GI / 20 / 2017

August 28, 2017

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN MALAYSIA FOR YEAR 2018 – National and State (Announced by Cabinet Division, Prime Minister’s Department)

Occasion [N = National Holiday]

[S = State Holiday]

Date

Day

FT

KL

FT

Lab

uan

FT

Pu

traja

ya

Jo

ho

r

Ked

ah

Kela

nta

n

Mela

ka

N. S

em

bilan

Pah

an

g

Pera

k

Perl

is

Pen

an

g

Sab

ah

Sara

wak

Sela

ng

or

Tere

ng

gan

u

January

New Year 1 Mon S S S – – – S S S S – S S S S –

Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar’s Birthday

14 Sun – – – – – – – S – – – – – – – –

Sultan of Kedah’s Birthday 21 Sun – – – – S – – – – – – – – – – –

Thaipusam 31 Wed S – S S – – – S – S – S – – S –

February

Federal Territory (FT) Day 1 Thu S S S – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Chinese New Year 16 Fri N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Chinese New Year (2nd

day) 17 Sat N N N N N S N N N N N N N N N S

March

Anniversary of Installation of Sultan of Terengganu

4 Sun – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – S

Sultan of Johor’s Birthday 23 Fri – – – S – – – – – – – – – – – –

Good Friday 30 Fri – – – – – – – – – – – – S S – –

April

Israk and Mikraj 14 Sat – – – – S – – S – – S – – – – –

Declaration of Melaka as Historical City

15 Sun – – – – – – S – – – – – – – – –

Sultan of Terengganu’s Birthday 26 Thu – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – S

May

Workers’ Day 1 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Pahang Hol Day 7 Mon – – – – – – – – S – – – – – – –

Awal Ramadan * 17 Thu – – – S S – S – – – – – – – – –

Tuanku Raja of Perlis’ Birthday 17 Thu – – – – – – – – – – S – – – – –

Wesak Day 29 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Harvest Festival 30 Wed – S – – – – – – – – – – S – – –

Harvest Festival 31 Thu – S – – – – – – – – – – S – – –

June

Gawai Dayak Festival 1 Fri – – – – – – – – – – – – – S – –

Gawai Dayak Festival 2 Sat – – – – – – – – – – – – – S – –

Nuzul Al-Quran 2 Sat S S S – – S – – S S S S – – S S

Hari Raya Puasa * 15 Fri N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Hari Raya Puasa * (2nd

day) 16 Sat N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Occasion [N = National Holiday]

[S = State Holiday]

Date

Day

FT

KL

FT

Lab

uan

FT

Pu

traja

ya

Jo

ho

r

Ked

ah

Kela

nta

n

Mela

ka

N. S

em

bilan

Pah

an

g

Pera

k

Perl

is

Pen

an

g

Sab

ah

Sara

wak

Sela

ng

or

Tere

ng

gan

u

July

Anniversary of Declaration of Penang as a World Heritage Site

7 Sat – – – – – – – – – – – S – – – –

Penang Yang di-Pertua’s Birthday 14 Sat – – – – – – – – – – – S – – – –

Sarawak Independence Day 22 Sun – – – – – – – – – – – – – S – –

August

Hari Raya Qurban * 22 Wed N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Hari Raya Qurban * (2nd

day) 23 Thu – – – – S N – – – – S – – – – N

National Day 31 Fri N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

September

Sarawak Yang di-Pertua’s Birthday

9 Sun – – – – – – – – – – – – – S – –

SPB Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s Birthday

9 Sun N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Awal Muharam (Maal Hijrah) 11 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Malaysia Day 16 Sun N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

October

Sabah Yang di-Pertua’s Birthday 6 Sat – – – – – – – – – – – – S – – –

Melaka Yang di-Pertua’s Birthday 12 Fri – – – – – – S – – – – – – – – –

Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Hol Day

15 Mon – – – S – – – – – – – – – – – –

Sultan of Pahang’s Birthday 24 Wed – – – – – – – – S – – – – – – –

November

Sultan of Perak’s Birthday 2 Fri – – – – – – – – – S – – – – – –

Deepavali * 6 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N – N N

Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday 11 Sun – – – – – S – – – – – – – – – –

Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday 12 Mon – – – – – S – – – – – – – – – –

Nabi Muhammad’s Birthday 20 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

December

Sultan of Selangor’s Birthday 11 Tue – – – – – – – – – – – – – – S –

Christmas 25 Tue N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

* Subject to change NOTE: 1. Where a holiday falls on a weekly rest day (Friday or Sunday as applicable), the following day is substituted as a

Public Holiday and if such following day is also a Public Holiday, then the next day following it shall be a Public Holiday.

2. Where a Public Holiday falls on another Public Holiday, the following day is substituted as a Public Holiday.

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