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Year calendar, legal status, and customs for each country.

United States

United States

Eleven federal holidays, a patchwork of state observances, and several federal days that have generated active replacement or rename movements (Columbus Day, Juneteenth).

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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Eight permanent bank holidays in England and Wales, with Scotland and Northern Ireland each having additional devolved holidays. Royal proclamations can declare one-off special days.

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India

India

Three national gazetted holidays (Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti), with most other holidays declared state-by-state. India follows a multi-religious calendar including Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jain observances.

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Canada

Canada

Five federal statutory holidays in most provinces, plus provincial days. Thanksgiving sits in October - six weeks earlier than the US holiday.

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Germany

Germany

Nine nationwide Feiertage, with Reformation Day (October 31) observed in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Thuringen but not in the other 11 states.

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Australia

Australia

Eight national public holidays under the Public Holidays Act, plus state-day and territory-day additions. ANZAC Day and Australia Day anchor the calendar; state and territory public holidays diverge significantly.

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Indonesia

Indonesia

Sixteen national public holidays (libur nasional) recognised under Keputusan Presiden 24/2016, with two large observance clusters (Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha) and the Pancasilan framework. Indonesian + English, side-by-side.

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Japan

Japan

The Cabinet Office designates 16 national holidays under the Holidays Act of 1948 (amended). Golden Week is a de facto 4-day cluster; substitute holidays apply when a national holiday falls on a Sunday.

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Brazil

Brazil

Brazil observes 8 mandatory federal holidays under Lei Federal do Trabalho no. 662/1949 (as amended). Major regional observances include Festa Junina (June-July), Dia da Consciencia Negra (Nov 20), and Finados (Nov 2).

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China

China

Seven statutory public holidays observed nationwide, with Lunar New Year (Chunjie) and National Day (October 1) bracketed by weekend adjustment days to create 7-day blocks.

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South Korea

South Korea

South Korea's national public holidays are dominated by two cluster periods around the lunar calendar: Seollal (Lunar New Year) and Chuseok (the autumn harvest festival). Each cluster runs 3-5 days with substitute holiday rules; they account for the bulk of the year's mass-migration traffic on highways and KTX rail.

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Ireland

Ireland

Ireland has ten public holidays under the Public Holidays Acts, nine of which are also bank holidays. St Brigid's Day joined the calendar in 2023, and the older eight-day Celtic solar cycle sits alongside it.

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France

France

Code du travail sets 11 statutory jours feries. Alsace-Moselle observes Good Friday and Saint-ร‰tienne; overseas territories layer on local observances.

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Israel

Israel

Israel's statutory holidays are defined by the Hours of Work and Rest Law rather than a holidays act. Eleven days of rest are Hebrew-only, run sunset to sunset, and were widened in 2019 to include Yom Kippur.

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Spain

Spain

The BOE annual calendar sets 10 national holidays plus 2 per autonomous community. Each of 17 comunidades adds its own dia de la comunidad; cities layer on fiesta patronal.

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Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan's federal calendar layers three federal civic holidays (Pakistan Day, Independence Day, Iqbal Day) on top of the Islamic lunar calendar, which produces the heaviest observance clusters around Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and the Prophet's birthday. Provincial and cultural days add further variety to the year.

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Italy

Italy

Legge 27 maggio 1949 n. 260 sets 10 civil national holidays. Cities add patron saints; Ferragosto (August 15) is the heaviest domestic travel day of the year.

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Mexico

Mexico

Ley Federal del Trabajo Article 74 sets 8 mandatory holidays. The 5-week Guadalupe-Reyes season runs December 12 through January 6 with multiple civic and religious observances.

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Turkey

Turkey observes 9 federal public holidays anchored on the Gregorian and Islamic lunar calendars. Republic Day (October 29) and the broader civic-military calendar mark the 1923 founding of the Republic, while Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha generate the heaviest observance clusters. All Islamic and most civic holidays are paid days off for the country's 30M+ workforce.

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Thailand

Thailand

Thailand sets its public holidays annually by royal decree rather than by standing statute, and the calendar is dominated by royal and Buddhist dates. Labour Day and Asarnha Bucha were restored in 2024.

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Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines has a two-tier holiday system: regular holidays (typically 12 per year, with paid days off) and special non-working days (with no premium pay but government-mandated closure). The country holds the world's longest Christmas season, beginning as early as September and culminating on January 6 (Feast of the Epiphany).

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Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam observes 11 federal public holidays anchored on the Gregorian and lunar calendars. Tet (Lunar New Year) is the heaviest observance cluster, with 5-6 days off. The Hung Kings Commemoration on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month is the country's ancestral-founder festival and a unique fixed-date lunar observance.

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New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand has 11 nationwide public holidays under the Holidays Act 2003, plus province anniversary dates that vary annually. Matariki joined the statutory calendar in 2022 as the first new holiday in a decade.

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