Holidays and Observances in Austria in 2012
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | National holiday | |
| Mar 19 | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day | State holiday | Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg |
| Mar 20 | Tuesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance | |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Good Friday | Observance | |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance | |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday | |
| May 1 | Tuesday | Labor Day / May Day | National holiday | |
| May 4 | Friday | Saint Florian's Day | State holiday | Upper Austria |
| May 13 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 17 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday | |
| May 27 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance | |
| May 28 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday | |
| Jun 7 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | National holiday | |
| Jun 10 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of Mary | National holiday | |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 23 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| Sep 24 | Monday | Saint Rupert's Day | State holiday | Salzburg |
| Sep 26 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Optional Holiday | |
| Oct 10 | Wednesday | Plebiscite Day | State holiday | Carinthia |
| Oct 26 | Friday | National Day | National holiday | |
| Oct 28 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Wednesday | Reformation Day | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | National holiday | |
| Nov 2 | Friday | All Souls' Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Sunday | Saint Martin's Day | State holiday | Burgenland |
| Nov 15 | Thursday | Saint Leopold's Day | State holiday | Lower Austria, Vienna |
| Dec 2 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance | |
| Dec 8 | Saturday | Immaculate Conception | National holiday | |
| Dec 21 | Friday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Half-day holiday | |
| Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day | National holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen's Day | National holiday | |
| Dec 31 | Monday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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