The business world's No-Go Days!
Benin : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
Benin : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday February 12, 2023 | Tour du Bénin | Sports events |  |
| Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
| Friday February 17, 2023 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday February 27, 2023 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday April 5, 2023 | Spring holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Thursday April 20, 2023 | Spring holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 21, 2023 | Korité | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday May 22, 2023 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday May 26, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday May 29, 2023 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday May 30, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday June 28, 2023 | Tabaski | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday June 30, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Tuesday August 1, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Tuesday August 15, 2023 | Assumption | Catholic | |
Tour du Bénin
-Sunday February 12, 2023
Sports events : Bicycle race 2023 edition confirmed
Valentine's Day
-Tuesday February 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Winter holiday (beginning)
-Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
-Monday February 27, 2023
School holidays :
Spring holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday April 5, 2023
School holidays :
Easter Monday
-Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Spring holiday (end)
-Thursday April 20, 2023
School holidays :
Korité
-Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whit Monday
-Monday May 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Tabaski
-Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday June 30, 2023
School holidays :
Independence Day
-Tuesday August 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Obtained from France on August 1, 1960
Assumption
-Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
