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Šv. Kūčios in Lithuania

Šv. Kūčios falls on Thursday 24 December 2026 in Lithuania. 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.

Šv. Kūčios in Lithuania, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 24 December Wednesday midweek
2026 24 December Thursday one bridge day makes it four days
2027 24 December Friday long weekend
2028 24 December Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained

4 of 4

  • 24 12 Šv. Kūčios Wednesday
  • 24 12 Šv. Kūčios Thursday
  • 24 12 Šv. Kūčios Friday
  • 24 12 Šv. Kūčios Sunday · falls on a weekend

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Šv. Kūčios 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 Šv. Kūčios in Lithuania in 2026?

Thursday, 24 December 2026.

Is Šv. Kūčios on the same date every year?

Yes — 24 December every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Šv. Kūčios make a long weekend?

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

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