{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-kazakhstan-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "kz-gov-public-holidays-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "KZ (Kazakhstan nationwide published 2026 five-day public-holiday and transfer schedule)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Kazakhstan nationwide published 2026 five-day public-holiday and transfer schedule",
  "holiday_policy": "Kazakhstan_Holidays_Law_267_plus_Government_2026_schedule",
  "substitute_day_policy": "Only published 2026 transfer dates are included; no future, employer or unscheduled transfer is inferred",
  "limitation": "This package covers the nationwide published 2026 five-day schedule over a Saturday-Sunday baseline. Six-day, shift, continuous-operation, employer, bank, school, local and sector calendars are not inferred. Qurban Ait is represented by the published 2026 first-day date. Adilet's current text records Constitution Day on 15 March with an amendment effective 2026-07-01, while the published 2026 government calendar does not add a March 15/16 closure; this package follows the published 2026 calendar and future-year packages must refresh the legal transition.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-02",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-07",
      "name": "Orthodox Christmas",
      "kind": "religious_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-08",
      "name": "International Women's Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-09",
      "name": "International Women's Day transfer day off",
      "kind": "transferred_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-21",
      "name": "Nauryz holiday",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-22",
      "name": "Nauryz holiday",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-23",
      "name": "Nauryz holiday",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-24",
      "name": "Nauryz transfer day off",
      "kind": "transferred_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-25",
      "name": "Nauryz transfer day off",
      "kind": "transferred_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Unity Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-07",
      "name": "Defender of the Fatherland Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-09",
      "name": "Victory Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-11",
      "name": "Victory Day transfer day off",
      "kind": "transferred_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-27",
      "name": "Qurban Ait, first day",
      "kind": "religious_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-06",
      "name": "Capital Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "name": "Republic Day",
      "kind": "national_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-26",
      "name": "Republic Day transfer day off",
      "kind": "transferred_day_off",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-16",
      "name": "Independence Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Kazakhstan Government 2026 public-holiday schedule"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Kazakhstan Government – 2026 public holidays",
      "url": "https://www.gov.kz/article/33969?lang=en",
      "type": "government_official_annual_schedule",
      "scope": "Published nationwide 2026 non-working public holidays, religious days off and transfer dates."
    },
    {
      "name": "Adilet – Law on Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan",
      "url": "https://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/Z010000267_/info",
      "type": "official_legal_information_system",
      "scope": "Legal definitions and non-working status of national and state holidays; the 2026 amendment effective date is preserved as a package limitation."
    },
    {
      "name": "Adilet – Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan",
      "url": "https://old.adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/K1500000414",
      "type": "official_legal_information_system",
      "scope": "Five-day and six-day weekly-rest rules and the legal basis for transferring weekend days."
    }
  ]
}