Working-day calendar 2027 — public holidays and days off in Latvia
In 2027 Latvia has 252 working days and 2009 working hours (five-day, 40-hour week); 9 public holidays fall on weekdays. No working days are moved this year. 18 November is a public holiday and a day off; 11 November (Lāčplēsis Day) is a remembrance day and a normal working day.
Public holidays in 2027
Date
Day
Holiday
Day off?
1 January
Friday
New Year's Day
yes
26 March
Friday
Good Friday
yes
28 March
Sunday
Easter Sunday
falls at the weekend
29 March
Monday
Easter Monday
yes
1 May
Saturday
Labour Day and Convocation of the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Latvia
falls at the weekend
4 May
Tuesday
Restoration of Independence Day
yes
9 May
Sunday
Mother's Day
falls at the weekend
16 May
Sunday
Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
falls at the weekend
23 June
Wednesday
Līgo Day (Midsummer Eve)
yes
24 June
Thursday
Jāņi (Midsummer Day)
yes
18 November
Thursday
Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
yes
24 December
Friday
Christmas Eve
yes
25 December
Saturday
Christmas Day
falls at the weekend
26 December
Sunday
Boxing Day
falls at the weekend
31 December
Friday
New Year's Eve
yes
Moved working days
No working days are moved in 2027.
The move is binding on state-funded institutions with a Monday–Friday week; the Cabinet recommends it to municipalities, businesses and other organisations. On the working day before a public holiday, working time is one hour shorter (Labour Law, section 135).
Working days and hours by month, 2027
Month
Working days
Working hours
Weekends and holidays
January
20
160
11
February
20
160
8
March
21
167
10
April
22
175
8
May
20
159
11
June
20
159
10
July
22
176
9
August
22
176
9
September
22
176
8
October
21
168
10
November
21
167
9
December
21
166
10
Total
252
2009
113
Hours assume an 8-hour working day (40-hour week), one hour shorter before public holidays.
2027 calendar by month
8Public holiday (day off)
8Moved day off
8Working Saturday (moved)
8Shortened working day (1 hour shorter)
8Weekend
January 202720 working days · 160 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
February 202720 working days · 160 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
March 202721 working days · 167 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
April 202722 working days · 175 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
May 202720 working days · 159 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
June 202720 working days · 159 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
July 202722 working days · 176 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
August 202722 working days · 176 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
September 202722 working days · 176 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
October 202721 working days · 168 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
November 202721 working days · 167 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
December 202721 working days · 166 h
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Remembrance and celebration days 2027 (working days)
By law these are not days off — for example 11 November, Lāčplēsis Day.
20 January(Wednesday) — Remembrance Day for the Defenders of the 1991 Barricades
26 January(Tuesday) — Day of International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of Latvia
27 February(Saturday) — International NGO Day
2 March(Tuesday) — Remembrance Day for the Armed Resistance of the National Partisans
8 March(Monday) — International Women's Day
17 March(Wednesday) — Remembrance Day for the National Resistance Movement
25 March(Thursday) — Remembrance Day for Victims of Communist Genocide
27 April(Tuesday) — Latgale Congress Day
8 May(Saturday) — Day of the Defeat of Nazism and Remembrance of the Victims of the Second World War
9 May(Sunday) — Europe Day
15 May(Saturday) — International Day of Families
17 May(Monday) — Firefighters' and Rescuers' Day
1 June(Tuesday) — International Children's Day
14 June(Monday) — Remembrance Day for Victims of Communist Genocide
17 June(Thursday) — Day of the Occupation of the Republic of Latvia
20 June(Sunday) — Medical Workers' Day
22 June(Tuesday) — Heroes' Remembrance Day (anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)
4 July(Sunday) — Remembrance Day for Victims of the Genocide of the Jewish People
10 July(Saturday) — Sea Festival Day
11 August(Wednesday) — Remembrance Day for Latvia's Freedom Fighters
21 August(Saturday) — Anniversary of the Constitutional Law on the Statehood of the Republic of Latvia
23 August(Monday) — Remembrance Day for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1 September(Wednesday) — Knowledge Day (start of the school year)
12 September(Sunday) — Father's Day
22 September(Wednesday) — Baltic Unity Day
1 October(Friday) — International Day of Older Persons
5 October(Tuesday) — Teachers' Day
15 October(Friday) — State Language Day
7 November(Sunday) — Border Guards' Day
11 November(Thursday) — Lāčplēsis Day
21 November(Sunday) — Remembrance Day for the Tragedy of 21 November 2013 (Zolitūde)
5 December(Sunday) — Police Officers' Day
5 December(Sunday) — Remembrance Day for Victims of the Communist Regime's Genocide
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