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.

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