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Fête du Vodoun in Benin

Fête du Vodoun falls on Sunday 10 January 2027 in Benin. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2026 and 2027 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Fête du Vodoun in Benin, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 10 January Friday long weekend
2026 10 January Saturday on the weekend — no day off gained
2027 10 January Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained
2028 10 January Monday long weekend

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  • 10 01 Fête du Vodoun Friday
  • 10 01 Fête du Vodoun Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 10 01 Fête du Vodoun Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 10 01 Fête du Vodoun Monday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Fête du Vodoun keeps the same date, the weekday advances one step most years and two after a leap year. That walk is the whole story of how good a holiday year feels: the same day off is a long weekend one year and a lost Saturday another, and the difference is nothing but arithmetic.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar.

FAQ

When is Fête du Vodoun in Benin in 2027?

Sunday, 10 January 2027.

Is Fête du Vodoun on the same date every year?

Yes — 10 January every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Fête du Vodoun make a long weekend?

2025 (Friday), 2028 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly.

All holidays in Benin: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028