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- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 10 - 13, 2006 - Eid al Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)
- January 31, 2006 - Islamic New Year
- February 9, 2006 - Ashura a/k/a Ashoura
- May 1 - Labour Day
- April 11, 2006 - Prophet Muhammed's Birthday
- June 19 - Commemoration Day
- July 5 - Independence Day a/k/a Revolutionary Readjustment
- November 1 - Anniversary of the Revolution Day
- October 22 - 24, 2006 - Eid al Fitr (The end of Ramadan)
- Algeria public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Algeria public holidays from South Travels
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| Angola |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 4 - Martyrs of the Colonial Repression Day
- February 4 - Start of Liberation War
- March 8 - International Women’s Day
- April 4 - Peace and Reconciliation Day
- April 14, 2006 - Good Friday (movable)
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday (movable)
- May 1 - Labour Day
- May 25 - Africa Day
- June 1 - International Children’s Day
- September 17 - Nation’s Founder and National Hero’s Day
- November 2 - All Soul’s Day
- November 11 - Independence Day
- December 25 - Christmas Day
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| Benin |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 10, 2006 - Traditional Day/Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice); Jan 21, 2007
- April 10, 2006 - Prophet’s Birthday; Mar 31, 2007
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday; Apr 9, 2007
- May 1 - Labour Day
- May 25, 2006 Ascension Day; May 17, 2007
- June 5, 2006 - Whit Monday; May 28, 2007
- August 1 - Independence Day
- August 15 - Assumption
- October 26 - Armed Forces Day
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day
- October 23, 2006 - Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
- November 30 - National Day
- December 25 - Christmas Day
- Bénin public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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| Egypt |
- 7 January, Christmas Day (Coptic Christian)
- 22 February, Union Day
- 25 April, Sinai Liberation Day
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 18 June, Evacuation Day
- 2 July, Bank Holiday
- 23 July, Revolution Day
- 11 September, New Year (Coptic Christian) (m)
- 6 October, Armed Forces Day
- 23 October, National Liberation Day
- 24 October, Suez Victory Day
- 23 December, Victory Day
- Egypt public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Egypt public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Kenya |
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 1 June, Madaraka Day (Self-Rule Day)
- 12 December, Jamhuri/Independence Day
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- 10 October, Moi Day
- 20 October, Kenyatta Forces Day
- Business openings and work schedules may be significantly
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- Sikh holidays and festivals
- Kenya public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Kenya public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Morocco |
- 11 January, Independence Manifesto Day
- 3 March, National Day
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 23 May, National Day
- 9 July, King Hassan’s Birthday
- 14 August, Reunification Day
- 20 August, Revolution Day
- 6 November, Anniversary of the Green March
- 18 November, Independence Day
- 28 December, Holy Innocents’ Day
- Business openings and work schedules may be significantly affected by Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, and Sikh holidays and festivals.
- Also, the week before Lent is Carnival
- Morocco public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Morocco public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Réunion |
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| South Africa |
- 21 March, Human Rights Day
- 27 April, Freedom Day
- 1 May, Workers Day
- 16 June, Youth Day
- 9 August, National Women’s Day
- 24 September, Heritage Day
- 16 December, Day of Reconciliation
- 26 December, Day of Goodwill
- Also, 24 April, Family Day
- For holidays falling on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday
- South Africa public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- South Africa public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Togo |
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| Afghanistan |
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| China and the Paracel Islands |
- 8 March, International Women’s Working Day
- 1–2 May, International Labour Day
- 4 May, Youth Day
- 1 June, Children’s Day
- 1 July, Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party
- 1 August, Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese PLA
- 1–2 October, National Day
- Also, Chinese New Year, which is a moveable holiday
- China public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- China public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| India |
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| Iran |
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| Israel |
- 25 April, Yom Hazikaron (Soldier's Memorial Day)
- 21 May, Yom Verushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
- Hanukkah (Festival of Lights)
- Lag B’Omer
- Passover (Pesach)*
- Purim (Feast of Lots)
- Rosh Hashana (New Year)
- Shavuoth (Giving of the Torah)*
- Sh’mini Atzeret
- Simchat Torah
- Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles)
- Tisha B’Av (Fast of 9 Av)
- T’u B’Shvat (New Year of the Trees)
- Yom Ha’atzma’ut (Independence Day)
- Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)
- Yom Hazikaron (Soldier’s Memorial Day)
- Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
- Yom Verushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
- * The 1st and last days of Passover and Shavuoth are national holidays; many people do not work the full eight days of Passover as well as the period from Rosh Hashanah to Sukkoth
- Also, most businesses are closed from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. Sunday is a working day
- Israel public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Israel public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Japan |
- 2-3 January, Bank Holiday
- 2d Monday in January, Coming of Age Day
- 11 February, National Foundation Day
- 20/21 March, Vernal Equinox Day (m)
- 29 April, Greenery Day
- 29 April–May 5, Golden Week
- 3 May, Constitution Memorial Day
- 4 May, Holiday for a Nation
- 5 May, Children’s Day
- 20 July, Marine Day
- 15 September, Respect for the Aged Day
- 23 September, Autumnal Equinox Day
- 2nd Monday in October, Health and Sports Day
- 3 November, National Culture Day
- 23 November, Labor Thanksgiving Day
- 23 December, Emperor’s Birthday
- 31 December, Bank Holiday (observed on Monday closest to December 31)
- Also, Buddhist holidays using the Japanese calendar
- Japan public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Japan public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Jordan |
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| South Korea |
- 5 April, Arbor Day
- 1 March, Independence Movement Day
- 5 May, Children’s Day
- 15 May, Buddha’s Birthday
- 6 June, Memorial Day
- 17 July, Constitution Day
- 15 August, Liberation Day
- 3 October, National Foundation Day
- The Summer vacation is the last week of July through the 1st week of August
- Also, Korean New Year, which is a moveable holiday
- South Korea public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Republic of Korea public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Laos |
- 8 March, Women’s Day
- 13–15 April, New Year
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 1 June, Children’s Day
- 12 October, Day of Liberation from the French
- 2 December, Independence Day
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- 6 January, Pathet Lao Day
- 20 January, Day of the Army
- 22 March, People’s Party
- 13 August, Day of the Free Laos
- Laos public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Laos public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Lebanon |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- 6 January, Christmas Day (Armenian community only)
- 7 January, Christmas Day (Eastern Orthodox only)
- 9 February, St. Maroon’s Day
- 22 March, Arab League Day
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 15 August, Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- 1 November, All Saints Day
- 22 November, Independence Day
- Also, 6 May, Martyrs’ Day
- Lebanon public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Lebanon public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Pakistan |
- 23 March, Republic Day (Pakistan Day)
- 1 May, Labour Day
- 2 July, Bank Holiday
- 27 July, Qaid-i-Azam’s Birthday
- 14 August, Independence Day
- 6 September, Defense of Pakistan Day
- 11 September, Anniversary of the Death of Qaid-i-Azam
- Business openings and work schedules may be significantly affected by Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, andSikh holidays and festivals.
- Pakistan public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Pakistan public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Philippines |
- 8 February, Constitution Day
- 22 February, People’s Power Day (not banks)
- 9 April, Day of Valor (Bataan Day)
- 1 May, Labor Day
- 12 June, Independence Day
- 24 June, Manila Day
- 31 August, National Heroes Day
- 1 November, All Saints’ Day
- 30 November, Bonifacio’s Day
- 30 December, Rizal Day
- Philippines public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Philippines public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Spratly Islands |
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| Sri Lanka |
- 4 February, Independence Day (banks also)
- 1 May, May Day (banks also)
- 22 May, Proclamation of the Republic Day (1972)
- Any of the above holidays that falls on a Saturday is observed on the preceding work day; any that falls on a Sunday is observed on the following work day
- The full moon day (Poya day) of each month is a holiday in Sri Lanka
- Business openings and work schedules may be significantly affected by Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, and Islamic holidays and festivals. Any religious holiday that falls on a weekend or Poya day is
not moved to or observed on another day
- Ceylon public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Sri Lanka public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Taiwan |
- 2 January, New Year’s (second day)
- 3 January, Bank Holiday
- 28 February, Peace Memorial Day
29 March, Youth Day
5 April, Ch’ing-ming Festival
- 6 April, Day after Ch’ing-ming Festival
- 2 July, Bank Holiday
- 28 September, Confucius’ Day
- 10 October, Double Tenth Day (National Day)
- 25 October, Taiwan Retrocession Day
- 31 October, President Chiang’s Birthday
- 12 November, Birthday of Sun Yat-Sen
- Taiwan public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Taiwan public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Thailand |
- February, Makha Bucha Day A moveable holiday, February 26 was the date for 2002.
6 April, Chakri Day
- 13 April, Songkran Festival
1 May, National Labour Day
- 5 May, Coronation Day
- July, Buddhist Lent Day Also a moveable holiday, July 25 was the date for 2002.
2 July, Mid Year Day (banks only)
- 12 August, H.M. the Queen’s Birthday
- 23 October, Chulalongkorn Day
- 5 December, National Day (H.M. the King’s Birthday)
- 10 December, Constitution Day
- Thailand public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Thailand public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Australia |
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| Fiji |
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| French Polynesia |
includes: Austral Islands, Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Maiao, Makatea, Manuae, Maupelia, Maupiti, Marquesas or Marquises Isles, Mehetia,
Moorea, Motu One, Gambier Islands, Huahine, Papeete, Raiatea, Society Islands, Tahaa, Tetiarora, Tuamotu Archipelago, Tubai or Tupai Islands,
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| Albania |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 10 - 13, 2006 - Greater Bairam (Feast of the Sacrifice); January 10-13, 2007
- April 14, 2006 - Good Friday; April 6, 2007
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday; April 9, 2007
- May 1 - May Day
- October 22 - 24, 2006 - Lesser Bairam (End of Ramadan); October 13, 2007
- November 28 - Independence and Liberation Day
- December 25 - Christmas Day
- Albania public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 6 - Epiphany
- March 14 - Constitution Day
- April 14 - 16 - Good Friday to Easter Monday; Apr 6-8, 2007
- May 1 - Labour Day
- May 25, 2006 - Ascension; May 17, 2007
- May 28, 2006 Whit Monday; June 5, 2007
- June 24 - St John’s Day
- August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
- September 8 - National Day
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day
- November 4 - St Charles’ Day
- December 8 - Immaculate Conception
- December 24 - Christmas Eve
- December 25-26 - Christmas
- December 31 - New Year’s Eve
- Andorra public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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| Armenia |
- January 1 - 2 - New Year’s Day and day after
- January 6 - Armenian Orthodox Christmas
- March 8 - International Women’s Day
- April 7 - Motherhood and Beauty Day
- April 14 - Good Friday; April 6, 2007
- April 24 - Genocide Memorial Day
- May 9 - Victory and Peace Day
- May 28 - First Republic Day (Restoration of Statehood Day)
- July 5 - Constitution Day
- September 21 - Independence Day
- December 7 - Earthquake Memorial Day
- December 31 - New Year’s Eve
- Armenia public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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| Austria |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 6 - Epiphany
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday; April 9, 2007
- May 1 - National Holiday/ Labour Day
- May 25, 2006 - Ascension Day; May 17, 2007
- June 5, 2006 - Whit Monday; May 28, 2007
- June 15, 2006 - Corpus Christi; June 7, 2007
- August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- October 26 - National Holiday
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day
- December 8 - Immaculate Conception
- December 25 - 26 - Christmas
- Austria public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Austria public holidays - Columbus Guides
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| Belgium |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday; April 9, 2007
- May 1 - Labour Day
- May 25, 2006 - Ascension Day
- May 17, 2007 Ascension Day
- June 4, 2007 - Whit Sunday (a/k/a Whitsun or Pentecost)
- May 28, 2007 - Whit Monday; June 5, 2007
- June 11, 2006 - Flemish Community Holiday; June 11, 2007
- July 21 - Independence Day
- August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- September 27 - French Community Holiday
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day
- November 11 - Armistice Day
- November 15 - Dynasty Day
- December 25 - Christmas Day
- December 26 - Boxing Day
- Belgium public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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| Germany |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 6 - Epiphany
- April 14, 2006 - Good Friday
- April 17, 2006 - Easter Monday
- May 1 - Labour Day / May Day
- May 25 - Ascension
- June 5, 2006 - Whit Monday
- June 15 - Corpus Christi (in predominantly Catholic areas only)
- August 15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary (in predominantly Catholic areas only)
- October 3 - Day of German Unity
- October 31 - Day of Reformation (in predominantly Evangelical areas only)
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day (in predominantly Catholic areas only)
- November 17 - Day of Prayer and Repentance
- December 25 - 26 - Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day
- Germany public holidays - from Q++ Studio
- Germany public holidays - Columbus Guides
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- Jan 1 - New Year’s Day
- Jan 6 - Epiphany
- Mar 14, 2006 - Orthodox Shrove Monday; February 27, 2007
- Mar 25 - Independence Day
- Apr 21 - Orthodox Good Friday
- April 24, 2006 - Orthodox Easter Monday; April 9, 2007
- May 1 - Labour Day
- Jun 20, 2006 Day of the Holy Spirit
- Jun 5, 2007 Day of the Holy Spirit
- Aug 15 Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- Oct 28 Ochi Day (a/k/a Ohi Day)
- Dec 25 Christmas Day
- Dec 26 Boxing Day
- also, Eastern Orthodox Christian holidays
- Greece public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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| Italy |
- January 1 - New Year’s Day
- January 6 - Epiphany
- March 28, 2006 - Easter Monday; Apr 17, 2007
- April 25 - Liberation Day
- May 1 - Labour Day
- June 2 - Anniversary of the Republic
- August 15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- November 1 - All Saints’ Day
- November 7 - World War 1 Victory Anniversary Day
- December 8 - Immaculate Conception
- December 25 - Christmas Day
- December 26 - St Stephen’s Day
- Italy public holidays - from Q++ Studio
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