Payroll asks whether the bank is open. You are asking whether anyone will be there — and those are different questions with, surprisingly often, different answers.
A public-holiday library records days that are legally closed. It is silent on the days people simply do not come in — which is most of what ruins a workshop, an all-hands or a go-live.
374 rows
are recorded precisely because they are
observed without closing anything — optional and
open in the data. A statutory list cannot contain them by
construction: they are not statutory holidays.
| You need | We hold |
|---|---|
| Where your offices actually are | 241 jurisdictions and 653 subdivisions. Bavaria and Berlin differ; so do Guangdong and Hong Kong |
| Days observed without closing | 361 rows tagged optional or open,
filterable on their own |
| Religious observance across a mixed workforce | 1,919 observances across eight traditions, each labelled with which one |
| The local working week | Rest days where a jurisdiction evidences them. Sunday is a working day in Riyadh and we will not pretend otherwise |
| A date the local office recognises | Local-language names beside the English — useful the moment you forward the plan on |
| A week everyone can actually attend | The Operating Calendar searches your whole office list for a clear run, and names what breaks the ones that fail |
Pick your offices, say how many clear days you need, and let it find them — rather than scrolling four calendars and hoping.
Free for two jurisdictions with no account.
Stated here rather than found out in month three:
| If you | Take |
|---|---|
| Plan by hand across offices | the Operating Calendar — a seat, no code |
| Feed an HRIS or a scheduling tool | the Calendar API, or a subscribed iCalendar feed that updates when a date moves |
| Brief a regional lead or a works council | a Dossier — one country, sourced, with the edition on the cover |