The business world's No-Go Days!
Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday March 26, 2023 | Daylight Saving Time | Special Events |  |
| Friday March 31, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday April 6, 2023 | Maundy Thursday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Friday April 7, 2023 | Good Friday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Sunday April 9, 2023 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday April 11, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 28, 2023 | Parliamentary recess (end) | Special Events | |
| Friday May 5, 2023 | Common Prayer Day | Protestant | |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Friday May 19, 2023 | Banks are closed | Banks only | |
| Monday May 22, 2023 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday May 26, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Sunday May 28, 2023 | Whitsunday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday May 29, 2023 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday May 30, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday June 21, 2023 | Ullortuneq (National Day) | National Day | |
| Friday June 23, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday August 10, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Daylight Saving Time
-Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Easter holiday (beginning)
-Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Maundy Thursday
-Thursday April 6, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Good Friday
-Friday April 7, 2023
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
-Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Easter Monday
-Monday April 10, 2023
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.
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.
Easter holiday (end)
-Tuesday April 11, 2023
School holidays :
Parliamentary recess (end)
-Friday April 28, 2023
Special Events :
Common Prayer Day
-Friday May 5, 2023
Protestant : Also named Store Bededag (or Dýri biðidagu in the Faroe Islands)
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Banks are closed
-Friday May 19, 2023
Banks only : From 2008 onwards
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whitsunday
-Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Whit Monday
-Monday May 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Ullortuneq (National Day)
-Wednesday June 21, 2023
Secular holiday : Ullortuneq means the longest day
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday June 23, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
-Thursday August 10, 2023
School holidays :
