Public holidays in Brazil

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Confraternização Universal, Ano Novo
January 20	Saint Sebastian	São Sebastião	City of Rio de Janeiro only
January 25	Founding of São Paulo	Aniversário de São Paulo	City of São Paulo only
floating	Carnival	Carnaval	Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, although festivities begin in the preceding Friday
floating (44 days before Good Friday)	Ash Wednesday	Quarta-feira de Cinzas	Only the morning is considered a holiday
floating	Good Friday	Sexta-Feira da Paixão
April 21	Tiradentes
April 23	Saint George	São Jorge	City of Rio de Janeiro only
May 1	Labor Day	Dia do Trabalho
floating (62 days after Good Friday)	Corpus Christi
July 9	Constitutionalist Revolution	Revolução Constitucionalista	State of São Paulo only
September 7	Independence Day	Dia da Independência
October 12	Our Lady of Aparecida	Nossa Senhora de Aparecida	Also celebrated as Children's Day
November 2	All Souls Day	Dia de Finados
November 15	Proclamation of the Republic Day	Proclamação da República
November 20	Zumbi of Palmares, Black Consciousness Day	Zumbi dos Palmares, Dia da Consciência Negra	City of Rio de Janeiro only
December 25	Christmas Day	Natal