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Panama working days and public holidays 2025

Panama, 2025: 248 working days and 1984 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 13 national public holidays, 13 of them on working days.

Panama 2025 at a glance

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Working days
248
Standard hours
1984
Free days
117
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
13
Free days from holidays
13
Holidays on weekends
0

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day
  • 9 Jan Thursday Martyr's Day

March

  • 3 Mar Monday Carnival
  • 4 Mar Tuesday Carnival

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day

November

  • 3 Nov Monday Separation Day
  • 4 Nov Tuesday Flag Day
  • 5 Nov Wednesday Colon Day (Colón Day)
  • 10 Nov Monday Shout in Villa de los Santos
  • 28 Nov Friday Independence Day

December

  • 8 Dec Monday Mother's Day
  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day, 9 Jan Martyr's Day 21 168
February 20 160
March 3 Mar Carnival, 4 Mar Carnival 19 152
April 18 Apr Good Friday 21 168
May 1 May Labour Day 21 168
June 21 168
July 23 184
August 21 168
September 22 176
October 23 184
November 3 Nov Separation Day, 4 Nov Flag Day, 5 Nov Colon Day (Colón Day), 10 Nov Shout in Villa de los Santos, 28 Nov Independence Day 15 120
December 8 Dec Mother's Day, 25 Dec Christmas Day 21 168
Total 248 1984

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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