National holidays in Paraguay 2027

Paraguay Public Holidays 2027: Official Calendar, Movable Dates, and What Could Still Change

Paraguay’s 2027 holiday calendar is set by Law No. 7544, the national statute that lists official public holidays, distinguishes fixed dates from movable ones, and gives the Executive the power to shift certain civic holidays to a Monday and to add up to three extra holidays in a given year.

Easter falls early in 2027: Maundy Thursday is 25 March and Good Friday is 26 March (Easter Sunday is 28 March). That part of the calendar is already locked in.

The list below is the statutory calendar. Four civic holidays can still be moved by presidential decree. Those decrees for 2027 have not been issued yet, so planners should treat June and late September as provisional.

Official national holidays in 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Status
1 January	Friday	New Year’s Day	Fixed
1 March	Monday	National Heroes’ Day	Movable
25 March	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Fixed (religious)
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Fixed (religious)
1 May	Saturday	Labour Day	Fixed
14 May	Friday	Independence Day (first day)	Fixed
15 May	Saturday	Independence Day (second day)	Fixed
12 June	Saturday	Chaco Armistice / Peace of the Chaco	Movable
20 June	Sunday	Oath of the National Constitution	Movable
15 August	Sunday	Founding of Asunción	Fixed
29 September	Wednesday	Battle of Boquerón Victory Day	Movable
8 December	Wednesday	Virgin of Caacupé Day	Fixed (religious)
25 December	Saturday	Christmas Day	Fixed (religious)

That is 13 statutory dates: the traditional civic and religious holidays, Paraguay’s two-day Independence observance, and the Constitution Day holiday added from 2026.

How the law actually works

Law 7544 splits holidays into two groups.

Fixed holidays stay on the calendar date, even if they fall on a weekend:

• New Year’s Day
• Holy Thursday and Good Friday
• Labour Day
• 14 and 15 May (Independence)
• 15 August (Founding of Asunción)
• 8 December (Virgin of Caacupé)
• 25 December (Christmas)

Movable holidays may be transferred by Executive decree to the Monday before or the Monday after the original date. The purpose is long weekends and domestic tourism:

• 1 March — National Heroes’ Day, is already a Monday, so it is unlikely to move.
• 12 June — Peace of the Chaco, a strong candidate to move to Monday 14 June
• 20 June — Oath of the National Constitution, a strong candidate to move to Monday 21 June
• 29 September — Battle of Boquerón, a candidate to move to Monday 27 September

The Executive may also declare up to three additional national holidays in a year for tourism, the economy, or special occasions. Those extras cannot be predicted in advance. In 2025–2026 the government already used both powers: moving Heroes’ Day and Constitution Day, and adding one-off dates.

Long weekends already visible

Even without transfers, several stretches stand out:

• New Year: Friday 1 January through Sunday 3 January.
• Holy Week: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 March. Many private employers also close Monday 29 March, though that Monday is not a national holiday.
• Independence: Friday 14 and Saturday 15 May.
• Christmas: Saturday 25 December. Christmas Eve (24 December) and New Year’s Eve (31 December) are widely observed in banks and shops, but they are not statutory national holidays.

What is not a national holiday

These dates matter socially or locally but do not close the country by law:

• Encarnación Carnival (typically mid-February) — major regional festival, not a national holiday.
• Children’s Day / related March observances — cultural, not statutory.
• Teachers’ Day (30 April) — sectoral.
• Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve — common shortened hours.

Public offices, banks, and much of retail close on national holidays.