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Bulgaria working days and public holidays 2027

Bulgaria, 2027: 251 working days and 2008 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 13 national public holidays, 10 of them on working days.

Bulgaria 2027 at a glance

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Working days
251
Standard hours
2008
Free days
114
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
13
Free days from holidays
10
Holidays on weekends
3

Public holidays 2027

January

  • 1 Jan Friday New Year's Day (Нова година)

March

  • 3 Mar Wednesday Liberation Day (Ден на oсвобождението на България от Oсманско робство)

April

  • 30 Apr Friday Good Friday (Разпети петък)

May

  • 1 May Saturday Holy Saturday (Велика събота) / International Workers' Day (Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност) Weekend
  • 2 May Sunday Easter Sunday (Великден) Weekend
  • 3 May Monday Easter Monday (Велики понеделник)
  • 6 May Thursday Saint George's Day (Гергьовден, ден на храбростта и Българската армия)
  • 24 May Monday Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Ден на Българската просвета и култура и на славянската писменост)

September

  • 6 Sept Monday Unification Day (Ден на съединението)
  • 22 Sept Wednesday Independence Day (Ден на независимостта на България)

December

  • 24 Dec Friday Christmas Eve (Бъдни вечер)
  • 25 Dec Saturday Christmas Day (Рождество Христово) Weekend
  • 27 Dec Monday Second day of Christmas (Рождество Христово)

Working days and hours by month 2027

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Нова година) 20 160
February 20 160
March 3 Mar Liberation Day (Ден на oсвобождението на България от Oсманско робство) 22 176
April 30 Apr Good Friday (Разпети петък) 21 168
May 1 May International Workers' Day (Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност), 2 May Easter Sunday (Великден), 3 May Easter Monday (Велики понеделник), 6 May Saint George's Day (Гергьовден, ден на храбростта и Българската армия), 24 May Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Ден на Българската просвета и култура и на славянската писменост) 18 144
June 22 176
July 22 176
August 22 176
September 6 Sep Unification Day (Ден на съединението), 22 Sep Independence Day (Ден на независимостта на България) 20 160
October 21 168
November 22 176
December 24 Dec Christmas Eve (Бъдни вечер), 25 Dec Christmas Day (Рождество Христово), 27 Dec Second day of Christmas (Рождество Христово) 21 168
Total 251 2008

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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