Valais Business Day Calculator
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 8, 2026
Calculate business days in Valais with its own cantonal public holidays. Like the Switzerland calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list, so due dates and deadlines can land differently from the Switzerland calculator's count.
How Valais differs from the Switzerland calculator
Valais sets its holidays in its cantonal ordinance on work (OcTr, 822.100, art. 7): Nouvel-An, Saint-Joseph (19 March), Ascension, Fête-Dieu, Assomption (15 August), Toussaint (1 November), Immaculée Conception (8 December) and Noël, which with 1 August makes nine days. Against this site's eight-day Swiss baseline the rows drop Vendredi saint (Good Friday), Lundi de Pâques (Easter Monday), Lundi de Pentecôte (Whit Monday) and Saint-Étienne (26 December), which are working days in this count, and add Saint-Joseph, Fête-Dieu (4 June 2026, 27 May 2027 and 15 June 2028), Assomption, Toussaint and Immaculée Conception.
Worked example
Adding 1 business day to Thursday, April 2, 2026 using Valais's holidays lands on Friday, April 3, 2026. With the Switzerland calculator's holidays, the same calculation lands on Tuesday, April 7, 2026: the gap comes from Valais's own calendar.
Valais public holidays in 2026
| Date | Day | Public holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | Neujahrstag (New Year's Day) |
| March 19 | Thursday | Saint-Joseph (St Joseph's Day) |
| May 14 | Thursday | Auffahrt (Ascension Day) |
| June 4 | Thursday | Fête-Dieu (Corpus Christi) |
| August 1 | Saturday (weekend) | Bundesfeiertag (Swiss National Day) |
| August 15 | Saturday (weekend) | Assomption (Assumption) |
| November 1 | Sunday (weekend) | Toussaint (All Saints' Day) |
| December 8 | Tuesday | Immaculée Conception (Immaculate Conception) |
| December 25 | Friday | Weihnachten (Christmas Day) |
How to count Valais business days
For an interactive calculation, use the Switzerland calculator and add Valais's own dates under Advanced options, one per line in YYYY-MM-DD form; the Valais public holidays 2026 page linked below lists the dates. The Advanced options can add dates but not remove them, so a count that crosses Karfreitag (Good Friday) (Friday, April 3, 2026), Ostermontag (Easter Monday) (Monday, April 6, 2026), and Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday) (Monday, May 25, 2026), days in the Switzerland calculator's set but not in Valais's calendar, will land one working day later than Valais's own for each of those dates it crosses.
Valais public holiday data is verified against the Valais Ordonnance cantonale sur le travail (822.100), art. 7, lex.vs.ch.
Related links
Documents cited for this canton
The holiday list and the explanation above rest on these documents, alongside the holiday data source below.
- 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: lex.vs.ch (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 8, 2026.
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.