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the days brazil keeps, on the ring of your year.

brazil's national holidays in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in a few plain paragraphs.

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brazil is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds brazil's national holidays, the feriados nacionais as federal law fixes them, and on a phone set to brazil it starts lit.

good friday follows a published easter table; the rest come round on their date every year. states and cities keep days of their own that are not here. tap a holiday and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.

brazil flaggregorian · fixed national dates, with good friday from a published western easter table

a few of its days

our lady of aparecida

nossa senhora aparecida

12 october

what it is

the feast of our lady who appeared, queen and patroness of brazil, and the day of the country's greatest pilgrimage. the same date is also kept as children's day.

how it is kept

pilgrims from every part of the country, many on foot, come to the national shrine in aparecida for masses through the day. across brazil catholics go to mass, pray the rosary and bring flowers to her image, and families give the day to their children too.

christmas

natal

25 december

what it is

the birth of jesus christ, kept by christians across brazil and shared by nearly the whole country as a family feast, in the heat of the southern summer.

how it is kept

families gather on the night of the 24th for the ceia de natal, the christmas supper. many catholics go to the missa do galo, the midnight mass, set up a presépio at home and exchange gifts, often through amigo secreto.

tiradentes

21 april

what it is

the day brazil honours joaquim josé da silva xavier, called tiradentes, the martyr of the inconfidência mineira, the plot for independence in minas gerais in 1789.

how it is kept

civic ceremonies are held, the largest in ouro preto, the old capital of minas gerais. for most families it is a day of rest, often a long weekend.

independence day

independência do brasil · sete de setembro

7 september

what it is

the day brazil became its own nation, on 7 september 1822: the country's great civic day.

how it is kept

civic and military parades fill the streets, the largest in brasília, with the flag and the national anthem. schools mark the semana da pátria, the week of the homeland, in the days before.

in the app

the film

the brazil almanac in zenith calendar
brazil on zenith calendar: the national holidays on the ring of the year, each one opening to its story.

✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it

and the sky those days live in is worth staying for.

brazil is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.

your year, an orbit

the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.

run a finger round the year

drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.

a week under its moon

tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.

the sun and the moon are doors

tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.

it keeps to itself

zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.

brazil is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.

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brazil (country) · brazil flag

how to get it

  1. on a new install, the first page is "your starting sky": which almanacs start lit.
  2. "countries" is shown open. on a phone whose language setting is set to brazil, "brazil" is already switched on; anywhere else, switch it on (its mark is 🇧🇷).
  3. tap "· begin ·". brazil is lit from the start.
  4. already past the first page? brazil waits, whole, in the archive. on the sky, hold the "almanacs" book in the bottom-right corner to open the binder.
  5. tap "▣" in the binder's bottom-left corner to turn to the archive, and tap "brazil" once to choose it.
  6. tap "unlock" (the padlock) at the foot, then "▥ put back".
  7. it comes back eclipsed: tap the "almanacs" book on the sky and tap the "brazil" chip, or choose it in the binder and tap "● shine". you can lock it again whenever you like.

sibling almanacs

  • catholicthe roman calendar's solemnities, whole on its own

questions

When is Nossa Senhora Aparecida 2026?

The feast of Nossa Senhora Aparecida is 12 October every year, a Monday in 2026. It is a national holiday in Brazil and is also kept as children's day.

Is Christmas a national holiday in Brazil?

Yes. Natal, 25 December, is a national holiday; families gather for the ceia de natal on the night of the 24th.

When is Tiradentes 2027?

Tiradentes is 21 April every year; in 2027 it falls on a Wednesday. Brazil honours Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, the martyr of the Inconfidência Mineira.

When is Brazil's Independence Day 2027?

Sete de Setembro, Brazil's Independence Day, falls on Tuesday 7 September 2027, with civic and military parades across the country.

Is there a calendar app that shows Brazil's national holidays?

Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called brazil: Brazil's national holidays, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. On a phone set to Brazil it starts lit, and turning it on costs nothing.

Does the brazil almanac include state and city holidays?

No. It holds the national holidays federal law fixes. The days states and cities keep on their own are not part of it.

Where do the brazil almanac's dates come from?

The fixed days are the national holidays in federal law. Good Friday follows a published Easter table, copied in rather than worked out on your phone.