{"id":13454,"date":"2024-03-15T07:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T07:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-pandas-generate-business-days-and-holidays\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:36:55","slug":"how-can-pandas-generate-business-days-and-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-pandas-generate-business-days-and-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandas Business Days &#038; Holidays Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pandas can generate workdays using the pandas.bdate_range() function and generate holidays by customizing the calendar parameters.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example demonstrating how to use Pandas to generate business days and custom holidays for the year 2021.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> pandas <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> pd\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> pandas.tseries.holiday <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> AbstractHolidayCalendar, Holiday, nearest_workday, USMartinLutherKingJr, USPresidentsDay, GoodFriday, USMemorialDay, USLaborDay, USThanksgivingDay, USChristmasDay\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> pandas.tseries.offsets <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> CustomBusinessDay\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u81ea\u5b9a\u4e49\u8282\u5047\u65e5\u65e5\u5386<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">CustomCalendar<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-title class_ inherited__\">AbstractHolidayCalendar<\/span>):\r\n    rules = [\r\n        Holiday(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'New Year'<\/span>, month=<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, day=<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>),\r\n        Holiday(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Independence Day'<\/span>, month=<span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>, day=<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>),\r\n        Holiday(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Thanksgiving'<\/span>, month=<span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>, day=<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, offset=USThanksgivingDay),\r\n        Holiday(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Christmas'<\/span>, month=<span class=\"hljs-number\">12<\/span>, day=<span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>)\r\n    ]\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8bbe\u7f6e\u5de5\u4f5c\u65e5\u548c\u8282\u5047\u65e5\u53c2\u6570<\/span>\r\nbday_us = CustomBusinessDay(calendar=CustomCalendar())\r\nholidays = pd.to_datetime([<span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-01-01'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-07-04'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-11-25'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-12-25'<\/span>])\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u751f\u62102021\u5e74\u7684\u5de5\u4f5c\u65e5<\/span>\r\nstart_date = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-01-01'<\/span>\r\nend_date = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2021-12-31'<\/span>\r\ndates = pd.bdate_range(start_date, end_date, freq=bday_us, holidays=holidays)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5370\u7ed3\u679c<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(dates)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, we defined a CustomCalendar class to represent a custom holiday calendar, which includes some common holidays. Then, we used CustomBusinessDay to create a custom business day frequency, passing the custom holiday calendar as a parameter to it. Finally, we used the pd.bdate_range() function to generate the business days for the year 2021, while specifying the holiday parameter. Lastly, we printed the generated date results.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The above code is based on the United States, adjustments will be needed based on the corresponding holiday calendar when generating workdays and holidays for other regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandas can generate workdays using the pandas.bdate_range() function and generate holidays by customizing the calendar parameters. 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