{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-chile-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "cl-national-holidays-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "CL (Chile nationwide statutory/public holidays for 2026)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Chile nationwide statutory/public holidays for 2026",
  "holiday_policy": "Chile_Ley_2977_plus_related_statutory_and_labour_rules",
  "substitute_day_policy": "Published_2026_Ley_19668_and_Ley_20299_weekday_rules_are_included; future_or_regional_transfers_are_not_inferred",
  "limitation": "This package covers Chile's nationwide statutory/public-holiday layer over a Saturday-Sunday baseline. Regional/local holidays, school, bank, private-employer, sector and collective-agreement schedules are not inferred. Commerce mandatory-rest exceptions are preserved as provenance but are not generalized to every worker. Future annual dates require refreshed official evidence.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "Año Nuevo",
      "kind": "mandatory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977; Ley 19.973"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Viernes Santo",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-04",
      "name": "Sábado Santo",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Día Nacional del Trabajo",
      "kind": "mandatory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977; Ley 19.973; Dirección del Trabajo 2026 notice"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-21",
      "name": "Día de las Glorias Navales",
      "kind": "national_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-21",
      "name": "Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas",
      "kind": "national_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 21.357 winter-solstice rule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-29",
      "name": "San Pedro y San Pablo",
      "kind": "substituted_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 19.668 Monday-transfer rule; 2026 date is Monday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-16",
      "name": "Día de la Virgen del Carmen",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 20.148"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-15",
      "name": "Asunción de la Virgen",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-18",
      "name": "Independencia Nacional",
      "kind": "mandatory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977; Ley 19.973; Dirección del Trabajo 2026 notice"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-19",
      "name": "Día de las Glorias del Ejército",
      "kind": "mandatory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977; Ley 20.629; Dirección del Trabajo 2026 notice"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "Encuentro de Dos Mundos",
      "kind": "substituted_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 19.668 Monday-transfer rule; 2026 date is Monday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "name": "Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 20.299"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "name": "Día de Todos los Santos",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-08",
      "name": "Inmaculada Concepción",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Navidad",
      "kind": "mandatory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ley 2.977; Ley 19.973"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Chile BCN Ley 2.977",
      "url": "https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/Navegar?idNorma=23639&idParte=",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "National statutory holiday list, including New Year, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Labour Day, Glorias Navales, Independence-period holidays, Assumption, All Saints, Immaculate Conception and Christmas."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile BCN Ley 19.973",
      "url": "https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/Navegar?idLey=19973",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "Mandatory and irrenunciable commerce-rest holidays and statutory exceptions."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile Ley 20.629",
      "url": "https://www.leychile.cl/navegar?idNorma=1043726",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "Adds 19 September as a mandatory and irrenunciable commerce-rest day."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile BCN Ley 19.668",
      "url": "https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/Navegar?idNorma=160270",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "Monday-transfer rule for 29 June and 12 October when the statutory date falls on specified weekdays."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile Ley 20.299",
      "url": "https://bcn.cl/FDvy8m",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "Evangelical and Protestant Churches national holiday and its published weekday rule."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile Ley 21.357",
      "url": "https://www.leychile.cl/navegar?idNorma=1161743&tipoVersion=0",
      "type": "government_official_legislation",
      "scope": "Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at the Southern Hemisphere winter solstice; the 2026 date is 21 June."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile Dirección del Trabajo – Fiestas Patrias 2026",
      "url": "https://www.dt.gob.cl/portal/1627/w3-article-129700.html",
      "type": "government_agency_notice",
      "scope": "2026 official labour-agency confirmation of 18 and 19 September mandatory commerce-rest dates and exceptions."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chile Dirección del Trabajo – 1 May 2026",
      "url": "https://www.dt.gob.cl/portal/1627/w3-article-129244.html",
      "type": "government_agency_notice",
      "scope": "2026 official labour-agency confirmation of 1 May mandatory commerce-rest scope and exceptions."
    }
  ]
}