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Is Saturday 26 December 2026 a CHAPS business day?

No.

CHAPS does not settle at weekends.

Weekend
Next business day
Tue 29 Dec 2026
Previous business day
Thu 24 Dec 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. Sat 19, Saturday 19 December 2026: weekend
  2. Sun 20, Sunday 20 December 2026: weekend
  3. Mon 21, Monday 21 December 2026: open
  4. Tue 22, Tuesday 22 December 2026: open
  5. Wed 23, Wednesday 23 December 2026: open
  6. Thu 24, Thursday 24 December 2026: open
  7. Fri 25, Friday 25 December 2026: closed, Christmas Day
  8. Sat 26, Saturday 26 December 2026: weekend
  9. Sun 27, Sunday 27 December 2026: weekend
  10. Mon 28, Monday 28 December 2026: closed, Boxing Day (Substitute day)
  11. Tue 29, Tuesday 29 December 2026: open
  12. Wed 30, Wednesday 30 December 2026: open
  13. Thu 31, Thursday 31 December 2026: open
  14. Fri 1, Friday 1 January 2027: closed, New Year's Day
  15. Sat 2, Saturday 2 January 2027: weekend
  16. Sun 3, Sunday 3 January 2027: weekend
  17. Mon 4, Monday 4 January 2027: open
  18. Tue 5, Tuesday 5 January 2027: open
  19. Wed 6, Wednesday 6 January 2027: open
  20. Thu 7, Thursday 7 January 2027: open
  21. Fri 8, Friday 8 January 2027: open
  • Open
  • Closed
  • Weekend
  • Holiday on a weekend

Sat 26 Dec on other calendars

CalendarStatusWhy
Germany: nationwide public holidays DENo dataOutside this calendar's sources
T2 (TARGET RTGS) EU-T2Holiday on a weekendChristmas Holiday (TARGET closing day)
England and Wales bank holidays GB-EAWWeekendWeekend
FedACH Services US-FEDACHWeekendWeekend
US federal holidays US-FEDERALWeekendWeekend
FedNow Service US-FEDNOWOpenBusiness day
Fedwire Funds Service US-FEDWIREWeekendWeekend

Get this answer in code

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEITWIDE_API_KEY" \
  https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/GB-CHAPS/days/2026-12-26

{
  "date": "2026-12-26",
  "is_business_day": false,
  "dataset_release": "2026.10.29.1"
}

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

Questions people ask

Is Saturday 26 December 2026 a CHAPS business day?
No. Saturday 26 December 2026 is a weekend day, and CHAPS does not settle at weekends. Next business day: Tue 29 Dec 2026. Previous: Thu 24 Dec 2026. Backed by official sources.
When does CHAPS settle again?
Tuesday 29 December 2026.
Can I be warned about changes like this?
Yes. Sign in and add CHAPS to an alert rule for webhook alerts.