Aargau Public Holidays 2026
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 8, 2026
The 2026 table for Aargau lists 5 dates: 4 fall on a weekday and 1 on a weekend. That leaves 257 working days in 2026. Like the Switzerland calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list.
How Aargau differs from the Switzerland calculator
Aargau's law introducing labour law (EG ArR, SAR 961.200, § 6) gives no single list for the canton: it sets the days equal to Sundays district by district, in eight lists. Only Neujahr, Karfreitag, Auffahrt and Weihnacht appear in all of them, and with the Bundesfeiertag on 1 August those five days are what this page counts. Against this site's eight-day Swiss baseline it therefore drops Ostermontag (Easter Monday) and Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), which the Bremgarten, Laufenburg, Muri and Zurzach districts and six communes of Rheinfelden district do not observe, and Stephanstag (26 December), which Laufenburg, Muri and the same six communes do not observe. It adds nothing. Berchtoldstag (2 January), Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Mariä Himmelfahrt (15 August), Allerheiligen (1 November) and Mariä Empfängnis (8 December) are holidays in some districts only; the district table on Aargau's holiday pages for each year shows where each applies. The canton's Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit adds that days not listed, 1 May for example, are not statutory holidays in Aargau.
Dates in Aargau's table that the Switzerland calculator's set does not have (2026)
Dates in the Switzerland calculator's set that Aargau's table does not have (2026)
- Ostermontag (Easter Monday) (Monday, April 6)
- Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday) (Monday, May 25)
- Stephanstag (Boxing Day) (Saturday, December 26)
Aargau public holiday calendar 2026
| Date | Day | Public holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | Neujahrstag (New Year's Day) |
| April 3 | Friday | Karfreitag (Good Friday) |
| May 14 | Thursday | Auffahrt (Ascension Day) |
| August 1 | Saturday (weekend) | Bundesfeiertag (Swiss National Day) |
| December 25 | Friday | Weihnachten (Christmas Day) |
2026 summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
104
Public holidays on weekdays
4
Working days
257
After subtracting 104 weekend days and 4 weekday-falling public holidays, Aargau has 257 working days in 2026. The count on this page uses the cantonal calendar, not just the Switzerland calculator's set.
Aargau's holidays district by district, 2026
Section 6 of the EG ArR sets no single list for the canton: it gives each district, and in Baden and Rheinfelden groups of communes, its own list of eight days equal to Sundays, besides 1 August. This page counts only the days every list shares; what follows shows each list in 2026 and what it changes in the count.
The eight § 6 lists in 2026
Each row is one list in § 6 Abs. 1 of the EG ArR. The second column gives the days that list adds to the five that hold across the canton, with their 2026 dates; the third gives the Monday-to-Friday working days left in 2026 under the full list.
| Where it applies | The list's own days (2026) | Working days 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Whole canton (this page) | none | 257 |
| Aarau, Brugg, Kulm, Lenzburg and Zofingen districts (lit. a) | Berchtoldstag (2 January), Friday, January 2; Ostermontag (Easter Monday), Monday, April 6; Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), Monday, May 25; Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 254 |
| Bergdietikon, Baden district (lit. b, 1) | Berchtoldstag (2 January), Friday, January 2; Ostermontag (Easter Monday), Monday, April 6; Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), Monday, May 25; Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 254 |
| Rest of Baden district (lit. b, 2) | Ostermontag (Easter Monday), Monday, April 6; Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), Monday, May 25; Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Thursday, June 4; Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 254 |
| Bremgarten district (lit. c) | Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Thursday, June 4; Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption), Saturday, August 15 (weekend); Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day), Sunday, November 1 (weekend); Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 256 |
| Laufenburg and Muri districts (lit. d) | Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Thursday, June 4; Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption), Saturday, August 15 (weekend); Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day), Sunday, November 1 (weekend); Mariä Empfängnis (Immaculate Conception), Tuesday, December 8 | 255 |
| Hellikon, Mumpf, Obermumpf, Schupfart, Stein and Wegenstetten, Rheinfelden district (lit. e, 1) | Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Thursday, June 4; Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption), Saturday, August 15 (weekend); Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day), Sunday, November 1 (weekend); Mariä Empfängnis (Immaculate Conception), Tuesday, December 8 | 255 |
| Kaiseraugst, Magden, Möhlin, Olsberg, Rheinfelden, Wallbach, Zeiningen and Zuzgen, Rheinfelden district (lit. e, 2) | Ostermontag (Easter Monday), Monday, April 6; Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), Monday, May 25; Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day), Sunday, November 1 (weekend); Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 255 |
| Zurzach district (lit. f) | Berchtoldstag (2 January), Friday, January 2; Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Thursday, June 4; Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day), Sunday, November 1 (weekend); Stephanstag (26 December), Saturday, December 26 (weekend) | 255 |
Why the lists count differently in 2026
A fixed-date day only costs a working day when it lands on a weekday, so the same list weighs differently from year to year. In 2026, Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption) (Saturday, August 15), Allerheiligen (All Saints' Day) (Sunday, November 1), and Stephanstag (26 December) (Saturday, December 26) fall on a weekend and change no count, while Berchtoldstag (2 January) (Friday, January 2) and Mariä Empfängnis (Immaculate Conception) (Tuesday, December 8) fall on a weekday. Ostermontag and Pfingstmontag are always Mondays and Fronleichnam is always a Thursday, so each costs a day in every list that has it. The 2026 result runs from 254 working days (Aarau, Brugg, Kulm, Lenzburg and Zofingen districts (lit. a), Bergdietikon, Baden district (lit. b, 1), and Rest of Baden district (lit. b, 2)) to 256 (Bremgarten district (lit. c)), against 257 under the five canton-wide days.
Two examples from this calculator's engine. Fronleichnam falls on Thursday, June 4, 2026: adding five business days to Wednesday, June 3, 2026 lands on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 under the canton-wide set and on Thursday, June 11, 2026 under the list for the rest of Baden district, which has Fronleichnam. Adding one business day to Thursday, April 2, 2026, the day before Karfreitag, lands on Monday, April 6, 2026 under the canton-wide set, which does not count Ostermontag, and on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 under the list for Aarau, Brugg, Kulm, Lenzburg and Zofingen.
The first working day after each holiday, 2026
Computed on Aargau's calendar: a deadline that falls on a holiday and moves to the next working day lands on the date in the third column.
| Holiday | Date | Next working day |
|---|---|---|
| Neujahrstag (New Year's Day) | Thursday, January 1 | Friday, January 2 |
| Karfreitag (Good Friday) | Friday, April 3 | Monday, April 6 |
| Auffahrt (Ascension Day) | Thursday, May 14 | Friday, May 15 |
| Bundesfeiertag (Swiss National Day) | Saturday, August 1 | Monday, August 3 |
| Weihnachten (Christmas Day) | Friday, December 25 | Monday, December 28 |
Aargau working days month by month, 2026
Each month counts Monday to Friday less the holidays that fall on a weekday. The last column is the difference from the Switzerland calculator: in a month with a difference, a deadline counted on the Switzerland calculator can land on another date.
| Month | Aargau | Switzerland calculator | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
| May 2026 | 20 | 19 | +1 |
| June 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| November 2026 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| December 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Other years
Related links
Documents cited for this canton
The holiday list and the explanation above rest on these documents, alongside the holiday data source below.
- Kanton Aargau, Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit: Merkblatt: Gesetzliche Feiertage im Kanton Aargau (opens in a new tab)
- Fedlex (Swiss Federal Chancellery): Arbeitsgesetz (SR 822.11), Art. 20a Abs. 1 (opens in a new tab)
- Fedlex (Swiss Federal Chancellery): Bundesverfassung (SR 101), Art. 110 Abs. 3 (opens in a new tab)
Sources and verification
Official source: gesetzessammlungen.ag.ch (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 8, 2026.