The ePIC Holiday Calendar
The ePIC Holiday Calendar collects a set of the most important holidays in the countries and regions where ePIC has significant collaborators. ePIC uses this calendar to inform the scheduling of meetings and important events to avoid excluding groups of collaborators.
The calendar is based on the following regional holidays (with 2026 dates):
Europe
- Winter Holidays: Dec. 21 (2025) - Jan 6 (2026)
- Summer Holidays: August 10-23, 2026
- Easter: April 3-April 7, 2026
- Labor Day: May 1st, 2026
- Orthodox Christmas: Jan 7, 2026
US Most Common/Widely Accepted
- Memorial Day: May 25, 2026
- Independence Day: July 4, 2026
- Labor Day: Sept. 7, 2026
- Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 26, 2026
- Christmas Day: December 25, 2026
- New Year’s Day: Jan. 1, 2026
China
- Spring Festival/Chinese New Year: Feb. 17-23rd, 2026
- Qingming Festival: Apr. 5, 2026
- Mid-Autumn Festival: Sept. 25, 2026
- Labor Day: May 1, 2026
- National Day: October 1, 2026
- Duanwu Festival: Jun. 19, 2026
Japan
- New Years Holiday: Jan 1, 2026
- Golden Week: Apr. 29 - May 6th, 2026
- Summer Holiday: August 8-16, 2026
Korea
- Lunar New Year: Feb. 16-18, 2026
- Chuseeok: Sept. 24-27, 2026
Taiwan
- New Years: Dec 30, 2025 - Jan 1, 2026
- Lunar New Year: Fe. 14-22, 2026
- Peace Memorial Day: Feb 27, 2026
- Dragon Boat Festival: Jun 19, 2026
- Moon Festival: Sept. 15, 2026
- National Day: Oct. 10, 2026
Israel
- Passover: April 1-9, 2026
- Shavuot: May 21-23, 2026
- Rosh Hoshanah: Sep 11-13, 2026
- Yom Kippur: Sep 20-21, 2026
- Holidays where people work but many won’t travel:
- Sukkot: Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2026
- Shemeni Atzeret & Simchat Torah: Oct. 2-4, 2026
- Hanukkah: Dec. 4-11, 2026
India
- Diwali: Nov. 8-9, 2026
- Durga Pooja: Oct. 17-21, 2026 (part of country)
- Navaratri: March 19-27, 2026 (part of country)
- Holi: Mar. 4-5th, 2026
Africa/Middle East:
- Eid Al-Fitr: Mar 19-20, 2026
- Eid al-Adha: May 26-27, 2026
