ANZAC Day dawn services are held nationwide on 25 April, and Easter's four-day break sits within or close to April depending on the year. 12 April 2026 falls in the same 30-day month as both observances, giving autumn the busiest run of national holidays anywhere on the calendar, ahead of the quieter months that follow in May and June.
Sunday 12 April 2026 is a weekend day under the standard Monday-to-Friday working pattern and does not count toward the working-day total shown above, the last day of the weekend before the working week resumes on Monday morning across most Australian workplaces and schools.
2026 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.
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