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Vecgada vakars in Latvia

Vecgada vakars falls on Thursday 31 December 2026 in Latvia. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2028 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Vecgada vakars in Latvia, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 31 December Wednesday midweek
2026 31 December Thursday one bridge day makes it four days
2027 31 December Friday long weekend
2028 31 December Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained

4 of 4

  • 31 12 Vecgada vakars Wednesday
  • 31 12 Vecgada vakars Thursday
  • 31 12 Vecgada vakars Friday
  • 31 12 Vecgada vakars Sunday · falls on a weekend

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Vecgada vakars 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 Vecgada vakars in Latvia in 2026?

Thursday, 31 December 2026.

Is Vecgada vakars on the same date every year?

Yes — 31 December every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Vecgada vakars make a long weekend?

2027 (Friday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2026 one bridge day buys four days off.

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