Public Holidays

It is good to keep public holidays and school holidays in mind while making your travel plans, as bus, trains and roads will be busy during that time (especially for Chinese New Year and Hari Raya at the end of Ramadan). The Muslim/Islamic holidays follow the lunar calendar. Since the lunar year has only 354 or 355 days, the holidays moves forward every year by a few days. Other holidays like Chinese New Year or Deepavali also change every year depending when the full moon appears, but are celebrated at the same time of the year. For example Chinese New Year will always be celebrated sometime between end of January and end of February, while Deepavali falls between end of October and end of November.

Also note that when holidays fall on a sunday then the next monday will be the off day. In the more conservative muslim states of Terengganu and Kelantan were friday is the the week's off day, holidays that fall on a friday will result in a off day on monday.

 

When are public holidays in Malaysia in 2019?
The National Holidays are highlighted, the other holidays are states holiday only.

1 Jan Tue	New Year	all except johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu
14 Jan Mon	Sultan of Negeri Sembilan's Birthday	Negeri Sembilan only
20 Jan Sun	Sultan of Kedah's Birthday	Kedah only
21 Jan Mon	Thaipusam	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & Selangor only
1 Feb Fri	Federal Territory Day	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan & Putrajaya only
5 & 6 Feb Tue & Wed	Chinese New Year
4 Mar Mon	Anniversary of Installation of Sultan of Terengganu	Terengganu only
23 Mar Sat	Sultan of Johor's Birthday	Johor only
3 Apr Wed	Israk & Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan & Perlis only
15 Apr Mon	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Malacca only UNESCO World Heritage listing
19 Apr Fri	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak only Christian Holiday
26 Apr Fri	Sultan of Terengganu's Birthday	Terengganu only
1 May Wed	Labour Day
6 May Mon	Awal Ramadan	The beginning of the fasting month Ramadhan Johor, Kedah & Malacca only
7 May Tue	Hari Hol Pahang	Pahang only
19 May Sun	Vesak Day	National
20 May Monday	Vesak Day Holiday	National except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan& Terengganu
22 May Wed	Nuzul Al-Quran	National except Johor, Kedah, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah & Sarawak
17 May Thu	Raja Perlis' Birthday	Perlis only
30 & 31 May Thu & Fri	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
1 - 3 June Sat - Mon	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
5 & 6 Jun Wed & Thu	Hari Raya Puasa	End of Ramadhan
7 Jul Sun	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang only UNESCO World Heritage listing
8 Jul Mon	Georgetown World Heritage City Day Holiday	Penang only Monday is off since the holiday fell on sunday
13 Jul Sat	Penang Governor's Birthday	Penang only
17 Jul Wed	Raja Perlis' Birthday	Perlis only
22 Jul Mon	Sarawak Independence Day	Sarawak only
11 Aug Sun	Hari Raya Haji Hari Raya Qurban	Islamic holiday
12 Aug Sun	Hari Raya Haji Holiday Hari Raya Qurban	Monday is off since the holiday fell on sunday
31 Aug Sat	National Day	Independence Day, Merdeka
1 Sep Sun	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	Islamic holiday
2 Sep Mon	Merdeka Day Holiday	Kelantan & Terengganu only Monday is off since Merdeka fell on a friday
2 Sep Mon	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	Islamic holiday
2 Sep Mon	Awal Muharram Holiday (Maal Hijrah)	National except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu Monday is off since the holiday fell on a sunday
9 Sep Mon	Agong's Birthday Harijadi Agong	Malaysian King's Birthday
16 Sep Mon	Malaysia Day	Sabah & Sarawak joined Malaysia in 1963
5 Oct Sat	Sabah Governor's Birthday	Sabah only
5 Oct Sat	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
11 Oct Fri	Malacca Governor's Birthday	Malacca only
12 Oct Sat	Sarawak Governor's Birthday	Sarawak only
24 Oct Thu	Sultan of Pahang's Birthday	Pahang only
27 Nov Thu	Deepavali  Diwali	Hindu holiday, National Public Holiday (except Sarawak)
27 Nov Thu	Deepavali  Holiday Diwali	Monday is off since the Deepavali fell on a sunday
1 Nov Fri	Sultan of Perak's Birthday	Perak only
9 Nov Sat	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)	National Holiday
10 Nov Sun	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)	Kelantan & Terengganu only Sunday is off since the holiday fell on a saturday
11 Nov Mon	Sultan of Kelantan's Birthday	Kelantan only
11 Dec Wed	Sultan of Selangor's Birthday	Selangor only
25 Dec Wed	Christmas

 

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