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Every full day the Government Code (section 6700) designates as a holiday, including Thanksgiving Day, is a judicial holiday, except Lunar New Year, Diwali, Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24), Admission Day (September 9), Columbus Day and any day appointed by the President but not the Governor. Every Saturday and the day after Thanksgiving are judicial holidays, and the Judicial Council may designate another day when a judicial holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
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Every full day designated as a holiday by Section 6700 of the Government Code, including that Thursday of November declared by the President to be Thanksgiving Day, is a judicial holiday, except the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, known as “Lunar New Year,” the 15th day of the month of Kartik in the Hindu lunar calendar of each year, known as “Diwali,” April 24, known as “Genocide Remembrance Day,” September 9, known as “Admission Day,” the second Monday in October, known as “Columbus Day,” and any other day appointed by the President, but not by the Governor, for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday. If a judicial holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the Judicial Council may designate an alternative day for observance of the holiday. Every Saturday and the day after Thanksgiving Day are judicial holidays. Officers and employees of the courts shall observe only the judicial holidays established pursuant to this section.
Verbatim from the Legislative Counsel's official weekly code archive (downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip, extract of 2026-10-18; LAW_SECTION_TBL row CCP135.20253582, version id_a7c3f610-c40a-11f0-975c-e301db986e9c; Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 358, Sec. 2. (AB 268) Effective January 1, 2026.). California parity Phase 4 (2026-10-22). The link is the section's page on the official site, which robots.txt closes to automated reads.
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