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Full calendar of holidays, religious festivals, celebrations affecting the course of business or airline and hotels reservations during the current 3 months bank holidays, public holidays, religious celebrations and observances affecting business or travel bank holidays, public holidays, religious Ghana's bank holidays, public holidays, religious celebrations and observances affecting business or travel in 2024

  • Currency: Cedi (GHC)
  • Internet domain: .gh - Telephone code: +233 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: 0 (DST: no)
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    Wednesday march 6, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday june 16, 2024Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Monday august 5, 2024Foundation DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday september 21, 2024Wame Nkrumah Memorial DaySecular holiday
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    Monday september 23, 2024Wame Nkrumah Memorial DaySecular holiday
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    Independence Day

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    Wednesday march 6, 2024
    Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1957

    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.

    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.

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Sunday june 16, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Foundation Day

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    Monday august 5, 2024
    Secular holiday : The date for the formation of the Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society by John Mensah Sarbah in 1897, and the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred “Paa” Grant. not a paid holiday when falling on a Sunday

    Wame Nkrumah Memorial Day

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    Saturday september 21, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the birth of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972), Ghana's first president

    Wame Nkrumah Memorial Day

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    Monday september 23, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the birth of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972), Ghana's first president