Public holidays in Ecuador

The national public holidays in Ecuador include:^[1]

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
January 1 (Fixed)	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo
February - March (Floating)	Carnival	Carnaval	Date (Monday & Tuesday) varies per liturgical calendar
March–April (Floating)	Good Friday	Viernes Santo	Date varies per liturgical calendar
May 1 (Floating)	Labour Day	Día del Trabajo
May 24 (Floating)	The Battle of Pichincha (1822)	Batalla de Pichincha
August 10 (Fixed)	Declaration of Independence of Ecuador (1809)	Primer Grito de Independencia
October 9 (Floating)	Independence of Guayaquil (1820)	Independencia de Guayaquil
November 2 (Fixed)	All Souls' Day	Día de los Difuntos, Día de Muertos
November 3 (Fixed)	Independence of Cuenca (1820)	Independencia de Cuenca
December 6 (Fixed)	Foundation of Quito (1534)	Fundación de Quito
December 25 (Fixed)	Christmas Day	Día de Navidad

The anniversary of the annexation of the Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin's birthday are also celebrated on February 12 as Galapagos Day^[2] (dia de la Provincia or dia de la Provincia de Galápagos). This is sometimes described on the mainland as Amazon and Galapagos Day or Orient Day (dia del Oriente), as the discovery of the headwaters of the Amazon River by Francisco de Orellana in 1542 is also recorded occurring on the same day.^[3]