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Business Days in April 2024 for Israel

April 2024 has 20 working days under the Israeli public holiday calendar. April 2024 contains 2 Israeli public holidays on weekdays. The month covers 30 calendar days, of which 8 are Friday and Saturday (Shabbat). That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in Israel.

working days

20

Calendar Days

30

Weekend Days

8

public holidays

2

Work Weeks

4.0

April 2024 business day calendar
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public holidays in April 2024

Tue, Apr 23Passover (day 1)
Mon, Apr 29Passover (day 7)

Israel April deadlines

Pesach (Passover) day 1 and day 7 close banks and TASE (lunar Hebrew calendar). Mas Hachnasa monthly VAT for March is due April 15. Q1 ends March 31, with quarterly listed-entity disclosures due 60 days after. Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) on 5 Iyar typically falls late April or early May.

Day-of-Week Distribution

The count of each weekday in April 2024. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

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Monday5
Tuesday5
Wednesday4
Thursday4
Friday4
Saturday4
Sunday4

Israel reporting cycles and business-day rules

Israeli business-day cycles align with Mas Hachnasa (Israel Tax Authority) monthly VAT deadlines on the 15th of the following month, Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) monthly contributions, and quarterly corporate income tax instalments. The Bank of Israel operates ZAHAV as the wholesale RTGS system on bank business days. The workweek is Sunday through Thursday; Friday is a half-day in many sectors and Saturday (Shabbat) is a full closure under the Hours of Work and Rest Law. TASE (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) trades Sunday through Thursday. ISA (Israel Securities Authority) regulates listed-entity disclosures with quarterly cycles.

April 2024 working days compared by country

Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Israel alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for April 2024.

CountryBusiness DaysHolidays this month
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States22None
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom21Easter Monday
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada21Easter Monday
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia20Easter Monday, ANZAC Day
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia21Ram Navami
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines20Araw ng Kagitingan, Eid'l Fitr
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance21Lundi de Pรขques
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany21Ostermontag
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan21Showa Day
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico22None
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore21Hari Raya Puasa

How April 2024 compares year over year

April 2023 also had 20 working days, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year. On the surrounding months, March 2024 has 21 working days and May 2024 has 22. Looking forward, April 2025 has 22 working days under the same Israeli public holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in Israel

A Tel Aviv treasury operator uses the 20-day April 2024 count to align Bank of Israel ZAHAV RTGS settlement with Mas Hachnasa monthly VAT cutoffs on the 15th and Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) cycles. A Jerusalem law firm uses business-day math to track Hofesh Shavua workweek (Sunday-Thursday) and Bank of Israel financial-services regulatory windows. A Haifa tech-park controller uses working-day counts to align TASE listed-entity quarterly disclosures and Innovation Authority grant milestones.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many business days are in April 2024 for Israeli public?
April 2024 has 20 working days under the Israeli public holiday calendar. The month spans 30 calendar days, of which 8 fall on a weekend and 2 are Israeli public holidays that lands on a weekday. The remaining 20 weekdays are countable as working days for invoicing, deadline tracking, and contract math.
Which Israel holidays affect April 2024?
April 2024 contains 2 Israeli public holidays: Passover (day 1) on Tuesday, April 23; Passover (day 7) on Monday, April 29. Banks and Israel financial markets close on each of these days. Regional or industry-specific closures may add further non-working days for narrower contract definitions; layer them into the calculator's Advanced options if needed.
Why is Friday treated as a weekend day in this calculator?
Israel's workweek is Sunday through Thursday under the Hours of Work and Rest Law. Friday is a partial-day working day for many sectors (typically morning hours only, with banks and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed at 14:00 or earlier), and Saturday (Shabbat) is a full closure for banks, public transit, and most retail. This calculator uses Friday-Saturday as the conservative weekend pair, treating Friday as a non-business day for B2B settlement purposes. Tech sector and multinational employers in Israel sometimes operate Monday-Friday by individual agreement, but the conservative count is what this calculator emits.
How are the Jewish high holidays handled in working-day math?
The Israeli national holidays follow the Hebrew (lunisolar) calendar and shift by 10-13 days year over year against the Gregorian calendar. The major closures include Rosh Hashanah (2 days), Yom Kippur, the first day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, the first and seventh days of Passover, and Shavuot. Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) on 5 Iyar typically shifts to an adjacent weekday if it would fall on a Friday or Saturday. Tisha B'Av (fast day) is a partial bank closure but not gazetted as a public holiday. This calculator includes the nine major bank-closing dates.
Why does the business-day count vary year to year?
Two things shift the monthly count for Israel. First, the day of the week the first of the month lands on changes the count of each weekday. Second, Israeli public holidays anchored to a fixed date shift their weekday across years. Some years a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend; some countries shift the observance to an adjacent weekday and some absorb it into the weekend. April 2023 also had 20 working days, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year.

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