Hello C., and all,
FYI, this now works with the last version (V1.2022.13).
Here is an example:
@startgantt
project starts 2022-11-15
saturday are closed
sunday are closed
2022-11-19 is open and is colored in orange
[b] happens 2022-11-15
[a] starts 2022-11-16 and lasts 6 days
@endgantt

Thanks to PlantUML team. 
Regards.