Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
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.
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
Workers Memorial Day
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Monday april 29, 2024
Secular holiday : Dedicated to those who have died in industrial accidents at work.
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Emphasizing the need to remember the struggle to attain basic rights for workers.
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
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Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Spring Bank Holiday
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Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday :
King's Birthday
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Monday june 10, 2024
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King's Anniversary
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Monday june 17, 2024
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday june 26, 2024
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Summer Bank Holiday
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Monday august 26, 2024
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Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Gibraltar Day
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Tuesday september 10, 2024
Secular holiday :