World Holidays / Office Closures 2021 Updated 1/5/2021 Note that some offices close early the day prior to a holiday France Sweden Japan New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri NORTH AMERICA Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Epiphany 6 Jan Wed Coming of Age Day 11 Jan Mon Ascension 13 May Thu Good Friday 2 Apr Fri National Founding Day (Observed) 11 Feb Thu Canada Whit Monday 24 May Mon Ascension Day 13 May Thu Emperor's Birthday (Observed) 23 Feb Tue New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Bastille Day 14 Jul Wed Christmas Eve 24 Dec Fri Showa Day 29 Apr Thu Family Day (ON) 15 Feb Mon All Saints Day 1 Nov Mon New Year's Eve 31 Dec Fri Constitution Day 3 May Mon Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Armistice 11 Nov Thu Greenery Day 4 May Tue Easter Monday (QC) 5 Apr Mon Switzerland Children's Day 5 May Wed National Patriots' Day (QC) 24 May Mon Germany New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Marine Day 22 Jul Thu Victoria Day 24 May Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Health & Sports Day 23 Jul Fri St Jean Baptiste Day (QC) 24 Jun Thu Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Mountain Day 9 Aug Mon Canada Day 1 Jul Thu Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Sechselaeten (1/2 Day) 19 Apr Mon Respect for the Aged Day 20 Sept Mon Civic Holiday (ON) 2 Aug Mon Ascension 13 May Thu Ascension Day 13 May Thu Autumn Equinox (Observed) 23 Sept Thu Labour Day 6 Sept Mon Whit Monday 24 May Mon Pentecost Monday 24 May Mon Culture Day 3 Nov Wed Thanksgiving Day 11 Oct Mon Corpus Christi 3 Jun Thu Kanbenschiessen (1/2 Day) 13 Sept Mon Labor Thanksgiving Day 23 Nov Tue Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon New Year's Eve 31 Dec Fri Boxing Day (ON) (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Italy United Arab Emirates New Year's Eve Day (QC) 31 Dec Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri South Korea Epiphany 6 Apr Tue Eid Al Fitr 13 May Thu New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri United States of America Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Eid Al Fitr Holiday (probable holiday) 14 May Fri Lunar New Year (Sollar) 11-12 Feb Thu-Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Italian Republic Celebration 2 Jun Wed Arafat (Haj) Day 19 Jul Mon Independence Movement Day 1 Mar Mon Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 18 Jan Mon All Saints Day 1 Nov Mon Eid-al-Adha 20 Jul Tue Children's Day 5 May Wed Presidents' Day 15 Feb Mon Saint Ambrose 7 Dec Tue Eid-al-Adha (probable holiday) 21 Jul Wed Buddha's Birthday 19 May Wed Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Immaculate Conception 8 Dec Wed Eid-al-Adha (probable holiday) 22 Jul Thu Thanksgiving Day (Chuseok) 20-22 Sept Mon-Wed Memorial Day 31 May Mon Hijra (Islamic New Year) 9 Aug Mon Independence Day (Observed) 5 Jul Mon Luxembourg Prophet Mohammed's Birthday 18 Oct Mon New Zealand Labor Day 6 Sept Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Commemoration Day 1 Dec Wed New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Thanksgiving Day 25 Nov Thu Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon National Day 2 Dec Thu Day after New Year's Day (Observed) 4 Jan Mon Day after Thanksgiving (Close at 1pm EST) 26 Nov Fri Ascension 13 May Thu National Day (probable holiday) 3 Dec Fri Waitangi Day (Observed) 8 Feb Mon Christmas (Observed) 24 Dec Fri Whit Monday 24 May Mon Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the Good Friday 2 Apr Fri National Day 23 Jun Wed moon, and the dates given above are approximations. Therefore, the dates of the Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon All Saints' Day 1 Nov Mon holidays are subject to change. ANZAC Day (Observed) 26 Apr Mon CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Queen's Birthday 7 Jun Mon Netherlands United Kingdom Labour Day 25 Oct Mon Brazil New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Boxing Day (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Anniversary of Sao Paulo City 25 Jan Mon Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Carnival 15-16 Feb Mon-Tue King's Birthday 27 Apr Tue May Bank Holiday 3 May Mon Singapore Carnival (Open at 1pm) 17 Feb Wed Ascension 13 May Thu Spring Bank Holiday 31 May Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Whit Monday 24 May Mon Summer Bank Holiday 30 Aug Mon Chinese New Year (Observed) 12-15 Feb Fri-Mon Triadentes Day 21 Apr Wed Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Corpus Christi 3 Jun Thu Norway Boxing Day (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Labour Day (Observed) 3 May Mon Constitutionalist Revolution Day 9 Jul Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Hari Raya Puasa 13 May Thu Independence Day 7 Sept Tue Maundy Thursday 1 Apr Thu Vesak Day 26 May Wed Our Lady of Aparecida 12 Oct Tue Good Friday 2 Apr Fri ASIA-PACIFIC Hari Raya Haji 20 Jul Tue All Souls' Day 2 Nov Tue Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon National Day 9 Aug Mon Republic Day 15 Nov Mon Ascension Day 13 May Thu Australia Deepavali 4 Nov Thu Christmas Eve 24 Dec Fri Constitution Day 17 May Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Christmas (Observed) 27 Dec Mon New Year's Eve (1/2 Day) 31 Dec Fri Whit Monday 24 Jun Thu Australia Day 26 Jan Tue Christmas Eve 24 Dec Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Taiwan Chile Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Poland Queen's Birthday 14 Jun Mon Chinese New Year (Observed) 10-16 Feb Wed-Tue Good Friday 2 Apr Fri New Year’s Day 1 Jan Fri Labour Day 4 Oct Mon Peace Memorial Day (Observed) 1 Mar Mon Navy Day 21 May Fri Epiphany 6 Jan Wed Christmas (Observed) 27 Dec Mon Children's Day (Observed) 2 Apr Fri St. Peter and St. Paul 28 Jun Mon Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Boxing Day (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Tomb Sweeping Day (Observed) 5 Apr Mon Our Lady of Mount Carmen 16 Jul Fri Constitution Day 3 May Mon Labor Day / May Day (Observed) 30 Apr Fri National Day (Observed) 17 Sept Fri Corpus Christi 3 June Thu China Dragon Boat Festival 14 Jun Mon Columbus Day 11 Oct Mon All Saint's Day 1 Nov Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Mid-Autumn Festival 20-21 Sept Mon-Tue All Saints' Day 1 Nov Mon Independence Day 11 Nov Thu Spring Festival / Lunar New Year 11-15 Feb Thu-Mon National Day (Observed) 11 Oct Mon Immaculate Conception 8 Dec Wed Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon Ching Ming Festival (Observed) 5 Apr Mon The following New Year's Day (Observed) 31 Dec Fri New Year's Eve (Early Closure) 31 Dec Fri Boxing Day (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Labour Day (Observed) 3 May Mon Dragon Boat Festival 14 Jun Mon Thailand Mexico (all dates to be confirmed) Romania Mid-Autumn Day 21 Sept Tue New Year’s Day 1 Jan Fri New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri New Year’s Day 1 Jan Fri China National Day 1-5 Oct Fri-Tue Makha Bucha Day 26 Feb Fri Constitution Day 1-2 Feb Mon-Tue Good Friday (Orthodox) 30 Apr Fri ​Chakri Memorial Day 6 Apr Tue Benito Juarez's birthday 21 Mar Sun Easter Monday (Orthodox) 3 May Mon Hong Kong Songkran Festival 13-15 Apr Tue-Thu Maundy Thursday 1 Apr Thu Children’s Day 1 Jun Tue New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri National Labour Day (Observed) 3 May Mon Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Pentecost Monday (Orthodox) 21 Jun Mon Lunar New Year 12-15 Feb Fri-Mon Coronation Day 4 May Tue Independence Day 16 Sept Thu Saint Andrew's Day 30 Nov Tue Good Friday 2 Apr Fri ​Wisakha Bucha Day 26 May Wed Day of the Dead 1 Nov Mon National Day 1 Dec Wed Ching Ming Festival (Observed) 5 Apr Mon ​H.M. Queen’s Birthday 3 Jun Thu Revolution Day 20 Oct Wed Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon Easter Monday (Observed) 6 Apr Tue Asahna Bucha Day (Observed) 26 Jul Mon Boxing Day (Observed) 28 Dec Tue Buddha's Birthday 19 May Wed ​H.M. King’s Birthday 28 Jul Wed Tuen Ng Day 14 Jun Mon Mother’s Day 12 Aug Thu EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA South Africa SAR Establishment Day OBS 1 Jul Thu The Great Memorial Day 13 Oct Wed New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri The day after the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 22 Sept Wed Chulalongkorn Day (Observed) 25 Oct Mon Belgium Human Rights Day 22 Mar Mon National Day 1 Oct Fri Father’s Day (Observed) 6 Dec Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Chung Yeung Day 14 Oct Thu Constitution Day 10 Dec Fri Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Family Day 5 Apr Mon The first weekday after Christmas Day 27 Dec Mon New Year’s Eve 31 Dec Fri Ascension Day 13 May Thu Freedom Day 27 Apr Tue Whit Monday 24 May Mon Youth Day 16 Jun Wed India National Holiday 21 Jul Wed National Women's Day 9 Aug Mon New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri French Community Holiday 27 Sept Mon Heritage Day (public holiday) 24 Sept Fri Republic Day 26 Jan Tue All Saint's Day 1 Nov Mon Day of Reconciliation 16 Dec Thu Maha Shivaratri 11 Mar Thu Veteran's Day 11 Nov Thu Day of Good Will 27 Dec Mon Dhulivandan / Holi 29 Mar Mon Christmas Day (Observed) 27 Dec Mon Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Spain Gudi Padwa/Baisakhi 13 Apr Tue Denmark New Years Day 1 Jan Fri Ramzan Eid/Eid-ul-Fitr 13 May Thu New Year's Day 1 Jan Fri Epiphany of the Lord 6 Jan Wed Ganesh Chaturthi 10 Sept Fri Maundy Thursday 1 Apr Thu St. JoSepth 19 Mar Fri Dussehra (Maha Navami)/Vijaya Dashami 15 Oct Fri Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Maundy Thursday 1 Apr Thu Eid-e-Milad/Guru Nanak Jayanti 19 Oct Tue Easter Monday 5 Apr Mon Good Friday 2 Apr Fri Diwali/Laxmi Pooja 4 Nov Thu Prayer Day 30 Apr Fri Day of Madrid (Observed) 3 May Mon Diwali Balipratipada 5 Nov Fri Ascension Day 13 May Thu Hispanic Day 12 Oct Tue Bank Holiday 14 May Fri All Saints Day 1 Nov Mon Whit Monday 24 May Mon Our Lady of the Almudena 9 Nov Tue Christmas Eve 24 Dec Fri Constitution Day 6 Dec Mon New Year's Eve 31 Dec Fri Immaculate Conception 8 Dec Wed