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Whit Monday 2029

Monday 21 May 2029

The Monday after Whit Sunday (Pentecost), which falls 50 days after Western Easter Sunday, so the holiday comes 50 days after Easter Sunday. The Orthodox churches count Pentecost from their own Easter, so their Whit Monday is a different date and is not listed here.

In 2029, Whit Monday falls on Monday 21 May 2029 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland (Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft and 11 more). Every date is a Monday, so each gives a three-day weekend. The 2029 date for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland (Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft and 11 more) is provisional – calculated from the rule, because the official calendar for that year is not published yet. For comparison in Austria, the 2028 date was Monday 5 June 2028 and the 2030 date is Monday 10 June 2030.

Dates in 2029

Monday 21 May 2029

  • Austria

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Belgium

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Denmark

provisional – calculated from the rule

France

  • France
  • Alsace-Moselle

France: provisional – calculated from the rule

Alsace-Moselle: provisional – calculated from the rule

Germany

  • Germany (nationwide)
  • Baden-Württemberg
  • Bavaria
  • Berlin
  • Brandenburg
  • Bremen
  • Hamburg
  • Hesse
  • Lower Saxony
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Saarland
  • Saxony
  • Saxony-Anhalt
  • Schleswig-Holstein
  • Thuringia

Germany (nationwide): provisional – calculated from the rule

Baden-Württemberg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bavaria: provisional – calculated from the rule

Berlin: provisional – calculated from the rule

Brandenburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bremen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hamburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hesse: provisional – calculated from the rule

Lower Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: provisional – calculated from the rule

North Rhine-Westphalia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Rhineland-Palatinate: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saarland: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony-Anhalt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schleswig-Holstein: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thuringia: provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Hungary

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Iceland

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Liechtenstein

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Luxembourg

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Netherlands

provisional – calculated from the rule

  • Norway

provisional – calculated from the rule

Switzerland

  • Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  • Appenzell Innerrhoden
  • Basel-Landschaft
  • Basel-Stadt
  • Bern
  • Geneva
  • Glarus
  • Grisons
  • Jura
  • Schaffhausen
  • St. Gallen
  • Thurgau
  • Vaud
  • Zurich

Appenzell Ausserrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Appenzell Innerrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Landschaft: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Stadt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bern: provisional – calculated from the rule

Geneva: provisional – calculated from the rule

Glarus: provisional – calculated from the rule

Grisons: provisional – calculated from the rule

Jura: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schaffhausen: provisional – calculated from the rule

St. Gallen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thurgau: provisional – calculated from the rule

Vaud: provisional – calculated from the rule

Zurich: provisional – calculated from the rule

See also: Ascension Day 2029, Corpus Christi 2029.

About Whit Monday

Whit Monday is the day after Whit Sunday, the feast of Pentecost, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. Whit Sunday falls 49 days after Easter Sunday by the Western (Gregorian) calendar, so Whit Monday, the day after it, falls 50 days after Easter Sunday, on a Monday between 11 May and 14 June. In 2026 the Western date is 25 May and in 2027 it is 17 May. The Orthodox churches count Pentecost from their own Easter, so the Monday after Orthodox Pentecost is a different date, 1 June in 2026 and 21 June in 2027. Cyprus and Romania count that Monday and Greece lists it as Holy Spirit Monday without counting it, but it is not listed on this page.

It is a public holiday in many European countries, among them Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway. In Switzerland it is counted in 14 of the 26 cantons; in ten others it is a customary day off, a holiday of some districts or municipalities only, or a cantonal holiday not equal to a Sunday, so this site lists it there without counting it. Sweden abolished it in 2005, when the National Day became a holiday instead. The United Kingdom replaced its Whit Monday bank holiday with the Spring Bank Holiday in 1971, and Ireland replaced it with the June bank holiday in 1973. In France it is a public holiday that many employers use as the unpaid day of solidarity, so some workers must still work it.

Whit Monday is always a Monday, so it never needs a substitute day and always gives a three-day weekend with Whit Sunday. Used together with Ascension Day, which falls eleven days earlier, it lets employees in countries that observe both build long breaks in May or June from few days of leave. The Ascension Day and Corpus Christi pages show the related dates for the same year.

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