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Portugal Working Day

Checks a date against the Saturday-Sunday weekend baseline and exact 2026-2027 authority events.

When to use

You need a deterministic Portugal Portugal nationwide mandatory public holidays for 2026-2027 result.

Do not use when: Mandatory nationwide list only. Municipal, autonomous-region, collective-agreement, employer and locally substituted holiday schedules are not inferred.

Example user requests

Portugal: Portugal Day.
Portugal: Ordinary weekday.

Formula

is_working_day = not an official Saturday/Sunday weekend date and no exact authority event

Apply the pinned authority event table over the declared weekday baseline; do not infer uncovered employer or regional schedules.

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Unit	Required	Description
`date`	date		yes	Gregorian date in Portugal coverage.

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
`territory`	string	PT (Portugal).
`territory_name`	string	Portugal
`weekday`	string	Gregorian weekday.
`is_working_day`	boolean	Monday-Friday with no event in this pinned authority scope.
`day_type`	string	Deterministic classification: official_weekend, regular_workday, or the first published authority event kind.
`holiday_names`	string_list	Events applying on the date.
`holiday_kinds`	string_list	Authority event classifications.
`holiday_details`	list	Structured event details, including partial-day notes where published.
`calendar_scope`	string	Portugal nationwide mandatory public holidays for 2026-2027
`holiday_policy`	string	Portugal Labour Code mandatory national holidays are included; Carnival Tuesday and municipal holidays are optional and are not inferred.
`substitute_day_policy`	string	No substitute-day closure is inferred. Good Friday may be observed on another locally significant Easter-period day under the Labour Code, but no local replacement is selected.
`calendar_profile`	string	portugal-public-holidays
`dataset_version`	string	pt-statutory-public-holidays-2026-2027.1
`sources`	list	Authority and legislation sources.

Example

Portugal Day: {"date":"2026-06-10"} → {"is_working_day":false,"day_type":"public_holiday"}

Ordinary weekday: {"date":"2026-10-27"} → {"is_working_day":true,"day_type":"regular_workday"}

GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/portugal-public-working-day?date=2026-06-10

Machine access

API: GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/portugal-public-working-day (query parameters) or POST with a JSON body {"inputs": {...}}
Schema: https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculators/portugal-public-working-day · Markdown: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/portugal-public-working-day.md · JSON definition: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/portugal-public-working-day.json
MCP: server https://tttkmbb.com/mcp, tool run_calculator with calculator_id="portugal-public-working-day"
OpenAPI operationId: check_pt_working_day
Freshness: static. Authentication: none. Rate limit: fair use (see rate limits).

Sources

Diário da República – Código do Trabalho Article 234 (government_legal_text)
Diário da República – Law 8/2016 restoring national holidays (government_legal_text)
DGERT – Labour Code and regulations (government_labour_guidance)
Boletim do Trabalho e Emprego 10/2026 (government_labour_bulletin)

FAQ

Does this include Carnival Tuesday or Lisbon municipal day?

No. Portuguese law treats Carnival Tuesday and the municipal holiday as optional through collective regulation or contract; this package includes only the mandatory nationwide list.

Related calculators

Add Portugal Working Days — Offset through the same authority package.