INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2018 algeria 10 Ascension December 25 Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Whit Monday 26 Boxing Day July 21 National Day May 1 Labour Day chile 16 Ramadan begins August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr November 1 All Saints’ Day March 30 Good Friday July 5 Independence Day 11 Armistice Day 31 Holy Saturday August 21 Eid al-Adha December 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter September 11 Muharram begins bolivia May 1 Labour Day 20 Ashura January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Navy Day November 1 Revolution Day 22 Plurinational State Day June 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day 20 Mawlid En Nabaoui Echarif February 12 Carnival July 16 Our Lady of Carmen Day argentina March 30 Good Friday August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day April 1 Easter September 18 Independence Day February 12 Carnival May 1 Labour Day 19 Army Day March 24 Truth and Justice Memorial Day 31 Corpus Christi Day October 12 Columbus Day 30 Good Friday June 21 Winter Solstice 31 Reformation Day April 1 Easter July 16 La Paz Day* November 1 All Saints’ Day 2 Malvinas Day August 6 National Day December 8 Immaculate Conception May 1 Labour Day November 2 All Souls’ Day 25 Christmas Day 25 First Government Day December 25 Christmas Day 31 New Year’s Eve* June 17 General de Güemes Day brazil china 20 Flag Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day July 9 Independence Day February 12 Carnival February 16 Chinese New Year September 17 General San Martín Day March 30 Good Friday April 5 Tomb Sweeping Day October 15 Day of Respect for Cultural April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day Diversity 21 Tiradentes Day June 18 Dragon Boat Festival November 19 Day of National Sovereignty May 1 Labour Day September 24 Mid-Autumn Festival December 8 Immaculate Conception 31 Corpus Christi Day October 1 National Day 25 Christmas Day September 7 Independence Day australia October 12 Our Lady of Aparecida Day colombia January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day 28 Civil Servants’ Day 6 Epiphany 26 Australia Day November 2 All Souls’ Day March 19 St Joseph’s Day March 30 Good Friday 15 Republic Day 29 Maundy Thursday 31 Easter Saturday* December 25 Christmas Day 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter bulgaria April 1 Easter 2 Easter Monday January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day 25 Anzac Day March 3 Liberation Day 14 Ascension June 11 Queen’s Birthday* April 6 Orthodox Good Friday June 4 Corpus Christi Day December 25 Christmas Day 7 Orthodox Holy Saturday 11 Sacred Heart Day 26 Boxing Day 8 Orthodox Easter 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day austria 9 Orthodox Easter Monday July 20 Independence Day January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day August 7 Battle of Boyacá Day 6 Epiphany 6 St George’s Day/Army Day 15 Assumption March 30 Good Friday* 24 Culture and Literacy Day October 12 Columbus Day April 1 Easter September 6 Unification Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 2 Easter Monday 22 Independence Day 11 Cartagena Independence Day May 1 Labour Day December 24 Christmas Eve December 8 Immaculate Conception 10 Ascension 25 Christmas Day 25 Christmas Day 26 Second Christmas Day 21 Whit Monday costa rica 31 Corpus Christi Day 31 New Year’s Eve January 1 New Year’s Day August 15 Assumption canada March 29 Maundy Thursday October 26 National Day January 1 New Year’s Day 30 Good Friday November 1 All Saints’ Day February 19 Civic Holiday* April 1 Easter December 8 Immaculate Conception March 30 Good Friday 11 Juan Santamaria Day 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day 26 St Stephen’s Day May 21 Victoria Day July 25 Guanacaste Day belgium July 1 Canada Day August 2 Lady of the Angels’ Day January 1 New Year’s Day August 6 Civic Holiday* 15 Assumption/Mothers’ Day April 1 Easter September 3 Labour Day September 15 Independence Day 2 Easter Monday October 8 Thanksgiving Day October 12 Columbus Day May 1 Labour Day November 11 Remembrance Day December 25 Christmas Day –1– INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2018 croatia February 27 Independence Day June 23 Midsummer’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 Good Friday November 3 All Saints’ Day 6 Epiphany April 1 Easter December 6 Independence Day April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day 25 Christmas Day 2 Easter Monday 31 Corpus Christi Day 26 Second Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day August 16 Restoration Day france September 24 Our Lady of Mercedes Day 31 Corpus Christi Day January 1 New Year’s Day November 6 Constitution Day June 22 Anti-Fascism Day April 1 Easter December 25 Christmas Day 25 Statehood Day 2 Easter Monday August 5 Victory and Homeland ecuador May 1 Labour Day Thanksgiving Day January 1 New Year’s Day 8 WWII Victory Day 15 Assumption February 12 Carnival 10 Ascension October 8 Independence Day March 30 Good Friday 21 Whit Monday November 1 All Saints’ Day April 1 Easter July 14 National Day December 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day August 15 Assumption 26 St Stephen’s Day 24 Battle of Pichincha Day November 1 All Saints’ Day cuba July 25 Guayaquil Day* 11 Armistice Day August 10 National Day December 25 Christmas Day January 1 Liberation Day October 9 Guayaquil Independence Day 2 New Year Public Holiday georgia November 2 All Souls’ Day March 30 Good Friday January 1 New Year’s Day 3 Cuenca Independence Day May 1 Labour Day 7 Orthodox Christmas Day December 6 Quito Day* July 25 Revolution Anniversary 19 Orthodox Epiphany 25 Christmas Day October 10 War of Independence March 3 Mothers’ Day 31 New Year’s Eve* Anniversary 8 International Women’s Day December 25 Christmas Day egypt 21 Nowruz 31 End of the Year Public Holiday January 7 Coptic Christmas April 6 Orthodox Good Friday czech republic 25 Revolution Day 7 Orthodox Holy Saturday April 8 Coptic Easter 8 Orthodox Easter January 1 New Year’s Day 9 Sham el-Nessim 9 Restoration of Independence March 30 Good Friday 25 Sinai Liberation Day Day April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day Orthodox Easter Monday 2 Easter Monday 16 Ramadan begins Memorial Day May 1 May Day June 15 Iftar Bayram May 9 Victory Day 8 Liberation Day July 23 National Day 12 St Andrew’s Day July 5 St Cyril and St Methodius Day August 20 Eid al-Adha 26 Independence Day 6 Jan Hus Day September 11 Muharram begins August 28 Day of the Virgin Mary September 28 Statehood Day October 6 Armed Forces Day October 14 Georgian Orthodox Festival October 28 Independence Day November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi November 23 St George’s Day November 17 Freedom and Democracy Day December 24 Christmas Eve estonia germany 25 Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day 26 Second Christmas Day February 24 Independence Day March 30 Good Friday March 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter denmark April 1 Easter 2 Easter Monday January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 May Day May 1 Labour Day March 29 Maundy Thursday 20 Pentecost 10 Ascension 30 Good Friday June 23 Victory Day 21 Whit Monday April 1 Easter 24 Midsummer’s Day/ October 3 Day of German Unity 2 Easter Monday St John’s Day December 25 Christmas Day 27 Prayer Day August 20 Restoration of Independence 26 Second Christmas Day May 10 Ascension Day greece 20 Whit Sunday December 24 Christmas Eve January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Whit Monday 25 Christmas Day 6 Epiphany June 5 Constitution Day 26 Boxing Day December 24 Christmas Eve February 19 Shrove Monday 25 Christmas Day finland March 25 Independence Day 26 Second Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day April 6 Orthodox Good Friday 6 Epiphany 8 Orthodox Easter dominican March 30 Good Friday 9 Orthodox Easter Monday republic April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day January 1 New Year’s Day 2 Easter Monday 27 Orthodox Whit Sunday 6 Epiphany May 1 May Day 28 Orthodox Whit Monday 21 Our Lady of Altagracia Day 10 Ascension August 15 Assumption 26 Juan Pablo Duarte Day 20 Pentecost October 28 National Day –2– INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2018 December 25 Christmas Day india April 19 Independence Day 26 Second Christmas Day January 26 Republic Day May 20 Shavuot guatemala February 14 Maha Shivaratri July 22 Tisha B’Av September 10 Rosh Hashanah January 1 New Year’s Day March 3 Holi 19 Yom Kippur March 29 Maundy Thursday 29 Mahavir Jayanti 24 Sukkot 30 Good Friday 30 Good Friday October 1 Simchat Torah 31 Holy Saturday April 30 Buddha Purnima April 1 Easter May 1 May Day* italy May 1 Labour Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr January 1 New Year’s Day June 30 Army Day August 15 Independence Day 6 Epiphany July 1 July Bank Holiday* 22 Bakri Id/Idu’l Zuha April 1 Easter August 15 Assumption* September 3 Janmashtami 2 Easter Monday September 15 Independence Day 20 Muharram begins 25 Liberation Day October 20 Revolution Day October 2 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday May 1 Labour Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 19 Dussehra June 2 Republic Day December 24 Christmas Eve November 7 Diwali August 15 Assumption 25 Christmas Day 21 Mawlid al-Nabi November 1 All Saints’ Day 31 New Year’s Eve 23 Guru Nanak’s Birthday December 8 Immaculate Conception December 25 Christmas Day honduras 25 Christmas Day 26 St Stephen’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day iran February 3 Virgin of Suyapa Day February 11 Anniversary of the japan March 26 Government Holiday Islamic Revolution January 1 New Year’s Day 29 Maundy Thursday 19 Martyrdom of Hazart Fatemesh 8 Coming of Age Day 30 Good Friday March 20 Oil Nationalisation Day February 11 National Foundation Day 31 Holy Saturday 21 Nowruz March 21 Spring Equinox April 1 Easter 31 Imam Ali’s Birthday April 29 Showa Day 14 Americas’ Day Holiday April 1 Islamic Republic Day May 3 Constitution Memorial Day May 1 Labour Day 2 Sizdehbedar 4 Greenery Day September 15 Independence Day 14 Mabaath 5 Children’s Day October 6 General Francisco Morazán’s May 2 Imam Mahdi’s