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.

 

When are public holidays in Malaysia in 2018?
The National Holidays are highlighted, the other holidays are states holiday only.

1 Jan Mon	New Year	all except johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu
14 Jan Sun	Sultan of Negeri Sembilan's Birthday	Negeri Sembilan only
21 Jan Sun	Sultan of Kedah's Birthday	Kedah only
31 Jan Wed	Thaipusam	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & Selangor only
1 Feb Thur	Federal Territory Day	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan & Putrajaya only
16 & 17 Feb Fri& Sat	Chinese New Year
4 Mar Sun	Anniversary of Installation of Sultan of Terengganu	Terengganu only
23 Mar Fri	Sultan of Johor's Birthday	Johor only
30 Mar Fri	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak only Christian Holiday
14 Apr Sat	Israk & Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan & Perlis only
15 Apr Sun	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Malacca only UNESCO World Heritage listing
26 Apr Tue	Sultan of Terengganu's Birthday	Terengganu only
1 May Mon	Labour Day
7 May Mon	Hari Hol Pahang	Pahang only
17 May Thu	Awal Ramadan	Johor, Kedah & Malacca only
17 May Thu	Raja Perlis' Birthday	Perlis only
29 May Tue	Vesak Day	National
29 & 30 May Wed & Thu	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
1 & 2 June Fri & Sat	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
2 Jun Sat	Nuzul Al-Quran	Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor and Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan) only
3 Jun Sun	Nuzul Al-Quran	Kelantan & Terengganu
15 & 16 Jun Fri & Sat	Hari Raya Puasa	End of Ramadhan
17 Jun Sun	Hari Raya Puasa	End of Ramadhan Johor, Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu
7 Jul Sat	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang only UNESCO World Heritage listing
14 Jul Sat	Penang Governor's Birthday	Penang only
22 Jul Sun	Sarawak Independence Day	Sarawak only
22 Aug Wed	Hari Raya Haji Hari Raya Qurban	Islamic holiday
23 Aug Wed	Hari Raya Haji (2nd Day)	Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu Only
31 Aug Fri	National Day	Independence Day, Merdeka
9 Sep Sun	Agong's Birthday Harijadi Agong	Malaysian King's Birthday
11 Sep Tue	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	Islamic holiday
16 Sep Sun	Malaysia Day	Sabah & Sarawak joined Malaysia in 1963
17 Sep Mon	Malaysia Day Holiday	except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu
6 Oct Sat	Sabah Governor's Birthday	Sabah only
12 Oct Fri	Malacca Governor's Birthday	Malacca only
13 Oct Sun	Sarawak Governor's Birthday	Sarawak only
15 Oct Mon	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
24 Oct Wed	Sultan of Pahang's Birthday	Pahang only
2 Nov Fri	Sultan of Perak's Birthday	Perak only
6 Nov Tue	Deepavali  Diwali	Hindu holiday, National Public Holiday (except Sarawak)
11 & 12 Nov Sun & Mon	Sultan of Kelantan's Birthday	Kelantan only
20 Nov Tue	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)
11 Dec Tue	Sultan of Selangor's Birthday	Selangor only
25 Dec Tue	Christmas

 

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