Public holidays in Colombia

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There are 18 public holidays in Colombia (12 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays, celebrating Monday and Tuesday of Carnival.

National holidays

Date	English name	Spanish name	Notes
January 1	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo	blue laws, which prohibit working on that day, apply
January 6^{[n 1]}	Epiphany	Día de los Reyes Magos
March 19^{[n 1]}	Saint Joseph's Day	Día de San José
varies	Maundy Thursday	Jueves Santo	Thursday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.
varies	Good Friday	Viernes Santo	Friday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.
May 1	Labour Day	Primero de Mayo	blue laws apply
varies	Ascension Day	Ascensión del señor	39 days after Easter Sunday
varies^{[n 1]}	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	60 days after Easter Sunday
varies^{[n 1]}	Sacred Heart	Sagrado Corazón	68 days after Easter Sunday
June 29^{[n 1]}	Saint Peter and Saint Paul	San Pedro y San Pablo
July 20	Declaration of Independence of Colombia	Declaración de la Independencia de Colombia	blue laws apply
August 7	Battle of Boyacá	Batalla de Boyacá
August 15^{[n 1]}	Assumption Day	La Asunción
October 12^{[n 1]}	Columbus Day	Día de la Raza
November 1^{[n 1]}	All Saints’ Day	Día de los Santos
November 11^{[n 1]}	Independence of Cartagena	Independencia de Cartagena
December 8	Immaculate Conception	La Inmaculada Concepción
December 25	Christmas Day	Navidad	blue laws apply

The following are considered holidays only in the city of Barranquilla:

Monday of Carnival (48 days before Easter Sunday or 2 days before Ash Wednesday.)
Tuesday of Carnival (47 days before Easter Sunday or the day before Ash Wednesday.)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Movable holiday: when they do not fall on a Monday, these holidays are observed the following Monday.