The following are nantional holidays:

• Thursday, January 1 - New Year's Day.
• Tuesday, February 24 - Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday).
• Friday, May 1 - Labor Day.
• Wednesday, July 1 - Elected President (Assumption of Presidential Office).
• Tuesday, November 3 - Independence Day (Panama from Colombia).
• Thursday, November 5 - National Holiday.
• Tuesday, November 10 - Independence Shout Day (Villa de los Santos).
• Saturday, November 28 - Independence Day (Panama from Spain).
• Tuesday, December 8 – Mother’s Day.
• Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day.

The following are national mouring days:

• Monday, January 12 – Bridge day for January 9 (Martyrs’ Day).
• Friday, April 10 – Holy Friday.

In conformity with what is established in Law No. 70 of December 28, 2007, a national holiday or mourning national day transferred to a Monday (Monday, January 12 in 2009), will be a normal business day and will be remunerated as an ordinary labor day. Work on a Monday qualified as a required rest day will be remunerated, according to the Labor Code norms, as work on a national holiday or mourning national day.

The Executive Body can decree as bridge days other national or mourning national days which have not been established by law as a bridge day.