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Hong Kong Working Day Calculator
General Holidays and court rules. One clear count.
Calculate Hong Kong working days with General Holidays and supported court counting rules visible in the result, not hidden behind assumptions.
Built for legal, conveyancing, employment, and operations teams dealing with Hong Kong holiday clusters.
Upcoming Hong Kong Holidays and Significant Dates
Good Friday — 3 AprDay following Ching Ming — 6 AprDay following Easter Monday — 7 AprMother's Day — 10 MayLabour Day — 1 MayNational Day — 1 Oct
Calculate Hong Kong Working Days
Calculate deadlines and date differences using Hong Kong manual counting rules or sourced court rules.
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Choose your settings, then press Calculate.
Hong Kong Working Day Calculator
Count working days or calendar days, or add or subtract days to find a date. Includes Hong Kong General Holidays and optional court counting rules.
Count working days in Hong Kong
Count working days between two dates, or add or subtract days to find a date. The holiday calendar includes Hong Kong General Holidays and substitute days.
Count working days or calendar days, and choose whether to include the start and end dates. You can also link several periods when one deadline leads to the next.
Check your starting date and counting rules against the contract, law or court rules that apply.
Choose the rules for your deadline
For court deadlines, turn on Use court rules to apply the Order 3 counting rules for the High Court or District Court. Check which date your deadline starts from before entering it.
Leave out August only if the summer vacation rule applies to your High Court pleading deadline. For contracts, employment notice or other planning, choose the counting settings required for your situation.
What you can do with the calculator
Count forwards or backwards using working days or calendar days. Choose whether to include the start and end dates.
Calculate up to six linked periods so each end date becomes the next start date. Check when each stage should start under your contract or rules.
Apply the Order 3 counting rules for the High Court or District Court. Choose whether to count the start and end dates, and leave out August only when the High Court summer vacation rule applies.
Count a notice period in calendar days, including weekends and General Holidays. Check when notice starts and whether to count the start and end dates.
Includes Hong Kong General Holidays and substitute days for holidays that fall on Sundays.
For a standard business-day count, leave out Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays. Check whether your contract requires different settings.
See working days, weekends and General Holidays on a colour-coded timeline.
Review which days were left out and download a PDF of the result and its calculation settings.
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Transparent Working Day Calculations for Hong Kong
Working Day Calculator Hong Kong applies the counting method, General Holidays, boundary settings, and optional court controls you select. The result and excluded dates remain visible for checking.
Learn more about our methodology, data sources, and publisher, or explore real-world use cases.
Choose the rule inputs, inspect the count, and check the result against the governing source.