Analyzing the official calendar for August 2024 - how to distribute weekends for different regions in the calendar, as well as what religious and unofficial holidays are planned in the last month of summer.
Production calendar
August is one of the few months of 2024 that does not contain all-Russian holidays, so for most the month prepares 4 full working weeks.
To understand how we relax in the last weeks of summer, the 2024 production calendar will help, which gives the following data for August:
- total number of days of the month - 31;
- working days - 22 (no shortened days);
- non-working days (weekends) - 9.
Also, the labor calendar provides the following working hours for August 2024 for employees working on a 5-day schedule:
| Work Schedule | Working hours per month |
| 40 hour/week | 176.0 hours |
| 36 hour/week | 158.4 hours |
| 24 hours/week | 105.6 hours |
Calendar of Tatarstan
In the production calendar for the Republic of Tatarstan there are two additional days off formed by regional holidays:
| Date | Holiday |
| 12.08.24 | Kurban Bayram |
| 30.08.24 | Day of Tatarstan |
Thus for Tatarstan out of 31 calendar days in August 2024 I will be:
- working days - 20;
- weekend - 11.
Unofficial August holidays
In August 2024, the following unofficial holidays will also be celebrated:
| Date | Holiday |
| 01.08.24 | Day of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Establishment Day of the Special Communications Service of the Russian Federation |
| 02.08.24 | Airborne Forces Day |
| 06.08.24 | Day of the Railway Troops
International Doctors of the World Day for Peace |
| 07.08.24 | Bachelor's Day |
| 08.08.24 | International Ophthalmology Day
International Mountaineering Day |
| 09.08.24 | International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| 12.08.24 | Air Force Day
International Youth Day |
| 15.08.24 | Archaeologist's Day |
| 16.08.24 | Elvis Presley Memorial Day |
| 18.08.24 | Common Language Day |
| 19.08.24 | World Photography Day |
| 22.08.24 | Russian Flag Day
Komi Republic Day |
| 25.08.24 | Linux OS birthday |
| 27.08.24 | Movie Day |
| 31.08.24 | Vet Day |
Although these dates don't give extra days off, they don't make it easier to get through a long working month and give a reason to have fun with friends and have a great time, because it's summer outside.
Memorable dates
In August there are also many memorable dates related to military history:
| Date | Event |
| 01.08.24 | Declaration of War by Germany (1914) |
| 02.08.24 | Battle of Molodi (1572) |
| 06.08.24 | The heroic "attack of the dead" near the Osovets fortress (1915) |
| 09.08.24 | The first Russian naval victory at Cape Gangut (1714) |
| 12.08.24 | Battle of Kunersdorf (1759) |
| 15.08.24 | Battle of Novi (1799) |
| 20.08.24 | Offensive in the area of Khalkhin Gol (1939) |
| 23.08.24 | Battle of Kursk (1943) |
| 24.08.24 | Liberation of Chisinau (1944) |
Orthodox calendar
For August 2024, the Orthodox (church) calendar sets such important dates:
| Date | Event |
| 14.08.24 - 27.08.24 | Assumption Post |
| 19.08.24 | Transfiguration of the Lord |
| 28.08.24 | Assumption of the Virgin |
All Wednesdays and Fridays, as well as Monday 08/26/24, the Orthodox are recommended to adhere to dry eating.
Muslim calendar
August 2024 overlaps with two months of 1446 AH:
- Muharram (1 month of the annual cycle) - from 07/07/24 to 08/04/24;
- Safar (2nd month of the annual cycle) - from 05.08.24 to 03.09.24.
In the last month of summer Hijri does not establish major religious holidays.
Lunar calendar
According to the lunar calendar in August 2024, the important days of the cycle will be:
- New Moon - 04.08.24;
- І quarter - 12.08.24;
- Full Moon - 18.08.24;
- III quarter - 26.08.24.
| Most auspicious dates | Bad days |
| 10.08.24 (Saturday)
14.08.24 (Wednesday) 20.08.24 (Tuesday) | 03.08.24 (Saturday)
27.08.24 (Tuesday) 29.08.24 (Thursday) |
