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Batalla de Boyacá in Colombia

Batalla de Boyacá falls on Friday 7 August 2026 in Colombia. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2027 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Batalla de Boyacá in Colombia, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 7 August Thursday one bridge day makes it four days
2026 7 August Friday long weekend
2027 7 August Saturday on the weekend — no day off gained
2028 7 August Monday long weekend

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  • 07 08 Batalla de Boyacá Thursday
  • 07 08 Batalla de Boyacá Friday
  • 07 08 Batalla de Boyacá Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 07 08 Batalla de Boyacá Monday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Batalla de Boyacá 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 Batalla de Boyacá in Colombia in 2026?

Friday, 7 August 2026.

Is Batalla de Boyacá on the same date every year?

Yes — 7 August every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Batalla de Boyacá make a long weekend?

2026 (Friday), 2028 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2025 one bridge day buys four days off.

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