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Madagascar working days and public holidays 2025

Madagascar, 2025: 253 working days and 2024 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 10 national public holidays, 8 of them on working days.

Madagascar 2025 at a glance

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Working days
253
Standard hours
2024
Free days
112
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
10
Free days from holidays
8
Holidays on weekends
2

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day

March

  • 29 Mar Saturday Martyrs' Day Weekend

April

  • 21 Apr Monday Easter Monday

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day
  • 29 May Thursday Ascension Day

June

  • 9 Jun Monday Whit Monday
  • 26 Jun Thursday Independence Day

August

  • 15 Aug Friday Assumption Day

November

  • 1 Nov Saturday All Saints' Day Weekend

December

  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day 22 176
February 20 160
March 29 Mar Martyrs' Day 21 168
April 21 Apr Easter Monday 21 168
May 1 May Labour Day, 29 May Ascension Day 20 160
June 9 Jun Whit Monday, 26 Jun Independence Day 19 152
July 23 184
August 15 Aug Assumption Day 20 160
September 22 176
October 23 184
November 1 Nov All Saints' Day 20 160
December 25 Dec Christmas Day 22 176
Total 253 2024

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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