Guides
Plain-language explanations of how working calendars work, with examples you can check against the calculator.
- How China's makeup workdays workWhy some Saturdays and Sundays are working days in China, where the rules come from, how holiday blocks are built, and what it means for pay and planning.2026-10-03
- Planning around China's long holidays from abroadHow to plan orders, payments and meetings with China around the Spring Festival and National Day breaks, with worked examples in working days.2026-11-05
- How many working days are in a month in China?Mainland China's official averages (248 working days a year, 20.67 a month, 21.75 pay days) explained, with month-by-month tables for 2026 and 2025.2026-10-03
- Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: three holiday calendarsMakeup workdays in mainland China, substitute holidays in Hong Kong and Taiwan: how the three calendars work, with Lunar New Year 2026 side by side.2026-11-05
- Chinese New Year and Vietnamese Tết: two calendars, one festivalMainland China and Vietnam both stop for Lunar New Year, under different rules: the 2026 breaks side by side, worked examples and what is set for 2027.2026-11-05
- Working across China, the UK and the US: shared days and hoursHow many days mainland China, England and New York all work, how many hours a day they overlap, and why that changes in late October and March.2026-10-03
- Japan's Golden Week and China's Labour Day break: planning early MayJapan's Golden Week and mainland China's Labour Day break both fall in early May but don't match: the 2026 dates side by side, worked examples and Silver Week.2026-11-05
- Singapore and Hong Kong: one time zone, two holiday calendarsSingapore and Hong Kong share a time zone but not a holiday calendar: how each sets its holidays, with Lunar New Year and Easter 2026 side by side.2026-10-09
- How Russia's production calendar worksHow Russia's working calendar is set: the 14 non-working holidays, moved days off, working Saturdays and shortened pre-holiday days, with 2027 examples.2026-10-03
- Russia's New Year holidays and China's Spring Festival: planning January and FebruaryRussia stops in early January, mainland China at Spring Festival weeks later: the 2026 dates side by side, Moscow–Beijing hours and what is set for 2027.2026-11-05