Public holidays 2026 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
There are 13 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | ||
| Saturday | Possession Day | ||
| Monday | Possession Day (observed) | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Saturday | Liberation Day | ||
| Monday | Liberation Day (observed) | ||
| Wednesday | Shackleton Day | ||
| Sunday | Mid-winter Day | ||
| Monday | Mid-winter Day (observed) | ||
| Friday | Environment Day | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | ||
| Saturday | Boxing Day | ||
| Monday | Boxing Day (observed) |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
10 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Tue 20 Jan, Wed 21 Jan, Thu 22 Jan, Fri 23 Jan | 17 Jan – 25 Jan 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Possession Day, Possession Day (observed) |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 5 Apr 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Good Friday |
| Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr, Fri 1 May | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Liberation Day, Liberation Day (observed) |
| Mon 18 May, Tue 19 May | 16 May – 20 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Shackleton Day |
| Thu 21 May, Fri 22 May | 20 May – 24 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Shackleton Day |
| Tue 23 Jun, Wed 24 Jun, Thu 25 Jun, Fri 26 Jun | 20 Jun – 28 Jun 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Mid-winter Day, Mid-winter Day (observed) |
| Mon 26 Oct, Tue 27 Oct, Wed 28 Oct, Thu 29 Oct | 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Environment Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 28 Dec 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed) |
| Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed), New Year's Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code GS (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.gs) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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