Malaysia Public Holiday 2016

Public holiday rules

The allocation and dates of public holidays in Malaysia are governed by various state and federal laws. Such as:

§  Act 369 – Holidays Act 1951

§  Sarawak Holidays Ordinance

§  State of Sabah Holidays Ordinance

If a public holiday falls on a weekday (Monday to Friday) then that day becomes a non-working day and students and employees are generally not required to attend work or school (though many people in retail and other sectors still work on many of the public holidays, since shopping malls and many service still operate). This applies for all states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, where the weekday starts on Sunday rather than Monday. If a public holiday falls on a Saturday, then people who normally work on that day are entitled to a day off. If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, then a replacement is given the next day, on Monday. In this way, the number of days off each year because of public holidays remains basically the same, with no reduction in days-off because of public holidays falling on existing off-days.

Malaysia Public Holiday 2016

Date	Day	Holiday	Applicable to
January
Jan 1	Fri	New Year	All except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu
Jan 14	Thurs	Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan's Birthday	Negeri Sembilan only
Jan 19	Tues	Sultan of Kedah's Birthday	Kedah only
Jan 23	Sat	Thaipusam	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & Selangor only
February
Feb 1	Mon	Federal Territory Day	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan & Putrajaya only
Feb 8	Mon	Chinese New Year	National
Feb 9	Tues	Chinese New Year (2nd Day)	National
March
Mar 4	Fri	Anniversary of Installation of Sultan of Terengganu	Terengganu only
Mar 23	Wed	Sultan of Johor’s Birthday	Johor only
Mar 25	Fri	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak only
April
Apr 15	Fri	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Malacca only
Apr 26	Tues	Sultan of Terengganu's Birthday	Terengganu only
May
May 1	Sun	Labour Day	National
May 5	Thurs	Israk & Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan & Perlis only
May 7	Sat	Hari Hol Pahang	Pahang only
May 17	Tues	Raja Perlis' Birthday	Perlis only
May 21	Sat	Wesak Day	National
May 30	Mon	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
May 31	Tues	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
June
Jun 1	Wed	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
Jun 2	Thurs	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
Jun 4	Sat	Agong's Birthday	National
Jun 6	Mon	Awal Ramadan *	Johor, Kedah & Malacca only
Jun 22	Wed	Nuzul Al-Quran	Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor ,Terengganu and Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan) only
July
Jul 6	Wed	Hari Raya Puasa *	National
Jul 7	Thurs	Hari Raya Puasa *	National
Jul 7	Thurs	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang only
Jul 9	Sat	Penang Governor's Birthday	Penang only
August
Aug 31	Wed	National Day	National
September
Sept 11	Sun	Sarawak Governor's Birthday	Sarawak only
Sep 12	Mon	Hari Raya Haji *	National
Sep 13	Tues	Hari Raya Haji (2nd Day) *	Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu Only
Sep 16	Fri	Malaysia Day	National
October
Oct 1	Sat	Sabah Governor's Birthday	Sabah only
Oct 2	Sun	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	National
Oct 15	Sat	Malacca Governor's Birthday	Malacca only
Oct 24	Mon	Sultan of Pahang's Birthday	Pahang only
Oct 30	Sun	Deepavali *	National except Sarawak
November
Nov 11	Fri	Sultan of Kelantan's Birthday	Kelantan only
Nov 18	Fri	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
Nov 27	Sun	Sultan of Perak's Birthday	Perak only
December
Dec 11	Sun	Sultan of Selangor's Birthday	Selangor only
Dec 12	Mon	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)	National
Dec 25	Sun	Christmas	National
* Subject to change