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

2023^[1]
- Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 24
- Ash Wednesday – February 26^[2]
- Good Friday – April 10^[3]
2021
- Carnaval begins (Monday) begins – February 15
- Ash Wednesday – February 17^[2]
- Good Friday – April 2^[3]
2022
- Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 28
- Ash Wednesday – March 2^[2]
- Good Friday – April 15^[3]
2023
- Ash Wednesday – February 22^[2]
- Good Friday – April 7^[3]
2024
- Ash Wednesday – February 14^[2]
- Good Friday – March 29^[3]
2025
- Good Friday – April 18^[3]

The holidays in November (starting from Separation Day), are called the Fiestas Patrias ("National Holidays").^[4]

^ "National Holidays in Panama in 2023". Panama Public Holidays. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ash Wednesday 2023 - Calendar Date". www.calendardate.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "When Is Holy Friday 2020 & 2021? Dates Of Holy Friday". Avnitasoni. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ Chatlani, Manoj (7 November 2014). "Fiestas Patrias: Panama celebrates its history all through November". POLS - Attorneys. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

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