Monday, 6 April 2026
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This is the first listed date for this year; a separate observance date has not been assigned.
Easter Monday (húsvéthétfÅ‘) is a statutory Hungarian public holiday observed on the Monday after Easter Sunday. It continues Hungary’s Easter family and folk traditions. Fixed and Easter-based dates should be distinguished from extra rest days created by the annual work-schedule decree.
Bank, office and school arrangements require the applicable authority or institution notice. Missing scope data does not mean open.
Monday, 29 March 2027 · Confirmed — source checked
Next listed holiday day on or after today; this can be a closure day rather than the festival date.
Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.
Official public holiday law or calendar
Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27
Hungary’s statutory public holidays are shown with only officially announced transferred rest days. The 2026 regulation adds 2 January, 21 August and 24 December; no unannounced 2027 or 2028 bridge days are predicted.
Public administration normally closes for húsvéthétfÅ‘. The annual decree must also be checked for adjacent substituted rest days and compensating Saturdays, while continuous services retain duty staff.
Branches generally close on statutory holidays and decreed non-working weekdays. Electronic banking continues, but ordinary settlement and customer-service deadlines follow the applicable business-day calendar.
Schools do not hold ordinary lessons on the statutory date. Easter and Christmas may sit within longer academic breaks, and a substituted working Saturday can affect institutional schedules.
HúsvéthétfÅ‘ is the Monday after Easter Sunday and is expressly listed as a public holiday in Hungary’s Labour Code. Its date moves with Easter each year.
The holiday affects normal work schedules, but Hungary can create a long weekend by declaring another weekday a rest day and a specified Saturday a working day. That exchanged day is not a second occurrence of Easter Monday.
A distinctive Hungarian Easter Monday custom is locsolkodás: traditionally, visitors sprinkle women with water or perfume, while decorated eggs and festive food also feature. Hungary’s national tourism authority notes that the custom remains especially visible in rural celebrations such as HollókÅ‘.
Long weekends created around húsvéthétfÅ‘ can increase road, rail and spa demand. Verify whether an adjacent Friday or Monday is a decreed rest day and whether the corresponding Saturday operates as a workday.
It is observed on the Monday after Easter Sunday.
The Hungarian term is húsvéthétfÅ‘.
Yes. An annual decree may exchange an adjacent weekday for a working Saturday; that is separate from the statutory holiday itself.
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