Public holidays in Guyana in 2016

• Fri 1 Jan – Sun 3 Jan3 days off · New Year's Day
• Fri 25 Mar – Mon 28 Mar4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
• Sat 2 Jul – Mon 4 Jul3 days off · CARICOM Day
• Sat 30 Jul – Mon 1 Aug3 days off · Emancipation Day
• Sat 24 Dec – Mon 26 Dec3 days off · Christmas Day and Boxing Day

• Bridge day: take Mon 22 Feb off, and Sat 20 Feb – Tue 23 Feb is 4 days off in a row (Republic Day).
• Bridge day: take Thu 24 Mar off, and Wed 23 Mar – Mon 28 Mar is 6 days off in a row (Phagwah, Good Friday and Easter Monday).
• Bridge day: take Fri 6 May off, and Thu 5 May – Sun 8 May is 4 days off in a row (Arrival Day).
• Bridge day: take Fri 27 May off, and Thu 26 May – Sun 29 May is 4 days off in a row (Independence Day).

Counted with the weekend in Guyana (Saturday and Sunday) and the holidays that apply everywhere: a long weekend is three or more days off in a row, and a bridge day is a single working day between a holiday and a weekend or another holiday.

• Dates worked out from the date-holidays rules, version 3.37.0, and checked day by day against Nager.Date’s for 2026 to 2028.
• 2016 wasn’t among the years checked; its dates follow the same rules.
• A holiday declared at short notice, for an event or an election, may be missing.