Public holidays 2027 in Lesotho
There are 11 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | ||
| Thursday | Moshoeshoe's Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Saturday | Workers' Day | ||
| Thursday | Ascension Day | ||
| Tuesday | Africa/Heroes Day | ||
| Saturday | King's Birthday | ||
| Monday | Independence Day | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | ||
| Sunday | Boxing Day |
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 2027
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8 Mar, Tue 9 Mar, Wed 10 Mar | 6 Mar – 11 Mar 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Moshoeshoe's Day |
| Fri 12 Mar | 11 Mar – 14 Mar 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Moshoeshoe's Day |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May | 1 May – 6 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Workers' Day, Ascension Day |
| Fri 7 May | 6 May – 9 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 24 May | 22 May – 25 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Africa/Heroes Day |
| Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May | 25 May – 30 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Africa/Heroes Day |
| Tue 5 Oct, Wed 6 Oct, Thu 7 Oct, Fri 8 Oct | 2 Oct – 10 Oct 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Independence 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 LS (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ls) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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