List of Holidays by country
European Union
3 January – New Year’s Day
14 February – Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday
22 April – Good Friday
23 April – Easter Saturday
25 April – Easter Monday
13 June – Queen’s Birthday
10 October – Fiji Day
26 October – Diwali
26 December – Christmas Day
27 December – Boxing Day
United States
1 January – New Year’s Day
16 January – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
25 January 2012 – No Name Calling Day
28 January 2012 – SMAS Awareness Day
2 February – Groundhog Day
12 February – Lincoln’s Birthday
14 February – Valentine’s Day
20 February – Presidents Day
21 February – Fat Tuesday (always the day before Lent starts)
22 February – Ash Wednesday
11 March – Rome’s birthday
17 March – St. Patrick’s Day (Originating in Ireland)
20 March 2012 – Vernal Equinox (based on sun)
1 April – Palm Sunday (Christian; Sunday before Easter)
30 March – National Doctors’ Day (always on 30 March)
1 April – April Fools’ Day
6 April 2012 – First day of Passover
6 April – Good Friday (Christian; Friday before Easter)
8 April – Easter Sunday
9 April – Easter Monday (Christian; Monday after Easter)
14 April 2012 – Last Day of Passover
16 April – Patriots’ Day/Marathon Monday
22 April – Earth Day
27 April – Arbor Day (last Friday of April)
3 May – National Day of Prayer
13 May – Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday of May)
15 May – Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday in May)
27 May – Pentecost Sunday (Christian; 49 days after Easter)
28 May – Memorial Day (last Monday of May, traditionally 30 May)
14 June – Flag Day
17 June – Father’s Day (3rd Sunday of June)
20 June 2012 – Summer Solstice (based on sun)
4 July – Independence Day
3 September – Labor Day (first Monday of September)
11 September – Patriot Day
16 September 2012 – Rosh Hashanah
17 September – Constitution Day
22 September 2012 – Autumnal equinox (based on sun)
25 September 2012 – Yom Kippur
30 September 2012 – First day of Sukkot
7 October 2012 – Last Day of Sukkot (Jewish)
8 October 2012 – Simchat Torah
8 October – Columbus Day
31 October – Halloween
1 November – All Saints Day (Christian)
11 November – Veterans Day
22 November – Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November)
7 December – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
8 December 2012 – First day of Hanukkah
16 December 2012 – Last day of Hanukkah
21 December 2012 – Winter Solstice (based on sun)
25 December – Christmas Day (Christian)
26 December – First day of Kwanzaa
31 December – New Year’s Eve
China
23 January 2012 – Spring Festivals
8 March 2012 – Women’s Day
4 April 2012 – Qingming Festival
1 May – May Day
4 May – Youth Day
1 June – Children’s Day
23 June 2012 – Dragon Boat Festival
1 August – Army Day
30 September – Mid-Autumn Day
1 October – National Day
Japan
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
11 February 2012 – Foundation Day
20 March 2012 – Vernal Equinox Day
29 April 2012 – Shōwa Day
3 May 2012 – Constitution Memorial Day
4 May 2012 – Greenery Day
5 May 2012 – Children’s Day
16 July 2012 – Marine Day
17 September 2012 – Respect-for-the-Aged Day
23 September 2012 – Autumnal Equinox Day
8 October 2012 – Health & Sports Day
3 November 2012 – Culture Day
23 November 2012 – Labour Thanksgiving Day
23 December 2012 – The Emperor’s Birthday
Germany
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
6 January 2012 – Epiphany
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
9 April 2012 – Easter Monday
1 May 2012 – Labour Day
17 May 2012 – Ascension
28 May 2012 – Whit Monday
7 June 2012 – Corpus Christi
15 August 2012 – Assumption Day
3 October 2012 – Day of German unity
31 October 2012 – Reformation Day
1 November 2012 – All Saint’s Day
21 November 2012 – Penance Day
25 December 2012 – Christmas
26 December 2012 – St. Stephen’s Day
France
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
8 April 2012 – Easter
1 May 2012 – Labour Day
8 May 2012 – VE day
17 May 2012 – Ascension Thursday
27 May 2012 – Whit Sunday
28 May 2012 – Whit Monday
14 July 2012 – Bastille Day
15 August 2012 – Assumption Day
1 November 2012 – All Saint’s Day
11 November 2012 – Armistice Day
25 December 2012 – Christmas Day
26 December 2012 – Boxing Day
United Kingdom
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
17 March 2012 – St. Patrick’s Day
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
7 May 2012 – May Day
28 May 2012 – Spring Bank Holiday
12 July 2012 – Orangeman’s Holiday
27 August 2012 – Late Summer
25 December 2012 – Christmas
26 or 27 December – Boxing Day
Brazil
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
21 April 2012 – Tiradentes
1 May 2012 – Labour Day
7 June 2012 – Corpus Christi
7 September 2012 – Independene Day
12 October 2012 – Our Lady Aparecida
2 November 2012 – Finados
15 November 2012 – Proclamation of the Republic
24 December 2012 – Christmas Eve
25 December 2012 – Christmas Day
Italy
1 January – New Year’s Day
6 January – Epiphany
(variable) – Easter Sunday
(variable) – Easter Monday
25 April – Liberation Day
1 May – International Labour Day
2 June – Anniversary of the Republic
15 August – Ferragosto or Assumption of Mary
1 November – All Saints’ Day
8 December – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Saint Stephen
India
1 January 2012 – New Yea’s Day
13 January 2012 – Lohdi
14 January 2012 – Pongal
26 January 2012 – Republic Day
4 February 2012 – Milad-Un-Nabi
20 February 2012 – Mahashivratri
8 March 2012 – Holika Dahan
9 March 2012 – Holi
5 April 2012 – Mahavir Jayanthi
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
5 May 2012 – Buddha Purnima
10 August 2012 – Krishna Janmashtami / Srikrishna Jayanti
15 August 2012 – Independence Day
19 August 2012 – Id ul Fitr
9 September 2012 – Ganesh Chaturthi
2 October 2012 – Gandhi Jayanti
24 October 2012 – Dussehra
26 October 2012 – Idu’l Zuha/Bakrid
13 November 2012 – Diwali
24 November 2012 – Muharram / Day of Ashura
28 November 2012 – Guru Nanak Jayanti
25 December 2012 – Christmas
Canada
1 January 2012 – New Year’s Day
6 January 2012 – Epiphany
2 February 2012 – Groundhog Day
14 February 2012 – Valentine’s Day
20 February 2012 – Family Day (AB, ON, SK)
12 March 2012 – Commonwealth Day
17 March 2012 – St. Patrick’s Day
6 April 2012 – Good Friday
8 April 2012 – Easter Sunday
9 April 2012 – Vimy Ridge Day
9 April 2012 – Easter Monday
21 May 2012 – Victoria Day (Most regions)
21 June 2012 – National Aboriginal Day
1 July 2012 – Canada Day
2 July 2012 – Canada Day – statutory holiday
6 August 2012 – Civic/Provincial Day (Many regions)
3 September 2012 – Labour Day (All)
8 October 2012 – Thanksgiving Day (All)
31 October 2012 – Halloween
11 November 2012 – Remembrance Day (Most regions)
12 November 2012 – ‘Remembrance Day’ observed (Many regions)
11 December 2012 – Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
24 December 2012 – Christmas Eve
25 December 2012 – Christmas
26 December 2012 – Boxing Day (Most regions)
31 December 2012 – New Year’s Eve
