Public holidays in Panama

Public holidays in Panama include:

Holidays

Panama's national public holidays are:

• January 1 New Year's Day
• January 9 Martyrs' Day
• Carnival Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• May 1 Labour Day
• November 3 Separation Day
• November 4 Flag Day -Observed only by Public Agencies and all schools. Not a holiday for the private sector.
• November 5 Colon Day
• November 10 "Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos" celebrating The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro and the uprising in the Villa de Los Santos against Spain.
• November 28 Independence Day (from Spain, 1821)
• December 8 Mother's Day
• December 20 National Mourning Day
• December 25 Christmas Day

Variable dates

• 2023
  • Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 24
  • Ash Wednesday – February 26^[1]
  • Good Friday – April 10^[2]
• 2021
  • Carnaval begins (Monday) begins – February 15
  • Ash Wednesday – February 17^[1]
  • Good Friday – April 2^[2]
• 2022
  • Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 28
  • Ash Wednesday – March 2^[1]
  • Good Friday – April 15^[2]
• 2023
  • Ash Wednesday – February 22^[1]
  • Good Friday – April 7^[2]
• 2024
  • Ash Wednesday – February 14^[1]
  • Good Friday – March 29^[2]
• 2025
  • Good Friday – April 18^[2]

Fiestas Patrias (National Holidays)

The holidays in November (starting from Separation Day), are called the Fiestas Patrias ("National Holidays").^[3]

References

1. "Ash Wednesday 2023 - Calendar Date". www.calendardate.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
2. "When Is Holy Friday 2020 & 2021? Dates Of Holy Friday". Avnitasoni. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
3. Chatlani, Manoj (7 November 2014). "Fiestas Patrias: Panama celebrates its history all through November". POLS - Attorneys. Retrieved 2 November 2018.