National Holidays in Malaysia in 2025

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List of Holidays in Malaysia in 2025

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Most states
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday
Monday	Jan 06	Public Holiday	Government Holiday	Johor civil servants
Tuesday	Jan 14	Birthday of the Sultan of Negeri Sembilan	Regional Holiday	Negeri Sembilan only
Monday	Jan 27	Isra and Miraj	Regional Holiday	Kedah, Perlis and Negeri Sembilan
Wednesday	Jan 29	Chinese New Year	National Holiday	1st day of 1st lunar month
Thursday	Jan 30	Chinese New Year Holiday	Regional Holiday	Except Kelantan
Thursday	Jan 30	Chinese New Year	Regional Holiday	Except Kelantan
Saturday	Feb 01	Federal Territory Day	Regional Holiday	Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya
Tuesday	Feb 11	Thaipusam	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Feb 20	Malaysian Declaration of Independence Day	Regional Holiday	Melaka
Sunday	Mar 02	Beginning of Ramadan	Regional Holiday	Johor, Kedah
Tuesday	Mar 04	Anniversary of Installation of the Sultan	Regional Holiday	Terengganu
Tuesday	Mar 18	Nuzul Al-Quran Day	Regional Holiday	All regions except Johor, Kedah, Malacca, Sabah, Sarawak
Sunday	Mar 23	Birthday of the Sultan of Johor	Regional Holiday	Johor only
Sunday	Mar 30	Birthday of the Governor of Sabah	Regional Holiday	Moved from October
Sunday	Mar 30	Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Mar 31	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	National Holiday	End of Ramadan
Tuesday	Apr 01	Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday	National Holiday	Second day of holiday for Eid Al-Fitr
Wednesday	Apr 02	Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holiday	Regional Holiday	Melaka
Wednesday	Apr 02	Birthday of the Governor of Sabah (in lieu)	Regional Holiday	Sabah only. 1st Saturday in October
Thursday	Apr 17	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Perlis
Friday	Apr 18	Good Friday	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Sarawak
Saturday	Apr 26	Birthday of the Sultan of Terengganu	Regional Holiday	Terengganu only. Always celebrated on 26 April
Thursday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 11	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Monday	May 12	Wesak Day	National Holiday	Birth of Buddha
Saturday	May 17	Birthday of the Raja of Perlis	Regional Holiday	Perlis only
Thursday	May 22	The Sultan of Pahang Hol	Regional Holiday	Pahang
Friday	May 30	Pesta Kaamatan	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Labuan only
Saturday	May 31	Pesta Kaamatan	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Labuan only
Sunday	Jun 01	Gawai Dayak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak
Monday	Jun 02	Gawai Dayak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak
Monday	Jun 02	Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong	National Holiday	1st Monday in June
Friday	Jun 06	Arafat (Haj) Day	Regional Holiday	Kelantan, Terengganu
Saturday	Jun 07	Hari Raya Haji	National Holiday	Festival of Sacrifice
Sunday	Jun 08	Hari Raya Haji Holiday	Regional Holiday	Some states
Sunday	Jun 15	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	3rd Sunday in June. Not a public holiday
Sunday	Jun 22	Birthday of the Sultan of Kedah	Regional Holiday	Kedah only
Friday	Jun 27	Awal Muharram	National Holiday	Hijri New Year
Monday	Jul 07	George Town Heritage Day	Regional Holiday	Penang only
Saturday	Jul 12	Birthday of the Governor	Regional Holiday	Penang
Tuesday	Jul 22	Sarawak Day	Regional Holiday
Wednesday	Jul 30	Birthday of the Sultan of Pahang	Regional Holiday	Pahang only
Thursday	Jul 31	The Sultan of Johor Hol	Regional Holiday	Johor only
Sunday	Aug 24	Melaka Governor's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Melaka
Sunday	Aug 31	National Day	National Holiday	Independence Day
Friday	Sep 05	Maulidur Rasul	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Tuesday	Sep 16	Malaysia Day	National Holiday	Became a Federal Holiday in 2010
Monday	Sep 29	Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan	Regional Holiday	Kelantan only
Tuesday	Sep 30	Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan Holiday	Regional Holiday	Kelantan only. Second day
Saturday	Oct 11	Birthday of the Governor of Sarawak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak only
Monday	Oct 20	Deepavali	Regional Holiday	The festival of lights. Except Sarawak
Friday	Nov 07	Birthday of the Sultan of Perak	Regional Holiday	First Friday of November
Thursday	Dec 11	Birthday of The Sultan of Selangor	Regional Holiday	Selangor
Wednesday	Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Regional Holiday	Sabah
Thursday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday

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Notes

• National holidays are normally observed by most governmental and private organizations.
• State holidays are normally observed by certain states in Malaysia or when it is relevant to the state itself.
• The main holy days of each major religion are public holidays, taking place on either the western calendar or religious ones.