18 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 246 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Año Nuevo | Public |
| Mon, Jan 11 | Monday | Epiphany Día de los Reyes Magos | Public |
| Mon, Mar 21 | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day Día de San José | Public |
| Thu, Mar 24 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo | Public |
| Fri, Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | Labour Day Primero de Mayo | Public |
| Mon, May 9 | Monday | Ascension Day Ascensión del señor | Public |
| Mon, May 30 | Monday | Corpus Christi | Public |
| Mon, Jun 6 | Monday | Sacred Heart Sagrado Corazón | Public |
| Mon, Jul 4 | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul San Pedro y San Pablo | Public |
| Wed, Jul 20 | Wednesday | Declaration of Independence Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia | Public |
| Sun, Aug 7 | Sunday | Battle of Boyacá Batalla de Boyacá | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary La Asunción | Public |
| Mon, Oct 17 | Monday | Columbus Day Día de la Raza | Public |
| Mon, Nov 7 | Monday | All Saints’ Day Dia de los Santos | Public |
| Mon, Nov 14 | Monday | Independence of Cartagena Independencia de Cartagena | Public |
| Thu, Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception La Inmaculada Concepción | Public |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Navidad | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Año Nuevo
Public
Mon, Jan 11 · Monday
Epiphany
Día de los Reyes Magos
Public
Mon, Mar 21 · Monday
Saint Joseph's Day
Día de San José
Public
Thu, Mar 24 · Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Jueves Santo
Public
Fri, Mar 25 · Friday
Good Friday
Viernes Santo
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
Labour Day
Primero de Mayo
Public
Mon, May 9 · Monday
Ascension Day
Ascensión del señor
Public
Mon, May 30 · Monday
Corpus Christi
Public
Mon, Jun 6 · Monday
Sacred Heart
Sagrado Corazón
Public
Mon, Jul 4 · Monday
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
San Pedro y San Pablo
Public
Wed, Jul 20 · Wednesday
Declaration of Independence
Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia
Public
Sun, Aug 7 · Sunday
Battle of Boyacá
Batalla de Boyacá
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption of Mary
La Asunción
Public
Mon, Oct 17 · Monday
Columbus Day
Día de la Raza
Public
Mon, Nov 7 · Monday
All Saints’ Day
Dia de los Santos
Public
Mon, Nov 14 · Monday
Independence of Cartagena
Independencia de Cartagena
Public
Thu, Dec 8 · Thursday
Immaculate Conception
La Inmaculada Concepción
Public
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Navidad
Public
Total holidays
18
in 2016
Working days remaining
246
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
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Colombia has eighteen public holidays under Law 51 of 1983 (Ley Emiliani), the highest count in Latin America. The list combines Catholic dates (Epiphany, Saint Joseph's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension, Corpus Christi, Sacred Heart, Saints Peter and Paul, Assumption, All Saints', Immaculate Conception, Christmas Day) with civic dates (New Year's Day, Labour Day, Independence Day on 20 July, Battle of Boyacá on 7 August commemorating the 1819 decisive battle, Independence of Cartagena on 11 November, Day of the Races on 12 October). The Ley Emiliani specifically moved twelve of these to the following Monday to create three-day weekends, the most systematic Monday-isation regime in the Spanish-speaking world.
The Código Sustantivo del Trabajo article 161 sets the standard working week at 47 hours since 2023, reducing to 42 hours by 2026 under Law 2101 of 2021. The standard private-sector office and banking week is Monday to Friday at 8 to 9 hours, with retail and informal sectors operating Monday to Saturday. Sunday is the statutory weekly rest day under article 172. The Código General del Proceso article 118 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a non-working day to the next día hábil. Settlement of Colombian peso transactions runs on the Banco de la República's CUD RTGS system, which observes the eighteen national holidays.