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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Mexico

The list of Mexico bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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14 Mar 2007 (La Crónica de Hoy) The PRD's legislative group in the Chamber of Deputies, is proposing to cancel the implementation of long weekends (fines de semana largos), begun in 2006, whereby the holidays celebrated on Feb-5, Mar-21, Sep-16 and Nov-20, would move to the next Monday, if they did not already occur on a Monday. • 24 Oct 2006 Effective Sunday October 29, 2006, the Distrito Federal (DF), Mexico City and most of Mexico will adjust its clocks one hour back to begin Daylight Savings Time (DST). The beginning of daylight savings time will coincide with the observation of DST in the United States. • 28 Sep 2006 All financial institutions in Mexico will be closed on November 2, 2006, in observance of All Saints Day. • 17 Jan 2006 (Servicio de Administración Tributaria-México) Mexico's President, Vincente Fox Quesada, issued a decree modifying article 74 of Mexico's Labour Code (artículo 74 de la Ley Federal del Trabajo). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Mexico public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The law gorverning public holidays in Mexico is Article 74 of the Federal Labor Law (LFT) dating from 1970, as amended in January 2006 by the Decreto por el que se reforma el artículo 74 de Ley Federal del Trabajo (Diario Oficial, 2006-01-17, núm. 12, pág. 52). • Public holidays in Mexican labor law are divided into 2 categories: compulsory (días feriados obligatorios) and commonly granted (días feriados otorgados usualmente). In the above listing, holidays belonging to the second category are shown in grey, with the exception of the eve of Christmas and of the New Year which we have not included as they are rarely given . • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). However, some public holidays changed from a fixed date to the 1st or 3rd Monday of the month in 2006 and others followed in 2007 . • January 6: Día de los Santos Reyes or Epiphany is the day when Mexicans exchange Christmas presents. • Carnaval is a Mexican event that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Lent. Beginning the weekend before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated until Ash Wednesday. • On May 5th, Mexico celebrates the Battle of Puebla, which took place in 1862. But this national holiday has become a new kind of celebration in the United States for Mexican Americans and called Cinco de Mayo. • May 10: Mother's Day, Due to the importance of the mother in Mexican culture, Mother's Day is an especially significant holiday. It is so important that it is a day off at the U.S. embassies in Mexico. • Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe (December 12) is not an official holiday, but its temple attracts over 24 million visitors a year and many employers give their workers the day off. In addition, one of our sources, at Banco de México has indicated that that day is also marked as the Día del Empleado Bancario (day of the bank employee). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Mexico (Mexico central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Mexico, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Mexico, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Mexico, before planning any trip to Mexico. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.