guam: Christmas Day

: Guatemala: Christmas Day

: Guernsey: Christmas Day

: Guinea: Christmas Day

: Guinea-Bissau: Christmas Day

: Guyana: Christmas Day

: Haiti: Christmas Day

: Honduras: Christmas Day

: Hong Kong: Christmas Day

: Hungary: Christmas Day

: Iceland: Christmas Day

: India: Christmas Day

  • Holiday info: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
  • Regions: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal


: Indonesia: Christmas Day

: Iraq: Christmas

: Ireland: Christmas Day

: Isle of Man: Christmas Day

: Italy: Christmas Day

: Ivory Coast: Christmas Day

: Jamaica: Christmas Day

: Jersey: Christmas Day

: Jordan: Christmas Day

: Kenya: Christmas Day

: Kiribati: Christmas Day

: Kosovo: Catholic Christmas

: Latvia: Christmas Day

: Lebanon: Christmas Day

: Lesotho: Christmas Day

: Liberia: Christmas Day

: Liechtenstein: Christmas Day

: Lithuania: Christmas Day

: Luxembourg: Christmas Day

: Macau: Christmas Day

: Madagascar: Christmas Day

: Malawi: Christmas Day

: Malaysia: Christmas Day

: Mali: Christmas Day

: Malta: Christmas Day

: Martinique: Christmas Day

: Mauritius: Christmas Day

: Mexico: Christmas Day

: Moldova: Christmas Day

: Monaco: Christmas Day

: Montserrat: Christmas Day

: Mozambique: Family Day

: Myanmar: Christmas Day

: Namibia: Christmas Day

: Nepal: Christmas Day

: Netherlands: Christmas Day

: New Caledonia: Christmas Day

: New Zealand: Christmas Day

: Nicaragua: Christmas Day

: Niger: Christmas Day

: Nigeria: Christmas Day

: Norway: Christmas Day

: Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam Day

: Palestine: Christmas Day

: Panama: Christmas Day

: Papua New Guinea: Christmas Day

: Paraguay: Christmas Day

: Peru: Christmas Day

: Philippines: Christmas Day

: Poland: Christmas Day

: Portugal: Christmas Day

: Puerto Rico: Christmas Day

: Romania: Christmas Day

: Rwanda: Christmas Day

: Saint Kitts and Nevis: Christmas Day

: Saint Lucia: Christmas Day

: Saint Martin: Christmas Day

: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Christmas Day

: Samoa: Christmas Day

: San Marino: Christmas Day

: Senegal: Christmas Day

: Seychelles: Christmas Day

: Sierra Leone: Christmas Day

: Singapore: Christmas Day

: Sint Maarten: Christmas Day

: Slovakia: Christmas Day

: Slovenia: Christmas Day

: Solomon Islands: Christmas Day

: Somalia: Christmas Day

: South Africa: Christmas Day

: South Korea: Christmas Day

: South Sudan: Christmas Day

: Spain: Christmas Day

: Sri Lanka: Christmas Day

: Sudan: Christmas Day

: Suriname: Christmas Day

: Sweden: Christmas Day

: Switzerland: Christmas Day

: Syria: Christmas

: São Tomé and Príncipe: Christmas Day

: Tanzania: Christmas Day

: Togo: Christmas Day

: Tonga: Christmas Day

: Trinidad and Tobago: Christmas Day

: Turks and Caicos Islands: Christmas Day

: Tuvalu: Christmas Day

: US Virgin Islands: Christmas Day

: USA: Christmas Day

: Uganda: Christmas Day

: Ukraine: Christmas Day

: United Kingdom: Christmas Day

: Uruguay: Day of the Family

: Vanuatu: Christmas Day

: Vatican City: Christmas Day

: Venezuela: Christmas Day

: Wallis and Futuna: Christmas Day

: Zambia: Christmas Day

: Zimbabwe: Christmas Day

: Andorra: St. Stephen's Day

: Anguilla: Boxing Day

: Antigua and Barbuda: Boxing Day

: Aruba: Boxing Day

: Australia: Boxing Day

  • Holiday info: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  • Regions: ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


: Australia: Proclamation Day

: Austria: St. Stephen's Day

: Bahamas: Boxing Day

: Barbados: Boxing Day

: Belize: Boxing Day

: Bermuda: Boxing Day

: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Boxing Day

: Botswana: Boxing Day

: British Virgin Islands: Boxing Day

: Bulgaria: Second Day of Christmas

: Canada: Boxing Day

  • Holiday info: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  • Regions: Alberta, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario


: Cayman Islands: Boxing Day

: Cook Islands: Boxing Day

: Croatia: St. Stephen's Day

: Curaçao: Day after Christmas

: Cyprus: Boxing Day

: Czech Republic: St. Stephen's Day

: Denmark: Second Day of Christmas

: Dominica: Boxing Day

: Estonia: Boxing Day

: Eswatini: Day of Goodwill

: Falkland Islands: Boxing Day

: Faroe Islands: Second Day of Christmas

: Fiji: Boxing Day

: Finland: Second Day of Christmas

: France: St. Stephen's Day

: Germany: St. Stephen's Day

: Ghana: Boxing Day

: Gibraltar: Boxing Day

: Greece: Synaxis of the Mother of God

: Greenland: Second Day of Christmas

: Grenada: Boxing Day

: Guernsey: Boxing Day

: Guyana: Boxing Day

: Hong Kong: The first weekday after Christmas Day

: Hungary: Second Day of Christmas

: Iceland: Second Day of Christmas

: India: Christmas Holiday

: India: Boxing Day

: Indonesia: Christmas Holiday

: Iraq: Christmas Holiday

: Ireland: St. Stephen's Day

: Isle of Man: Boxing Day

: Italy: St. Stephen's Day

: Jamaica: Boxing Day

: Jersey: Boxing Day Holiday

: Kenya: Boxing Day

: Kiribati: Boxing Day

: Latvia: Second day of Christmas

: Liechtenstein: St. Stephen's Day

: Lithuania: Second day of Christmas

: Luxembourg: St. Stephen's Day

: Malawi: Boxing Day

: Montserrat: Boxing Day

: Namibia: Day of Goodwill

: Netherlands: St. Stephen's Day

: New Zealand: Boxing Day

: Nigeria: Boxing Day

: Norway: Second Day of Christmas

: Pakistan: Day after Christmas

: Papua New Guinea: Boxing Day

: Poland: St. Stephen's Day

: Portugal: Christmas Holiday

: Romania: Second day of Christmas

: Rwanda: Boxing Day

: Saint Kitts and Nevis: Boxing Day

: Saint Lucia: Boxing Day

: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Boxing Day

: Samoa: Boxing Day

: San Marino: St. Stephen's Day

: Sierra Leone: Boxing Day

: Sierra Leone: Christmas Holiday

: Sint Maarten: St. Stephen's Day

: Slovakia: St. Stephen's Day

: Slovenia: Independence and Unity Day

: Solomon Islands: National Day of Thanksgiving

: South Africa: Day of Goodwill

: South Sudan: Christmas Holiday

: Spain: St. Stephen's Day

: Suriname: Day after Christmas

: Sweden: Second Day of Christmas

: Switzerland: St. Stephen's Day

  • Holiday info: December 26th is the Feast of St. Stephen in Western Christianity. It is observed as a second day of Christmas holidays in several countries.
  • Regions: Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Zurich


: Tanzania: Boxing Day

: Tonga: Boxing Day

: Trinidad and Tobago: Boxing Day

: Turks and Caicos Islands: Boxing Day

: Tuvalu: Boxing Day

: US Virgin Islands: Christmas Second Day

: Uganda: Boxing Day

: United Kingdom: Boxing Day

: Vanuatu: Family Day

: Vatican City: St. Stephen's Day

: Zimbabwe: Boxing Day

: Falkland Islands: Christmas Holiday

: Hungary: Christmas Holiday

: India: Shaheedi Sabha

: India: Christmas Festival

: North Korea: Constitution Day

: Cambodia: Peace Day

: Mongolia: Independence Day

: India: U Kiang Nangbah

: Latvia: New Year Holiday

: Myanmar: Kayin New Year Day

: Nepal: Tamu Lhosar

: Philippines: Rizal Day

: Russia: New Year's Eve

: Thailand: Public Holiday

: Armenia: New Year's Eve

: Australia: New Year's Eve

: Azerbaijan: World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day

: Cuba: New Year's Eve

: Curaçao: New Year's Eve

: East Timor: National Heroes' Day

: El Salvador: New Year's Eve

: Faroe Islands: New Year's Eve

: Greenland: New Year's Eve

: Guatemala: New Year's Eve

: Iceland: New Year's Eve

: India: New Year's Eve

: India: Losoong/Namsoong

: Latvia: New Year's Eve

: Montserrat: Festival Day

: Myanmar: New Year

: Philippines: New Year's Eve

: Russia: New Year's Eve

: Sweden: New Year's Eve

: Switzerland: Restoration Day

: Switzerland: New Year's Eve

: Thailand: New Year's Eve

: Venezuela: New Year's Eve

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