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Is Thursday 8 January 2026 a CHAPS business day?

Yes.

CHAPS is open for settlement.

Open
Next business day
Fri 9 Jan 2026
Previous business day
Wed 7 Jan 2026

Decided by the weekend rule: saturday and sunday are closed on CHAPS.

release 2026.10.29.1

How we know

Around this date

  1. Thu 1, Thursday 1 January 2026: closed, New Year's Day
  2. Fri 2, Friday 2 January 2026: open
  3. Sat 3, Saturday 3 January 2026: weekend
  4. Sun 4, Sunday 4 January 2026: weekend
  5. Mon 5, Monday 5 January 2026: open
  6. Tue 6, Tuesday 6 January 2026: open
  7. Wed 7, Wednesday 7 January 2026: open
  8. Thu 8, Thursday 8 January 2026: open
  9. Fri 9, Friday 9 January 2026: open
  10. Sat 10, Saturday 10 January 2026: weekend
  11. Sun 11, Sunday 11 January 2026: weekend
  12. Mon 12, Monday 12 January 2026: open
  13. Tue 13, Tuesday 13 January 2026: open
  14. Wed 14, Wednesday 14 January 2026: open
  15. Thu 15, Thursday 15 January 2026: open
  16. Fri 16, Friday 16 January 2026: open
  17. Sat 17, Saturday 17 January 2026: weekend
  18. Sun 18, Sunday 18 January 2026: weekend
  19. Mon 19, Monday 19 January 2026: open
  20. Tue 20, Tuesday 20 January 2026: open
  21. Wed 21, Wednesday 21 January 2026: open
  • Open
  • Closed
  • Weekend
  • Holiday on a weekend

Thu 8 Jan on other calendars

CalendarStatusWhy
Germany: nationwide public holidays DENo dataOutside this calendar's sources
T2 (TARGET RTGS) EU-T2OpenBusiness day
England and Wales bank holidays GB-EAWOpenBusiness day
FedACH Services US-FEDACHOpenBusiness day
US federal holidays US-FEDERALOpenBusiness day
FedNow Service US-FEDNOWOpenBusiness day
Fedwire Funds Service US-FEDWIREOpenBusiness day

Get this answer in code

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEITWIDE_API_KEY" \
  https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/GB-CHAPS/days/2026-01-08

{
  "date": "2026-01-08",
  "is_business_day": true,
  "dataset_release": "2026.10.29.1"
}

Agents get the same answer from the is_business_day MCP tool. Developer quickstart

Questions people ask

Is Thursday 8 January 2026 a CHAPS business day?
Yes. CHAPS is open for settlement on Thursday 8 January 2026. Next business day: Fri 9 Jan 2026. Previous: Wed 7 Jan 2026. Backed by official sources.
Can I be warned about changes like this?
Yes. Sign in and add CHAPS to an alert rule for webhook alerts.