{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-brazil-federal-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "br-mgi-federal-holidays-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "BR (Brazil federal executive public administration (SIPEC))",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Brazil federal executive public administration (SIPEC)",
  "holiday_policy": "Portaria MGI federal public-administration national holidays and ponto facultativo events; optional events are preserved as federal-scope optional days",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No private-sector, state or municipal substitute-day rule is inferred",
  "limitation": "This is not a universal Brazilian private-employer calendar; state, municipal, sector, employer and private payroll schedules are not inferred.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "Universal Confraternization Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "name": "Carnival",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-17",
      "name": "Carnival",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-18",
      "name": "Ash Wednesday",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025",
      "partial_day": "until 14:00"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Passion of Christ",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-20",
      "name": "Federal optional day",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-21",
      "name": "Tiradentes",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "World Labour Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-04",
      "name": "Corpus Christi",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-05",
      "name": "Federal optional day",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-07",
      "name": "Independence of Brazil",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "Our Lady of Aparecida",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "name": "Federal Civil Servant Day",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "name": "All Souls' Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-15",
      "name": "Proclamation of the Republic",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-20",
      "name": "National Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-24",
      "name": "Christmas Eve",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025",
      "partial_day": "after 13:00"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-31",
      "name": "New Year's Eve",
      "kind": "federal_optional_day",
      "legal_basis": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460/2025",
      "partial_day": "after 13:00"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Brazil MGI 2026 normative acts listing",
      "url": "https://www.gov.br/gestao/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/institucional/atos-normativos/2026/2026-portarias",
      "type": "government",
      "scope": "Portaria MGI Nº 11.460 federal public administration calendar"
    },
    {
      "name": "Brazil MGI year-end recess guidance",
      "url": "https://www.gov.br/gestao/pt-br/assuntos/editoria-defeso-eleitoral/portaria-do-mgi-orienta-sobre-o-recesso-de-fim-de-ano-de-2026-no-servico-publico-federal/",
      "type": "government",
      "scope": "optional federal public-administration recess boundary"
    },
    {
      "name": "Brazil ANP Corpus Christi notice",
      "url": "https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/aviso-ponto-facultativo-nos-dias-4-e-5-de-junho",
      "type": "government",
      "scope": "ponto facultativo example and not universal private-sector closure"
    }
  ]
}