APIs/Holiday

Holiday API

GET /holiday/{country}

Pass a country code and get that year's holidays: date, name, type, and whether the day off moved (substitute). Years carry cultural observances like Halloween, Mother's Day, and White Day next to the official days, told apart by type. Add ?year= for another year, or ask about one date at /holiday/{country}/{date} and read holiday or null.

France, Austria, and Slovenia keep their source-language names. Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan pair the official English name with the native form in local_name. GB rows carry a regions tag when only part of the UK takes the day.

9
countries
2,671
public holidays
1,353
observances
1955
JP calendar since

Try it

$ curl "https://api.parseapi.com/holiday/US" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

// 200 · ~16ms · USA
{
  "country": "US",
  "year": 2026,
  "holidays": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-19",
      "name": "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-14",
      "name": "Valentine's Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "name": "Washington's Birthday",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-17",
      "name": "St. Patrick's Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-05",
      "name": "Easter Sunday",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-05",
      "name": "Cinco de Mayo",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-10",
      "name": "Mother's Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-25",
      "name": "Memorial Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-19",
      "name": "Juneteenth National Independence Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-21",
      "name": "Father's Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-03",
      "name": "Independence Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": true
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-07",
      "name": "Labor Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "Columbus Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "name": "Halloween",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-11",
      "name": "Veterans Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-26",
      "name": "Thanksgiving Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-27",
      "name": "Black Friday",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-24",
      "name": "Christmas Eve",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "public",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-31",
      "name": "New Year's Eve",
      "local_name": null,
      "type": "observance",
      "regions": null,
      "substitute": false
    }
  ]
}

Response fields

country
ISO2 country code
year
Year returned
holidays[].date
Date, YYYY-MM-DD
holidays[].name
Official name, English or the official translation (France stays French)
holidays[].local_name
Native form when it differs (Japan kanji, Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese), null otherwise
holidays[].type
public for an official day off, observance for cultural days (Halloween, Black Friday)
holidays[].regions
Region codes when only part of the country takes the day (GB: ENG, WLS, SCT, NIR), null when nationwide
holidays[].substitute
The day off moved (a holiday falling on a weekend, observed on a weekday)

SPEED

Fast from everywhere.

Median time for a core lookup to reach a real city, first byte back, measured live from 16 cities.

US

16ms

EU

19ms

APAC

45ms

LatAm

20ms

ME

127ms

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Coverage

Nine countries, each from its official national source.

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • Taiwan
  • Slovenia
  • Austria