Closure expectation
HighConstitution Day is modeled as a public holiday in Spain; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
Constitution Day.
Global holiday guide rooted in Spain's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
December 6, 2026
Sunday · Atlantic/Canary
Next occurrence
December 6, 2026
Sunday
Observed in
15 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Spain
Public
Planning timezone
Atlantic/Canary
UTC+01:00
Countdown
Next: December 6, 2026 (Sunday)
Constitution Day
31 days away30Days
04Hours
56Min
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Constitution Day holidays put the legal framework of the state at the center of the public story rather than a purely military or dynastic milestone. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 15 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in Europe (8), America (3), Africa (2).
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for Constitution Day.
Primary calendar
Spain · Public
Cultural family
secular civic holiday · Southern Europe
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
15 countries in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Atlantic/Canary (UTC+01:00), Europe/Madrid (UTC+02:00)
Next date signal
December 6, 2026 · Sunday
Forward window
2025: December 6, 2025 · 2026: December 6, 2026 · 2027: December 6, 2027
Related planning set
New Year's Day · Epiphany · Day of Andalucía
Regional spread
Europe 8 · America 3 · Africa 2 · Asia 2
Reference posture
fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make Constitution Day in Spain distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
constitution-day · Constitution Day · Spain · ES
Local name and scope
Día de la Constitución · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
secular civic holiday · Southern Europe · fixed-date
Country/date clusters
May 17, 2027 (2) · June 5, 2027 (2) · November 6, 2026 (1) · December 6, 2026 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 14 · Bank: 1
Forward date window
2026: December 6, 2026 (Sunday) · 2027: December 6, 2027 (Monday) · 2028: December 6, 2028 (Wednesday) · 2029: December 6, 2029 (Thursday) · 2030: December 6, 2030 (Friday)
Timezone anchor
Atlantic/Canary · Atlantic/Canary (UTC+01:00), Europe/Madrid (UTC+02:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: All Saints Day (35 days before) · next: Immaculate Conception (2 days after)
Source depth
5 reference checkpoints · fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. Constitution Day can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
Projected tail3 forward rows are projected from a fixed-date rule after the tracked catalog window; verify long-range statutory calendars before committing.
Bridge-day pressure
SundayConstitution Day next falls on December 6, 2026 (Sunday). Weekend-substitution risk is the main scheduling question; check whether local law grants a weekday substitute.
Cross-border drift
Split datesConstitution Day appears in 15 country calendars with 13 next-date clusters. Do not assume every country observes it on the Spain date.
Timezone handling
Multi-zoneSpain has 2 timezone entries in the country record, so national observance dates should be converted through the correct city or zone for reminders.
Source posture
ReferencedConstitution Day has 5 visible reference checkpoints on the page. fixed story profile plus catalog dates.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
Spanish national public-holiday calendar; Autonomous-community holiday calendars
Story and rule checkpoint
fixed holiday profile: Constitution Day holidays put the legal framework of the state at the center of the public story rather than a purely military or dynastic milestone.
Local specificity checkpoint
Local specificity comes from the selected country calendar row, local name, observance type, timezone record, nearby holidays, and observed cross-country date spread.
Dossier checkpoint
No full manual dossier is attached yet; the page keeps cultural claims bounded to the story profile, source checklist, and catalog-derived date facts.
Reference stack
- Spanish national public-holiday calendar
- Autonomous-community holiday calendars
- Spanish constitutional-history references
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local Spain holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
Constitution Day has 13 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 297 days. 1 country match the Spain date; 14 differ.
Projection reliability
Constitution Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
May 17, 2027
2 countries · Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
June 5, 2027
2 countries · Denmark, Faroe Islands
November 6, 2026
1 country · Dominican Republic
December 6, 2026
1 country · Spain
January 7, 2027
1 country · Ghana
February 1, 2027
1 country · Mexico
Observed type mix across countries
Public14
Bank1
Local names and country context
Name in Spain
Día de la Constitución
The local catalog name for Spain is Día de la Constitución; the English display name is Constitution Day.
Country calendar role
Constitution Day is recorded in Spain as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
Other local labels in this holiday family
History and significance
The day usually commemorates the adoption of a constitution or a legal turning point that later became shorthand for rights, institutions, and modern state legitimacy.
That legal focus gives the holiday a civic-education role alongside the usual practical effects of a public closure or national ceremony.
Constitution Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Spain holiday data.
Date behavior and next years
Constitution Day is scheduled on December 6 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on December 6 and only the weekday changes.
Because Constitution Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 6, 2025 | Saturday |
| 2026 | December 6, 2026 | Sunday |
| 2027 | December 6, 2027 | Monday |
Next 5 occurrences and weekday distribution
The first rows are taken from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027); rows after the catalog cut-off are projected forward because Constitution Day has a fixed-date rule. Easter-cycle, lunar, and country-specific custom-rule holidays are never projected — those rows simply stop at the catalog edge.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | December 6, 2026 | Sunday | Catalog |
| 2027 | December 6, 2027 | Monday | Catalog |
| 2028 | December 6, 2028 | Wednesday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2029 | December 6, 2029 | Thursday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2030 | December 6, 2030 | Friday | Projected (fixed rule) |
Projected rows assume the fixed-date rule continues to repeat the same calendar date; weekend-substitution and other statutory adjustments may shift the actual local observance day.
Seasonal placement
Constitution Day next lands in the winter / year-boundary planning band for Spain. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
Friday1
Monday1
Sunday1
Thursday1
Wednesday1
How Constitution Day is observed
Constitution Day is a secular civic anchor: its meaning is constitutional, political, or statehood-related, with little religious or seasonal content driving the date.
Searches for Constitution Day usually want the exact date, the public-closure status in Spain, and a quick read of why the date is on the calendar at all.
Cultural family
secular civic holiday
Origin region: Southern Europe
Statutory mode
Constitution Day is listed as a public holiday in Spain (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a secular civic holiday sitting in the Spain calendar, Constitution Day matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is December 6, 2026 (Sunday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
Constitution Day also appears in other country calendars such as Andorra, Armenia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, and Faroe Islands. Recorded next dates include Andorra on March 14, 2027, Armenia on July 5, 2027, Denmark on June 5, 2027, and Dominican Republic on November 6, 2026 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
Spain spans 2 timezones for planning: Atlantic/Canary (UTC+01:00), Europe/Madrid (UTC+02:00). Because Constitution Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles. Teams often line Constitution Day up with New Year's Day, Epiphany, and Day of Andalucía when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the Constitution Day entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
Constitution Day is tracked as a public entry in Spain (nationwide). It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins in Southern Europe; the date follows a fixed-date rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is December 6, 2026 (Sunday). Forward dates: 2026: December 6, 2026 (Sunday), 2027: December 6, 2027 (Monday), 2028: December 6, 2028 (Wednesday), 2029: December 6, 2029 (Thursday), and 2030: December 6, 2030 (Friday).
Cross-country reach
Constitution Day appears in 15 country calendars, including Andorra, Armenia, Denmark, and Dominican Republic. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include New Year's Day, Epiphany, and Day of Andalucía.
Local planning anchor
Spain spans 2 planning timezones; Atlantic/Canary is the canonical anchor. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
No curated dossier is attached. The page still surfaces the catalog metadata but skips the source-cited cultural depth panel.
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: Spain may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. Constitution Day has 13 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 297 days. 1 country match the Spain date; 14 differ. Constitution Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name for Spain is Día de la Constitución; the English display name is Constitution Day.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after Constitution Day in the Spaincalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2026.
Previous holiday
All Saints Day
November 1, 2026 · Public
35 days before Constitution Day; local label: Día de todos los Santos.
Next holiday
Immaculate Conception
December 8, 2026 · Public
2 days after Constitution Day; local label: Inmaculada Concepción.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around Constitution Day in the Spaincalendar for 2026. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
Immaculate Conception
December 8, 2026 · Public
2 days after Constitution Day. Local label: Inmaculada Concepción.
Christmas Day
December 25, 2026 · Public
19 days after Constitution Day. Local label: Navidad.
St. Stephen's Day
December 26, 2026 · Public
20 days after Constitution Day. Local label: Feast of Saint Stephen.
All Saints Day
November 1, 2026 · Public
35 days before Constitution Day. Local label: Día de todos los Santos.
National Day of Spain
October 12, 2026 · Public
55 days before Constitution Day. Local label: Fiesta Nacional de España.
Day of the Valencian Community
October 9, 2026 · Public
58 days before Constitution Day. Local label: Dia de la Comunitat Valenciana.
Observed countries and regions
Constitution Day appears in 15 country calendars in the current dataset.
Europe
8 countries
America
3 countries
Africa
2 countries
Asia
2 countries
Country-by-country timing snapshot
Constitution Day reads differently across the 15 listed jurisdictions: a secular civic holiday can carry one statutory weight in Spain and another in neighboring countries that copied the date but kept different observance rules.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Andorra | March 14, 2027 | Public |
| Armenia | July 5, 2027 | Public |
| Denmark | June 5, 2027 | Bank |
| Dominican Republic | November 6, 2026 | Public |
| Faroe Islands | June 5, 2027 | Public |
| Ghana | January 7, 2027 | Public |
| Kazakhstan | August 30, 2027 | Public |
| Mexico | February 1, 2027 | Public |
| Norway | May 17, 2027 | Public |
| Poland | May 3, 2027 | Public |
| Seychelles | June 18, 2027 | Public |
| Spain | December 6, 2026 | Public |
Related holidays in Spain
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
26 days after in the local calendar
See 2026 calendar
Epiphany
January 6, 2026 · Public
31 days after in the local calendar
Open curated guide
Day of Andalucía
February 28, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Day of the Balearic Islands
March 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Maundy Thursday
April 2, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is Constitution Day a public holiday in Spain?▾
Yes — Constitution Day is listed as a public holiday in Spain on a nationwide basis.
When is Constitution Day in Spain in 2026?▾
In 2026, Constitution Day in Spain falls on December 6, 2026 (Sunday). Subsequent dates: 2027 December 6, 2027, 2028 December 6, 2028, 2029 December 6, 2029.
How is the date for Constitution Day determined?▾
Constitution Day is scheduled on December 6 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on December 6 and only the weekday changes. Because Constitution Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
What kind of holiday is Constitution Day?▾
Constitution Day is listed as a public holiday in Spain (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins tied to Southern Europe.
What is the local name for Constitution Day in Spain?▾
The local catalog name for Spain is Día de la Constitución; the English display name is Constitution Day.
Where is Constitution Day observed?▾
Constitution Day appears in 15 country calendars in the current dataset, including Andorra, Armenia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Faroe Islands, and more.
What timezone should I use for Constitution Day planning in Spain?▾
Spain uses Atlantic/Canary (UTC+01:00), Europe/Madrid (UTC+02:00) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside Constitution Day?▾
Constitution Day is often compared with New Year's Day, Epiphany, Day of Andalucía on the Spain calendar.