Public holidays in Panama

Public holidays in Panama include:

Holidays
Panama's national public holidays are:
 * January 1 New Year's Day
 * January 9 Martyrs' Day
 * Carnival Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
 * Maundy Thursday
 * Good Friday
 * May 1 Labour Day
 * November 3 Separation Day
 * November 4 Flag Day -Observed only by Public Agencies and all schools. Not a holiday for the private sector.
 * November 5 Colon Day
 * November 10 "Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos" celebrating The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro and the uprising in the Villa de Los Santos against Spain.
 * November 28 Independence Day (from Spain, 1821)
 * December 8 Mother's Day
 * December 20 National Mourning Day
 * December 25 Christmas Day

Variable dates

 * 2023
 * Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 24
 * Ash Wednesday – February 26
 * Good Friday – April 10
 * 2021
 * Carnaval begins (Monday) begins – February 15
 * Ash Wednesday – February 17
 * Good Friday – April 2
 * 2022
 * Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 28
 * Ash Wednesday – March 2
 * Good Friday – April 15
 * 2023
 * Ash Wednesday – February 22
 * Good Friday – April 7
 * 2024
 * Ash Wednesday – February 14
 * Good Friday – March 29
 * 2025
 * Good Friday – April 18

Fiestas Patrias (National Holidays)
The holidays in November (starting from Separation Day), are called the Fiestas Patrias ("National Holidays").