How many working days in year 2006?
Here is the detail of the calculation:
Because 2006 is not a leap year, it has 365 days.
Let's remove 52 saturdays and 53 sundays. It remains 260 days.
Now, let's remove 11 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 249 working days in 2006.
Here is the list of these 11 public holidays:
1. New Year's Day (observance) : Monday, 2 January, 2006
2. Coming of Age Day : Monday, 9 January, 2006
3. Vernal Equinox Day : Monday, 20 March, 2006
4. Constitution Memorial Day : Wednesday, 3 May, 2006
5. Greenery Day : Thursday, 4 May, 2006
6. Children's Day : Friday, 5 May, 2006
7. Marine Day : Monday, 17 July, 2006
8. Respect-for-Aged Day : Monday, 18 September, 2006
9. Health and Sports Day : Monday, 9 October, 2006
10. Culture Day : Friday, 3 November, 2006
11. Labor Thanksgiving Day : Thursday, 23 November, 2006
And here are the 5 public holidays falling on a weekend:
1. New Year's Day : Sunday, 1 January, 2006
2. Foundation Day : Saturday, 11 February, 2006
3. Shōwa Day : Saturday, 29 April, 2006
4. Autumnal Equinox Day : Saturday, 23 September, 2006
5. Emperor's Birthday : Saturday, 23 December, 2006