New Year's Day in Malaysia in 2025


  How long until New Year's Day?
New Year's Day
  Dates of New Year's Day in Malaysia
2025 Jan 1
Kuala LumpurWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
LabuanWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
MelakaWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
Negeri SembilanWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PahangWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PenangWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PerakWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PutrajayaWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SabahWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SarawakWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SelangorWed, Jan 1Regional Holiday
2024 Jan 1
Kuala LumpurMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
LabuanMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
MelakaMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
Negeri SembilanMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PahangMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PenangMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PerakMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PutrajayaMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SabahMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SarawakMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SelangorMon, Jan 1Regional Holiday
2023 Jan 1, Jan 2
Kuala LumpurMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
LabuanMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
MelakaMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
Negeri SembilanMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
PahangMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
PenangMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
PerakMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
PutrajayaMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
SabahMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
SarawakMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
SelangorMon, Jan 2Regional Holiday (in lieu)
Kuala LumpurSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
LabuanSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
MelakaSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
Negeri SembilanSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PahangSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PenangSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PerakSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PutrajayaSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SabahSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SarawakSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SelangorSun, Jan 1Regional Holiday
2022 Jan 1
Kuala LumpurSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
LabuanSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
MelakaSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
Negeri SembilanSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PahangSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PenangSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PerakSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PutrajayaSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SabahSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SarawakSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SelangorSat, Jan 1Regional Holiday
2021 Jan 1
Kuala LumpurFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
LabuanFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
MelakaFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
Negeri SembilanFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PahangFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PenangFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PerakFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
PutrajayaFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SabahFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SarawakFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
SelangorFri, Jan 1Regional Holiday
  Summary

New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel

  New Year's Day in other countries
New Year's Day internationally
  Which regions observe New Year's Day in 2025?
National Holiday Regional Holiday Not a public holiday Govt Holiday
Related holidays

New Year's Day in Malaysia

International New Year's Day is a public holiday in Malaysia in all states except for Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu.

When is New Year's Day?

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar, and falls exactly one week after the Christmas Day of the previous year.

New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel. This makes it the world's most widely observed public holiday.

Some countries may also have January 2nd as an additional New Year holiday.

Countries who still use the Julian Calendar observe New Year's Day on January 14th.

Who is working on January 1st?

It is traditionally celebrated with firework displays across the globe at 00:00 in the local time zones.

History of New Year's Day

It is such a part of our lives, that it might be surprising to learn that celebrating the first day of the new year on January 1st is a relatively modern practice

With the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC, supreme power resided in two consuls, who were elected annually. From 222 BC they assumed office on March 15th (the Ides of March). In 153 BC, consuls began to assume power on January 1 (the Kalends of January), which now marked the beginning of the consular or civil year as well as the calendar year.

When January and February were added during one of the many attempts to clean up the calendar, they were actually added to the end of the year. The month was named Janus after the name of the Roman god of doors and gates. Janus had two faces, one facing forward and one looking back, a fitting name for the month at the start of the year.

Despite this, the traditional springtime opening of the growing season and the time for military campaigns was still observed as the popular New Year celebration.

During the Middle Ages, a number of different Christian feast dates were used to mark the New Year, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December in the Roman fashion. In the 11th century, William the Conqueror decreed January as the official start of the year in England, but outside of the Royal Court, nobody paid much attention.

For some parts of Europe, New Year's Day was determined by Easter, which meant a different New Year’s Day date every year.

It wasn't until 1582 when the Roman Catholic Church officially adopted January 1st as the New Year.

Most countries in Western Europe had officially adopted January 1st as New Year's Day even before they adopted the Gregorian calendar.

Having broken with the Roman Catholic church, Great Britain and the English colonies in America continued to begin the year on March 25th in accordance with the old Julian calendar. It wasn’t until 1752 that Britain and its possessions adopted the New Style (Gregorian) calendar and accepted January 1st as the beginning of the year.

New Year's Resolutions

Many people take the opportunity of the new year to make resolutions. According to a survey by ComRes, the most common New Year's resolutions included exercise more (38%), lose weight (33%) and eat more healthily (32%).

The tradition of setting New Year's resolutions began some 4,000 years ago with the ancient Babylonians, although for them the year began not in January but in mid-March on the first moon after the spring equinox. According to historians, returning that rusty rake you'd borrowed from your neighbour was top of the Babylonian resolution list, along with the timeless promise to pay off debts.

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