Work calendar 2026
Holidays, transferred days off and shortened days; monthly working days and hour norms for 5-day and 6-day weeks. You can also count working days between two dates.
Source: Ministry of Labour, 2026 work calendar
- 241293working days
- 1,922hours - annual working time norm
- 160.17hours - average monthly norm
- 19holiday days (3 coincide) and 1 day of mourning
January
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - New Year | 2 - New Year | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 20 - National Day of Mourning | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
1924 working days 151 hours
February
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
2024 working days 160 hours
March
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 - Women's Day |
| 9 - Day off (transferred) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 20 - Novruz holiday, Ramadan holiday | 21 - Novruz holiday, Ramadan holiday | 22 - Novruz holiday |
| 23 - Novruz holiday | 24 - Novruz holiday | 25 - Day off (transferred) | 26 - Day off (transferred) | 27 - Day off (transferred) | 28 | 29 |
| 30 - Day off (transferred) | 31 |
1418 working days 111 hours
April
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
2226 working days 176 hours
May
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 9 - Victory over Fascism Day | 10 |
| 11 - Day off (transferred) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 27 - Gurban holiday | 28 - Gurban holiday, Independence Day | 29 - Day off (transferred) | 30 | 31 |
1722 working days 134 hours
June
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 - National Salvation Day of the Azerbaijani People | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 26 - Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 |
2024 working days 159 hours
July
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
2327 working days 184 hours
August
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 |
2126 working days 168 hours
September
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
2226 working days 176 hours
October
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
2227 working days 176 hours
November
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 - Victory Day |
| 9 - State Flag Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan | 10 - Day off (transferred) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 |
1923 working days 152 hours
December
| Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 - Shortened working day - 7 hours | 31 - Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis |
2226 working days 175 hours
- Holiday
- National Day of Mourning
- Transferred day off
- Shortened day (7 hours)
- Today
Working days between two dates
Count a contract, leave or project period in working days (within 2026).
Public holidays and days off in 2026
The days below are non-working. When a holiday falls on a weekend, the day off moves to the next working day.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 1-2 January | New Year |
| 20 January | National Day of Mourning |
| 8 March | Women's Day |
| 20-24 March | Novruz holiday |
| 20-21 March | Ramadan holiday |
| 9 May | Victory over Fascism Day |
| 27-28 May | Gurban holiday |
| 28 May | Independence Day |
| 15 June | National Salvation Day of the Azerbaijani People |
| 26 June | Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
| 8 November | Victory Day |
| 9 November | State Flag Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
| 31 December | Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis |
Transferred days off: 5-day week - 9, 25, 26, 27 and 30 March, 11 and 29 May, 10 November; 6-day week - 9, 25, 26, 27 March, 29 May and 10 November.
Source: the 2026 work calendar of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (Cabinet of Ministers Decision No. 362 of 02.12.2025, Labour Code). sosial.gov.az
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Frequently asked questions
How many working days are there in 2026?
A five-day week has 241 working days (6 of them are pre-holiday days shortened by one hour) and a working time norm of 1,922 hours. The annual norm for a six-day week is also 1,922 hours.
What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend?
Under Article 105 of the Labour Code, when a weekly day off coincides with a holiday, the day off moves to the next working day after the holiday. When Gurban or Ramadan coincides with another holiday, the next working day is also a day off.
How long is a pre-holiday working day?
The working day before a non-working holiday or the National Day of Mourning is one hour shorter (Labour Code, Article 108). In 2026 these are 19 January, 19 March, 8 May, 26 May, 25 June and 30 December.