33 official public holidays in 2012, with 0 still ahead and around 241 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day Neujahr | Public |
| Mon, Jan 2 | Monday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag | Public |
| Fri, Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Public |
| Fri, Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Observance |
| Thu, Mar 1 | Thursday | Republic Day Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik | Public |
| Mon, Mar 19 | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Public |
| Mon, Mar 19 | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Observance |
| Wed, Apr 4 | Wednesday | Näfels procession Näfelser Fahrt | Public |
| Fri, Apr 6 | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Observance |
| Tue, May 1 | Tuesday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Public |
| Tue, May 1 | Tuesday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Observance |
| Thu, May 17 | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt | Public |
| Mon, May 28 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Public |
| Mon, May 28 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Observance |
| Thu, Jun 7 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Public |
| Thu, Jun 7 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Observance |
| Fri, Jun 29 | Friday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter und Paul | Observance |
| Wed, Aug 1 | Wednesday | Swiss National Day Bundesfeier | Public |
| Wed, Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Public |
| Wed, Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Observance |
| Thu, Sep 6 | Thursday | Geneva Prayday Jeûne genevois | Public |
| Sun, Sep 16 | Sunday | Federal Day of Thanksgiving Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | Observance |
| Mon, Sep 17 | Monday | Federal Fast Monday Bettagsmontag | Public |
| Thu, Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Thu, Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Observance |
| Sat, Dec 8 | Saturday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Public |
| Sat, Dec 8 | Saturday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Observance |
| Tue, Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day Weihnachten | Public |
| Wed, Dec 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Public |
| Wed, Dec 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Observance |
| Mon, Dec 31 | Monday | Restoration Day Restauration de la République | Public |
Sun, Jan 1 · Sunday
New Year's Day
Neujahr
Public
Mon, Jan 2 · Monday
St. Berchtold's Day
Berchtoldstag
Public
Fri, Jan 6 · Friday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Public
Fri, Jan 6 · Friday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Observance
Thu, Mar 1 · Thursday
Republic Day
Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik
Public
Mon, Mar 19 · Monday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Public
Mon, Mar 19 · Monday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Observance
Wed, Apr 4 · Wednesday
Näfels procession
Näfelser Fahrt
Public
Fri, Apr 6 · Friday
Good Friday
Karfreitag
Public
Mon, Apr 9 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Public
Mon, Apr 9 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Observance
Tue, May 1 · Tuesday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Public
Tue, May 1 · Tuesday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Observance
Thu, May 17 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Auffahrt
Public
Mon, May 28 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Public
Mon, May 28 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Observance
Thu, Jun 7 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Public
Thu, Jun 7 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Observance
Fri, Jun 29 · Friday
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Peter und Paul
Observance
Wed, Aug 1 · Wednesday
Swiss National Day
Bundesfeier
Public
Wed, Aug 15 · Wednesday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Public
Wed, Aug 15 · Wednesday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Observance
Thu, Sep 6 · Thursday
Geneva Prayday
Jeûne genevois
Public
Sun, Sep 16 · Sunday
Federal Day of Thanksgiving
Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag
Observance
Mon, Sep 17 · Monday
Federal Fast Monday
Bettagsmontag
Public
Thu, Nov 1 · Thursday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Thu, Nov 1 · Thursday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Observance
Sat, Dec 8 · Saturday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Public
Sat, Dec 8 · Saturday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Observance
Tue, Dec 25 · Tuesday
Christmas Day
Weihnachten
Public
Wed, Dec 26 · Wednesday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Public
Wed, Dec 26 · Wednesday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Observance
Mon, Dec 31 · Monday
Restoration Day
Restauration de la République
Public
Total holidays
33
in 2012
Working days remaining
241
across all of 2012
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2012
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Switzerland has only one federal public holiday under article 110 of the Federal Constitution: Swiss National Day on 1 August. Every other public holiday is cantonal and varies across the 26 cantons, with some recognising as many as fifteen days and others as few as seven. Catholic cantons observe Epiphany, Saints Peter and Paul, Assumption, All Saints' and Immaculate Conception; Protestant cantons typically do not. Geneva uniquely observes the Jeûne Genevois on the Thursday after the first Sunday of September. The Federal Act on Work in Industry sets New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Ascension and Swiss National Day as equivalent to a Sunday for industrial labour-law purposes everywhere in Switzerland.
Article 18 of the Federal Act on Work (Arbeitsgesetz) prohibits work on Sundays except by permit. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Code of Civil Procedure article 142 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or a cantonally recognised public holiday at the place of the court to the next working day. Settlement of Swiss franc transactions runs on the Swiss Interbank Clearing system operated by SIX Interbank Clearing, which observes a nationally agreed banking calendar narrower than any cantonal list because banks operate across cantonal boundaries.