How the calculator counts
Working days are Monday to Friday, without the public holidays that are days off in Serbia. Between two dates, both the first and the last date count, so Monday to Friday of one week is five working days when there is no holiday. For a deadline, the start date does not count and day 1 is the first working day after it.
Public holidays that are days off
| Holiday | Date | Days off |
|---|---|---|
| New Year | 1 and 2 January | 2 |
| Christmas (Orthodox) | 7 January | 1 |
| Sretenje, Statehood Day | 15 and 16 February | 2 |
| Orthodox Easter | Good Friday to Easter Monday | 4 |
| Labour Day | 1 and 2 May | 2 |
| Armistice Day in World War I | 11 November | 1 |
That is 12 days a year before the Sunday rule. Victory Day (9 May) is a state holiday but a working day. Saint Sava (27 January), Holocaust Remembrance Day (22 April), Vidovdan (28 June) and the Remembrance Day for Serbian victims of World War II (21 October) are also marked as working days.
When a holiday falls on a Sunday
If one of the days of a state holiday (New Year, Sretenje, Labour Day or Armistice Day) falls on a Sunday, the first working day after it is a day off (Article 3a of the law). Religious holidays are not moved: when Christmas fell on Sunday, 7 January 2024, it was celebrated that day and Monday stayed a working day.
If the day after the Sunday is itself a holiday, the next working day is free. In 2016 Easter Sunday fell on 1 May, so the Ministry listed 29 April to 3 May as non working days. Tuesday 3 May was off because 1 May was a Sunday.
The extra days off this rule gives from 2025 to 2030 are Monday 17 February 2025, Tuesday 17 February 2026, Tuesday 4 May 2027, Monday 3 January 2028 and Monday 12 November 2029. Christmas on Sunday 7 January 2029 is not moved.
We worked these days out from the law and the Ministry notice from 2016. For 17 February 2026 and 4 May 2027 we did not find a separate official notice, so if a date really matters, check it with the Ministry of Labour or your employer.
Orthodox Easter
Orthodox Easter moves every year. The calculator finds it with the Julian calendar method (Meeus) and adds 13 days to get the date in our calendar, which is right for every year from 1900 to 2100.
d = (19c + 15) mod 30
e = (2a + 4b + 34 − d) mod 7
m = floor((d + e + 114) / 31), day = ((d + e + 114) mod 31) + 1
Julian date m/day plus 13 days
Holidays of other faiths
The law also gives employees of other faiths the right to take their holidays off: Catholics and other Christians the first day of Christmas and Easter from Good Friday to Easter Monday by their own calendar, Muslims the first day of Ramadan Bayram and Kurban Bayram, Jews the first day of Yom Kippur, and Orthodox Christians the first day of their slava. These are rights of the employees of that faith, not days off for everyone, so the calculator does not count them.
What the calculator does not include
- Government recommendations for one year. The Government sometimes only recommends a day off, for example the second day of Christmas on 8 January 2024. Such days are not statutory holidays and are not counted.
- Changes after October 2026. The calendar follows the law as it stood when we checked it.
- Your own schedule. If your company works on Saturdays or in shifts, adjust the result.
FAQ
Is Saturday a working day?
The calculator counts Monday to Friday. If your company also works on Saturdays, add them to the result yourself.
Does the start date count?
Between two dates, yes: both dates count. For a deadline the start date does not count, and the first working day after it is day 1. If a contract or a law sets its own way of counting a deadline, follow that.
Is 8 January a day off?
Not by law. Only the first day of Christmas, 7 January, is a day off. In some years the Government recommended a day off on 8 January, but that is a recommendation, not a statutory holiday.
Can I add the holidays to my calendar?
Yes. In the Year view, download the .ics file and open it in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
Sources: Zakon o državnim i drugim praznicima u Republici Srbiji (consolidated text on paragraf.rs, a private legal database; entry on the official legal portal), the Ministry of Labour page on state and religious holidays, the Ministry notice from 2016 and the Serbian Orthodox Church calendar for Easter 2026. Checked in October 2026. The tool only uses the dates you enter. Nothing is sent or stored.