Global Holiday Query shows the public holidays for any country in a full-year 12-month calendar view, and lets you load a second country alongside the first to see where their holidays overlap. It's useful when you need to find scheduling windows that work across two countries, or when planning travel around local closures.
Color Coding in the Calendar
Four colors carry distinct meanings in the calendar view:
- Indigo — holidays in the primary country
- Blue — holidays in the comparison country
- Purple — dates that are holidays in both countries simultaneously
- Light blue background — weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
Today's date is outlined in blue. Hover over any marked date to see the holiday name, which country it belongs to, and any notes.
Year Range and Country Auto-Detection
The year selector covers the current year, one year back, and three years forward — five options total. On first load, the tool reads your browser's language setting to pre-select a country: zh-CN defaults to China, en-US to the United States, and so on. If the detected country isn't what you need, change it in the dropdown and the calendar refreshes automatically.
Using the Two-Country Comparison
Single country view
- Leave the comparison country set to "None"
- Only the primary country's holidays appear (indigo)
- The right-side list shows all holidays sorted by date
Two-country comparison
- Select a second country and data loads automatically
- Shared holidays appear in purple
- An overlap panel below the calendar lists each overlapping date with both countries' holiday names
Searching the Holiday List
The search field above the right-side list accepts holiday names, month names (e.g. "January"), or day names (e.g. "Monday"). The search uses fuzzy matching with a tolerance threshold that allows minor spelling differences, so "Independnce" still finds "Independence Day."