Brazilian court deadline calculator
A prazo processual counted the way the CPC counts it.
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Example
Example: Brazilian deadlines in 2026 across Carnival, holidays and the recess
A firm abroad working with Brazilian counsel wants to know when the deadlines from several notices end, to check against the court’s calendar. One line each, year first: 2026-02-10 + 15, 2026-09-21 + 15, 2026-11-13 + 15 and 2026-12-18 + 5. The DJe box applies to every line, so the DJe notices are counted in a second run with it ticked.
- Counting starts on the first business day after the notice: for Monday 21 September, that is Tuesday 22 September, and weekends are never counted.
- With the DJe box, a notice made available on Friday 13 November counts as published on Monday 16 November, and the 15 days run from Tuesday 17: the end moves from 7 to 8 December.
- A DJe notice of Friday 11 December is published on the 14th, uses 4 days (15–18 December) before the recess, and resumes on Thursday 21 January 2027 with 11 days left.
- Under the answers the tool lists every holiday and recess day it left out, so each can be checked against the court’s own calendar.
| Notice | Days | DJe box | Deadline ends | Not counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Feb 2026 | 15 | Off | Thu 5 Mar 2026 | Carnival, 16–17 Feb |
| Mon 21 Sep 2026 | 15 | Off | Tue 13 Oct 2026 | Nossa Senhora Aparecida, 12 Oct |
| Fri 13 Nov 2026 | 15 | Off | Mon 7 Dec 2026 | Consciência Negra, 20 Nov |
| Fri 13 Nov 2026 | 15 | On: published Mon 16 Nov | Tue 8 Dec 2026 | Consciência Negra, 20 Nov |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | 15 | On: published Mon 14 Dec | Thu 4 Feb 2027 | Recess 20 Dec–20 Jan, Christmas, New Year |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | 5 | Off | Wed 27 Jan 2027 | Recess 20 Dec–20 Jan, Christmas, New Year |
Six end dates, each with the days that were skipped. State and municipal holidays are not in the count: one in the court’s city falling on a counted day would push the end a business day later, so check the court’s calendar before relying on any of them.
How it works
- Type the date of the notice (intimação) or publication and the number of days, such as 2026-09-21 + 15.
- If the date is when the notice appeared in the DJe or DJEN, tick the box: publication moves to the next business day and counting starts the business day after that.
- Put one deadline per line to count several at once.
- Check the holidays and recess days listed under the answer, and add your court’s local holidays.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the CPC count deadlines?
- In business days only (art. 219). The first day is left out and the last included (art. 224), so counting starts on the first business day after the notice or publication.
- What about the year-end recess?
- Deadlines are suspended from 20 December to 20 January inclusive (art. 220). A deadline that started before resumes on 21 January with the days it had left.
- What does the DJe box do?
- A notice counts as published on the first business day after it was made available in the electronic court gazette, and the deadline runs from the next business day (art. 224, §§ 2 and 3). The box makes both steps.
- Which holidays are left out?
- Brazil’s national holidays, Carnival Monday and Tuesday, and Corpus Christi. State and municipal holidays and court-specific closures are not included: check the court’s calendar.
- Brazilian dates are written day first. How do I type them?
- As Brazil writes them: on this page a date with slashes is read day first, whatever the page’s language, so 12/09/2026 + 15 counts from 12 September, not 9 December. Year first, 2026-09-12 + 15, works too and can only be read one way.
- Can it count backwards?
- Yes: put a minus sign instead of the plus. 2026-12-18 - 5 counts five business days back and gives Friday 11 December 2026, with weekends, holidays and the recess skipped the same way.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. Always confirm a deadline against the court’s own calendar.