National Holidays in Brazil in 2023

Brazil
2023

List of Holidays in Brazil in 2023

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Sunday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Jan 25	São Paulo Anniversary	Regional Holiday	São Paulo Municipal
Monday	Feb 20	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Tuesday	Feb 21	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Wednesday	Feb 22	Ash Wednesday	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo. Until 2pm
Friday	Apr 07	Good Friday	National Holiday
Friday	Apr 21	Tiradentes Day	National Holiday
Monday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 14	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday
Thursday	Jun 08	Corpus Christi	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Sunday	Jul 09	State Rebellion Day	Regional Holiday	São Paulo
Sunday	Aug 13	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	Not a public holiday
Thursday	Sep 07	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Wednesday	Sep 20	Ragamuffin War Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Rio Grande do Sul
Thursday	Oct 12	Lady of Aparecida	National Holiday	Holy Mary's Day
Friday	Oct 27	Civil Servants Day	Government Holiday	Government and Banks only
Thursday	Nov 02	All Souls' Day	National Holiday
Wednesday	Nov 15	Republic Day	National Holiday
Monday	Nov 20	Black Awareness Day	Regional Holiday
Monday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday

Key

Half Day holidays are observed on Christmas Eve (December 24th) and New Year's Eve (December 31st)
Ponto facultativos are types of holidays unique to Brazil. It is up to an employer whether they allow employees to take this day. In practice, the holidays are widely observed by the public sector and large companies.

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