This is a list of public holidays in Guatemala . [1] [2]
The Guatemalan Labor Code recognizes the following dates as public holidays with paid leave (unless marked as "Bank holiday"): [3]
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | Año Nuevo | The celebration of the first day of the Gregorian Calendar. |
March or April | Holy Week | Semana Santa [4] | Holy Wednesday is a Bank holiday. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are official holidays. |
May 1 | Labour Day | Día del Trabajo | Also called Labour Day |
June 30 | Army Day | Día del Ejército | |
August 15 | Assumption Day | Día de la Asunción | Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) |
September 15 | Independence Day | Día de la Independencia | Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America in 1821. |
October 12 | Day of the Race | Día de la Raza | Celebrates the resistance to the European conquest of America. [5] Bank holiday. |
October 20 | Revolution Day | Día de la Revolución | Celebrates the "Ten Years of Spring," the democratic period that began with the uprising against Jorge Ubico in 1944. |
November 1 | All Saints' Day | Día de Todos los Santos | |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | Noche Buena | From noon onward |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Navidad | |
December 31 | New Year's Eve | Víspera de Año Nuevo | From noon onward |
A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and set "due west". This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.
The Guatemalan Armed Forces consists of the National Army of Guatemala, the Guatemalan National Defense Navy, the Guatemalan Air Force, and the Presidential Honor Guard.
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern Hemisphere, the beginning of the traditional astronomical summer is 21 June. In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological winter begins on 1 June.
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin.
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A solstice is an event that occurs when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21. In many countries, the seasons of the year are determined by the solstices and the equinoxes.
Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are longest and darkness hours are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The earliest sunrises and latest sunsets also occur near the date of the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.
Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, or relevant father figure, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. The single most common date among world countries is the third Sunday of June, which was founded in the state of Washington, United States, by Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910.
Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring equinox, days and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with daytime length increasing and nighttime length decreasing as the season progresses until the Summer Solstice in June and December.
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Lists of holidays by various categorizations.
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