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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Moldova, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
Includes subnational coverage · 1 subdivision covered.
The next public holiday in Moldova is
Independence Day
In 4 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Europe/Chisinau
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Moldova public holidays in 2026
13 national closures in 2026, of 14 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Verified |
| 7 January 2026 | Orthodox Christmas expected | Verified |
| 8 January 2026 | Orthodox Christmas expected | Verified |
| 8 March 2026 | International Women's Day expected | Verified |
| 12 April 2026 | Easter Sunday expected | Verified |
| 13 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 20 April 2026 | Memorial Easter expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | International Workers' Solidarity Day expected | Verified |
| 9 May 2026 | Victory Day expected | Verified |
| 1 June 2026 | International Children's Day expected | Verified |
| 27 August 2026 | Independence Day expected | Verified |
| 31 August 2026 | Romanian Language Day expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas expected | Verified |
The shape of Moldova’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
13 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Moldova, 2026
9 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 7 Jan – 11 Jan | 5 days | Orthodox Christmas | take Fri 9 Jan |
| 11 Apr – 13 Apr | 3 days | Easter Sunday, Easter Monday | no leave needed |
| 18 Apr – 20 Apr | 3 days | Memorial Easter | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | International Workers' Solidarity Day | no leave needed |
| 30 May – 1 Jun | 3 days | International Children's Day | no leave needed |
| 27 Aug – 31 Aug | 5 days | Independence Day, Romanian Language Day | take Fri 28 Aug |
| 29 Aug – 31 Aug | 3 days | Romanian Language Day | no leave needed |
| 25 Dec – 27 Dec | 3 days | Christmas | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
1 subdivision of Moldova keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Găgăuzia, Unitatea teritorială autonomă (UTAG) | 27 April 2027 | Gagauz Language and Culture Day |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Moldova, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 14 | 13 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 6 | 6 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 14 | 13 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 1 | — | — | |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 4 | — | — | |
| Elections | 25 | — | — |
Not held for Moldova: Statutory weekly rest, Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, School terms and breaks, Exchange closures, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
3 named documents, issued by 3 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri) autonomy — gder.md Republica Moldova — Registrul de stat al actelor juridice (legis.md) internal
How Moldova keeps time
| Observances | 14 across the national calendar and 1 subdivision |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 13 verified · 0 corroborated · 1 compiled, from 2 named sources |
| Languages | English, gag, Romanian |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
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13 of 14 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 2 named sources, and every row says which.
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