Holidays

Generate the dates of common North American and Jewish holidays.

Jewish holidays begin the sunset before the first (secular) day of the holiday With the eve option set to True, the day of this sunset is returned without the eve option, the (secular) day is returned. This is the default.

class convertdate.holidays.Holidays(year=None)

Convenience class for fetching many holidays in a given year.

property ashura

property christmas

property christmas_eve

property columbus_day

property dia_constitucion

property dia_independencia

property dia_revolucion

property easter

property eid_aladha

property eid_alfitr

property election_day

property fathers_day

property flag_day

property halloween

property hanukkah

property independence_day

property indigenous_peoples_day

property juneteenth

property labor_day

property lag_baomer

property lincolns_birthday

property martin_luther_king_day

property memorial_day

property mothers_day

property natalicio_benito_juarez

property new_years

property new_years_eve

property passover

property presidents_day

property pulaski_day

property purim

property ramadan

property rosh_hashanah

set_year(year)

property shavuot

property shemini_azeret

property sukkot

property thanksgiving

property tisha_bav

property tu_beshvat

property valentines_day

property veterans_day

property washingtons_birthday

property yom_kippur

convertdate.holidays.armistice_day(year)

convertdate.holidays.ashura(year, eve=None)

Ashura is celebrated on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.

convertdate.holidays.christmas(year, observed=None)

Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December. For the purposes of business closings, it may be observed on the previous or following day if the 25th falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively.

Arguments:

year (int): Gregorian year observed (boolean): If True, return the date of observation.

convertdate.holidays.christmas_eve(year)

The day before Christmas, or 24th of December.

convertdate.holidays.columbus_day(year, country='usa')

convertdate.holidays.dia_constitucion(year, observed=True)

Constitution Day, a public holiday in Mexico observed on the first Monday in February.

convertdate.holidays.dia_independencia(year)

Mexican independence day, observed on September 16.

convertdate.holidays.dia_revolucion(year)

Revolution Day, a public holiday in Mexico observed on the third Monday in November.

convertdate.holidays.easter(year, church=None)

Calculate Easter in the given church according to the given calendar.

convertdate.holidays.eid_aladha(year, eve=None)

Eid al-Adha, the ‘Festival of the Sacrifice’ begins on the tenth day of the month of Zū al-Ḥijjah.

convertdate.holidays.eid_alfitr(year, eve=None)

Eid al-Fitr, the ‘Festival of Breaking the Fast’ is celebrated the first day of the month of Shawwāl.

convertdate.holidays.election_day(year)

In most jurisdictions in the United States, Election day occurs on the first Tuesday in November.

convertdate.holidays.fathers_day(year)

3rd Sunday in June

convertdate.holidays.flag_day(year)

June 14th

convertdate.holidays.halloween(year)

Halloween is celebrated on October 31st.

convertdate.holidays.hanukkah(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.independence_day(year, observed=None)

Independence Day in the United States, celebrated on July 4th. May be observed on the previous or following day if it occurs on a Saturday or Sunday.

Arguments:

year (int): Gregorian year observed (boolean): If True, return the date of observation.

convertdate.holidays.indigenous_peoples_day(year, country='usa')

Celebrated on the second Monday in October in the United States.

convertdate.holidays.juneteenth(year)

19th of June

convertdate.holidays.labor_day(year)

first Monday in Sep

convertdate.holidays.lag_baomer(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.lincolns_birthday(year)

Feb 12

convertdate.holidays.martin_luther_king_day(year)

third monday in January

convertdate.holidays.may_day(year)

convertdate.holidays.memorial_day(year)

last Monday in May

convertdate.holidays.mothers_day(year)

2nd Sunday in May

convertdate.holidays.natalicio_benito_juarez(year, observed=True)

Benito Juárez’s Birthday, a public holiday in Mexico observed on the third Monday in March.

convertdate.holidays.new_years(year, observed=None)

Jan 1st, possibly observed on last day of previous year

convertdate.holidays.new_years_eve(year)

The last day of the Gregorian year, December. 31st.

convertdate.holidays.passover(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.presidents_day(year)

3rd Monday of Feb

convertdate.holidays.pulaski_day(year)

1st monday in March

convertdate.holidays.purim(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.ramadan(year, eve=None)

The first day of Ramadan, the month of fasting in the Islamic calendar.

convertdate.holidays.rememberance_day(year)

convertdate.holidays.rosh_hashanah(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.shavuot(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.shemini_azeret(year, eve=None)

convertdate.holidays.sukkot(year, eve=None)

Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles or Festival of Shelters, is celebrated on the 15th of Tishri.

convertdate.holidays.thanksgiving(year, country='usa')

In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Thursday of November. In Canada, on the second Monday of October.

Arguments:

year (int): Gregorian year country (str): either 'usa' (default) or 'canada'

convertdate.holidays.tisha_bav(year, eve=None)

Tisha B’Av is a fast day generally celebrated on the 9th of Av, but sometimes postponed to the following day.

convertdate.holidays.tu_beshvat(year, eve=None)

Tu BeShvat, the ‘New Year of Trees’, is celebrated on the 15th of Shevat.

convertdate.holidays.valentines_day(year)

feb 14th

convertdate.holidays.veterans_day(year, observed=None)

Nov 11, or the following closest weekday

convertdate.holidays.washingtons_birthday(year, observed=None)

Feb 22, possibly observed on 3rd Monday in February

convertdate.holidays.yom_kippur(year, eve=None)