Sources and licences

United States

National source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work)

Federal holidays for executive-branch employees under 5 U.S.C. § 6103 and OPM schedules.

State public holidays are not included: no single official open-licence state calendar suitable for commercial republication was identified. Federal (national) holidays only.

United Kingdom

National source: GOV.UK (England and Wales bank holidays)

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

England and Wales division from the official bank-holidays.json feed.

Scotland: GOV.UK (Scotland bank holidays) — Scotland division from the official bank-holidays.json feed (OGL v3.0).

Northern Ireland: GOV.UK (Northern Ireland bank holidays) — Northern Ireland division from the official bank-holidays.json feed (OGL v3.0).

Canada

National source: Canada Revenue Agency

Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada

Federal public holidays recognised by the CRA.

Provincial and territorial: Provincial and territorial government holiday schedules (Open Government Licence – Canada) — Major provincial/territorial holidays beyond the federal CRA list, computed from published observance rules.

Australia

National source: Fair Work Ombudsman

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

National public holidays that apply across Australia.

State and territory: Fair Work Ombudsman — state and territory public holidays — State/territory holidays beyond the national list (CC BY 4.0).

Ireland

National source: Citizens Information

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Public holidays under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

Ireland has no sub-national public holidays; all listed dates are nationwide.

India

National source: Reserve Bank of India

Licence: RBI terms of use (republication permitted with attribution)

RBI holiday calendar for Mumbai (national reference). Maharashtra Day is labelled regional.

Maharashtra: Reserve Bank of India — Mumbai holiday matrix — Maharashtra Day (1 May) is a state holiday, not nationwide.

Other state-specific holidays are not included: RBI publishes a Mumbai reference calendar only; no open-licence all-India state holiday feed was identified.

Japan

National source: Cabinet Office

Licence: Government of Japan (open data, attribution required)

National holidays from the official Cabinet Office holiday CSV.

Japan has no official sub-national public holiday calendar under an open republication licence; national holidays only.

Korea

National source: Ministry of the Interior and Safety

Licence: Republic of Korea open government data (KOGL Type 1)

Statutory public holidays under the Regulations on Public Holidays.

Korea has no provincial public holidays; all statutory dates are nationwide.

Brazil

National source: Government of Brazil (Lei nº 662/1949 and updates)

Licence: Brazilian federal government open data (CC BY-SA where applicable)

National public holidays fixed by federal law.

State and municipal holidays vary; no single official open-licence regional calendar was identified for republication.

Mexico

National source: Diario Oficial de la Federación / LFT

Licence: Mexican federal government information (republication with attribution)

Federal statutory holidays under the Ley Federal del Trabajo.

State holidays are not included: federal statutory list only; no reusable official state feed identified.

Switzerland

National source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office / federal law

Licence: Swiss open government data (Open Government Data)

Swiss National Day (1 August) is the sole federal public holiday; other dates are cantonal.

Cantonal: Cantonal government holiday schedules (opendata.swiss) — Major cantonal public holidays beyond the federal date, labelled by canton.

Sweden

National source: Swedish Parliament / Lag (1989:253)

Licence: Swedish government open data

Official public holidays (röda dagar) under Swedish law.

Sweden has no regional public holidays; all röda dagar apply nationwide.

Norway

National source: Lovdata (Public Holidays Act)

Licence: Norwegian government (Lovdata open licence with attribution)

Statutory public holidays under the Public Holidays Act.

Norway has no regional public holidays; all listed dates are nationwide.

South Africa

National source: Department of Home Affairs / Public Holidays Act

Licence: South African government information (republication permitted with attribution)

Public holidays under the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994.

South Africa has no provincial public holidays; all dates are nationwide.

New Zealand

National source: Employment New Zealand (MBIE)

Licence: Crown copyright (New Zealand Government, attribution required)

National public holidays and provincial anniversary days from Employment New Zealand.

Provincial anniversary days: Employment New Zealand — anniversary dates — Provincial anniversary days (Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, etc.) labelled as regional.