33 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 244 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Neujahr | Public |
| Sat, Jan 2 | Saturday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag | Public |
| Wed, Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Public |
| Wed, Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Observance |
| Tue, Mar 1 | Tuesday | Republic Day Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik | Public |
| Sat, Mar 19 | Saturday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Public |
| Sat, Mar 19 | Saturday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Observance |
| Fri, Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag | Public |
| Mon, Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Public |
| Mon, Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Observance |
| Mon, Apr 4 | Monday | Näfels procession Näfelser Fahrt | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Observance |
| Thu, May 5 | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt | Public |
| Mon, May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Public |
| Mon, May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Observance |
| Thu, May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Public |
| Thu, May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Observance |
| Wed, Jun 29 | Wednesday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter und Paul | Observance |
| Mon, Aug 1 | Monday | Swiss National Day Bundesfeier | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Observance |
| Thu, Sep 8 | Thursday | Geneva Prayday Jeûne genevois | Public |
| Sun, Sep 18 | Sunday | Federal Day of Thanksgiving Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | Observance |
| Mon, Sep 19 | Monday | Federal Fast Monday Bettagsmontag | Public |
| Tue, Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Tue, Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Observance |
| Thu, Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Public |
| Thu, Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Observance |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Weihnachten | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Observance |
| Sat, Dec 31 | Saturday | Restoration Day Restauration de la République | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Neujahr
Public
Sat, Jan 2 · Saturday
St. Berchtold's Day
Berchtoldstag
Public
Wed, Jan 6 · Wednesday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Public
Wed, Jan 6 · Wednesday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Observance
Tue, Mar 1 · Tuesday
Republic Day
Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik
Public
Sat, Mar 19 · Saturday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Public
Sat, Mar 19 · Saturday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Observance
Fri, Mar 25 · Friday
Good Friday
Karfreitag
Public
Mon, Mar 28 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Public
Mon, Mar 28 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Observance
Mon, Apr 4 · Monday
Näfels procession
Näfelser Fahrt
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Observance
Thu, May 5 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Auffahrt
Public
Mon, May 16 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Public
Mon, May 16 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Observance
Thu, May 26 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Public
Thu, May 26 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Observance
Wed, Jun 29 · Wednesday
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Peter und Paul
Observance
Mon, Aug 1 · Monday
Swiss National Day
Bundesfeier
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Observance
Thu, Sep 8 · Thursday
Geneva Prayday
Jeûne genevois
Public
Sun, Sep 18 · Sunday
Federal Day of Thanksgiving
Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag
Observance
Mon, Sep 19 · Monday
Federal Fast Monday
Bettagsmontag
Public
Tue, Nov 1 · Tuesday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Tue, Nov 1 · Tuesday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Observance
Thu, Dec 8 · Thursday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Public
Thu, Dec 8 · Thursday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Observance
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Weihnachten
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Observance
Sat, Dec 31 · Saturday
Restoration Day
Restauration de la République
Public
Total holidays
33
in 2016
Working days remaining
244
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
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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.