Working Days Calculator

Calculate working days between two dates in South Africa. Excludes weekends and all SA public holidays for 2025 and 2026.

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Start Date

End Date

SA Public Holidays

SA holiday data available for 2025 and 2026

Working Days

303 days

Weeks

60.6 working weeks

Holiday Exclusion

SA public holidays excluded

How to Use This Calculator

Enter a start and end date. Toggle between excluding SA public holidays (for accurate business day counts) or weekdays only (for general week counting). The calculator includes all 12 SA public holidays for both 2025 and 2026.

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Exclude SA public holidays

Start Date

End Date

Working Days

South African Public Holidays 2025 & 2026

New Year's Day — 1 January Human Rights Day — 21 March Good Friday — variable (18 Apr 2025, 3 Apr 2026) Family Day — day after Good Friday Freedom Day — 27 April Workers' Day — 1 May Youth Day — 16 June Women's Day — 9 August Heritage Day — 24 September Day of Reconciliation — 16 December Christmas Day — 25 December Day of Goodwill — 26 December

Example

CPA 20 Business Days Notice Period

Notice served on: 1 April 2026. Calculate 20 business days.

Start: 1 April 2026 (Wednesday). End: approximately 28 April 2026.

Note: Good Friday (3 April) and Family Day (6 April) fall within this period and are excluded, so the 20th business day falls later than simple counting would suggest.

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Include Public Holidays From:

Additional Non-Working Day (recurring weekly)

Custom Excluded Dates

Project Timeline

Project Start Date

Task Scheduling

Task	Start	Working Days	End Date
	2026/03/16		Mon, 23 Mar
	2026/03/24		Wed, 08 Apr
	2026/04/09		Fri, 08 May
	2026/05/09		Fri, 15 May

Total Project Working Days

Project ends: Friday, 15 May 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

South Africa has 12 public holidays: New Year's Day (Jan 1), Human Rights Day (Mar 21), Good Friday (variable), Family Day (variable), Freedom Day (Apr 27), Workers' Day (May 1), Youth Day (Jun 16), National Women's Day (Aug 9), Heritage Day (Sep 24), Day of Reconciliation (Dec 16), Christmas Day (Dec 25), Day of Goodwill (Dec 26). When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a public holiday.

Under the Consumer Protection Act, consumers can cancel a fixed-term contract with 20 business days written notice. The supplier may charge a reasonable cancellation penalty. Business days exclude weekends and public holidays. Use this calculator to determine your exact notice expiry date.

When a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the public holiday. If it falls on a Saturday, most employers observe it on the preceding Friday (by agreement), though legally only the Monday-after-Sunday rule is mandated in the Public Holidays Act.

South Africa has approximately 249–252 working days per year, depending on which days public holidays fall on. A typical year has 365 calendar days, minus 104 weekend days (52 × 2), minus 12 public holidays (adjusting for any that fall on weekends) = roughly 249 working days.