How long until the weekend — until the end of the last working day before the next day off by the Russian working calendar: working Saturdays, moved days off and shortened pre-holiday days are taken into account. Below are the next long weekends.
How long until the next day off by the Russian working calendar: working Saturdays and moved days off are taken into account, and the shortened pre-holiday day is marked. Below are the next long weekends — three or more days off in a row.
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Frequently asked questions
The counter at the top shows how long is left until the end of the last working day before the next day off: usually 18:00 on Friday, and 17:00 on a shortened pre-holiday day. Working Saturdays and moved days off follow the Russian working calendar, so before holidays the countdown runs to when the rest really starts.
The counter at the top of the page shows the days, hours and minutes left until the weekend and updates every second by your device’s clock. On the day itself it shows “Today”, and from the next day it counts down to the following year. Nothing needs entering: the date follows the rule.
The countdown runs to 18:00 — the usual end of a nine-to-six five-day week. If the last working day before the day off is a shortened pre-holiday day, it runs to 17:00, an hour earlier, as Article 95 of the Labour Code requires. Your schedule may differ; then use the date of the day off, which is right for everyone.
Then the top of the page says today is a day off and counts down to the start of the next working day. Saturdays, Sundays, Article 112 public holidays and moved days off count as days off; a working Saturday set by the transfer decree counts as a working day.
Under the counter is the next run of three or more days off in a row by the Russian working calendar: the dates and the length. Usually it is a holiday joined to a Saturday and Sunday by a moved day off. The full list for the year, including the New Year and May breaks, is in the working calendar.
Every year the Russian government moves some days off so that holidays do not stand alone in the middle of the week: a Saturday becomes a working day, and the Monday or Friday next to the holiday becomes a day off. The counter knows these moves from the decree for the year, so before such holidays it counts to when the rest really starts, not to the nearest Saturday.