Guyana Public holidays
Guyana has 15 public holidays on the calendar held here, in force from 1 Jan 2026. Last checked against the official source on 17 Sep 2026.
Public holidays for calendar year 2026 under the Public Holidays Act, Chapter 19:07 (Act 25 of 1919, as amended by 6 of 1967 and 26 of 1969). Section 2 defines a public holiday as a day that is dies non and is kept as a holiday by all banks, educational establishments, public offices and government departments. Section 3(1) fixes a core list; section 3(2) obliges the Minister responsible for public holidays to gazette the dates of that year's Phagwah, Deepavali, Eid-Ul-Azha and Youman Nabi; section 6 lets the Minister appoint any additional or substitute day by notification in the Gazette. In practice the Minister of Home Affairs gazettes essentially every holiday individually, a few weeks ahead.
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| Current value | 15 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | Official Gazette 22 August 2026 Legal Supplement B: PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 3 (1) AND 3 (2) OF THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT, CHAPTER 19:07, OF THE LAWS OF GUYANA, AUGUST 25, 2026 IS HEREBY DECLARED A PUBLIC HOLIDAY. YOUMUN-NABI TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 2026. DATED AUGUST 14, 2026 HON. ONEIDGE WALROND, M.P. MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS. Companion 2026 Legal Supplement B notifications OCR'd the same day: Republic Day Monday 23 February (OG 21 Feb); Phagwah Tuesday 3 March (OG 14 Feb); Good Friday |
| Last verified | 2026-09-17 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Started from catalog URL Public Holidays Act Cap. 19:07 PDF (mola.gov.gy). The Act is not a 2026 year calendar; 2026 dates were re-fetched from officialegazette.gov.gy Legal Supplement B. Fourteen dated 2026 holidays plus Deepavali still pending. New Year/Christmas/Boxing Day from s. 3(1). Every Sunday is also a public holiday under s. 3(1) and is not listed. Eid-Ul-Fitr is not a Guyana public holiday. Gazette PDFs: Republic 684d6a2d-c878-4364-8d6a-2dc87883647c; Phagwah 85493891-26dd-4857-8938-9126dd58577d; Good Friday/Easter f9255c02-0b87-423e-a55c-020b87723e59; Labour/Arrival f08665d9-1f98-4e1a-8665-d91f989e1a67; Independence 9d2789ef-d299-4995-a789-efd299b99571; Eid 55f4ee2b-0150-486c-b4ee-2b0150a86c57; CARICOM 28a646a4-e4c8-42b3-a646-a4e4c822b38b; Emancipation 5e46a28b-bebb-4eaf-86a2-8bbebbaeaf7b; Youmun-Nabi 92227c2f-18f3-4f6a-a27c-2f18f32f6ad2. moha.gov.gy/public-holidays/ still shows 2025 cards only.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | structured | Public Holidays Act, Chapter 19:07, s. 3 and s. 6… |
Get it programmatically
curl https://latamref.dev/v1/gy/public-holidays
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