Malaysia Public Holidays 2023

 
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A preview of the Malaysia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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30 Jan 2019 Malaysian PHG State Public Holiday January 31 (Bernama News Agency-Kuantan) The Chief Minister of the government of Malaysia's State of Pahang, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, has announced that the Pahang state executive council had declared a one-off occasional non-working public holiday in Malaysia's State of Pahang on Thursday, January 31, 2019, in conjunction with the swearing-in of the Sultan of Pahang, king of Malaysia. • 16 Jan 2019 Malaysian January 31 Public Holiday Ruled-Out (Laman Web Rasmi Bahagian Kabinet Jabatan Perdana Menteri-Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia Government Call Centre (MyGCC) has announced that Thursday, January 31, 2019, the date of the upcoming swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Agong, would not be a one-off non-working public holiday in Malaysia. • 05 Dec 2018 Malaysian KTN Public Holiday December 9 (Bernama News Agency-Pengkalan Kubor) Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yaakob, has declared Sunday, December 9, 2018, as another one-off state public holiday in Malaysia's State of Kelantan to allow Kelantanese to participate in the Anti-ICERD rally, which will take place on that date in Kuala Lumpur. • 28 Oct 2018 Malaysian October 29 Public Holiday In Perak (Bernama News Agency-Kuala Kangsar) The Malaysian state government of Perak has declared Monday, October 29, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday, as it had promised to do, should the Perak football team wins the Malaysia Cup on October 27. • 26 Oct 2018 Malaysian Perak Promises October 29 Public Holiday (Bernama News Agency-Kuala Kangsar) The chairman of the Youth and Sports Development Committee of Malaysia's Perak state, Howard Lee Chuan How, has announced that, following a discussion with Menteri Besar Ahmad Faisal Azumu, and with the consent of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the state government of Perak had decided to declare Monday, October 29, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday if the Perak football team wins the Malaysia Cup on October 27. • 24 Oct 2018 Malaysian Terengganu Public Holiday October 28 (Bernama News Agency-Kemaman) The Chief Minister of the Government of Malaysia's state of Terengganu, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, has announced that Sunday, October 28, 2018, would be a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Terengganu State, regardless if Terengganu wins or loses the Malaysia Cup final, on October 27, against Perak. • 04 Oct 2018 Malaysia Kedah Public Holiday October 22 (Bernama News Agency-Alor Setar) The Government of the Malaysian state of Kedah has announced that October 22 had been declared as an occasional (one-off) state public holiday in conjunction with the Installation of the 29th Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Sallehuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah. • 06 Sep 2018 Malaysian Public Holiday September 10 (Laman Web Rasmi Bahagian Kabinet Jabatan Perdana Menteri-Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia's Human Resources Ministry has announced that Monday, September 10, 2018, would be a replacement non-working public holiday in Malaysia to celebrate the Agong's birthday, which falls on Sunday in 2018. • 01 Sep 2018 Malaysian 2019 Public Holidays Announced (Laman Web Rasmi Bahagian Kabinet Jabatan Perdana Menteri-Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia's Cabinet's and the Constitution and Government Relations Department of the Prime Minister's Office have jointly issued the annual official Federal Public Holidays Schedule 2019 and State Public Holiday Schedule 2019 containing the list of official national non-working public holidays in Malaysia for the calendar year 2019 as well as the state-specific regional non-working public holidays in Malaysia for the calendar year 2019. • 31 Jul 2018 Malaysian 2020 Islamic Public Holidays Announced (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia-Jakim) Malaysia's governmental Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, aka. JAKIM) has published its annual Islamic calendar of public holidays in Malaysia for the western year 2020 (corresponding to 1441-1442 AH). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Malaysia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Malaysia are regulated by Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951, and Sections 59 and 60-D of the Employment Act 1955. • Malaysia's States and Federal Territories: There are 13 states (11 in the Malaysian Peninsula and 2 on the Island of Borneo) and 3 Federal Territories (denoted by W.P.). Their abbreviations are: JHR: Johor, KDH: Kedah, KTN: Kelantan, KUL: Kuala Lumpur, LBN: Labuan, MLK: Melaka, NSN: Negeri Sembilan, PHG: Pahang, PNG: Pulau Pinang (Penang), PRK: Perak, PLS: Perlis, PJY: Putrajaya, SGR: Selangor, TRG: Terengganu, SBH: Sabah, SRW: Sarawak. • Week-end Public Holidays: When a public holiday falls on a weekly day of rest (Fridays or Sundays as the case may be), the following day will be substituted as a Public Holiday; and if such following day is also a Public Holiday, then the next day following shall also be a Public Holiday. Government offices work on a five-day week (8.30am - 5.30pm) while banks are also closed on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month (except Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu). • Weekends:: Saturday and Sunday in all Malaysian States except Johor*, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu (*beginning in 2014). • New Year's Day is not a holiday in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu. • Hari Raya Qurban is celebrated for a 2nd day in Kelantan & Terengganu. • Officially, Chinese New Year is not celebrated for for a 2nd day in Kelantan and Terengganu. However, for the last few years, the second day of the Chinese lunar new year has been declared a public holiday at the State level in Kelantan and Terengganu, making the second day of the Chinese lunar new year a de facto nationwide public holiday. • Merdeka The August 31 public holiday is often, erroneously, called, Hari Merdeka. But the day of independence only occurred once, on August 31, 1957. Its annual anniversariesare Hari Ulangtahun Kemerdekaan. But the preferred official term, since the formation of Malaysia in 1963 and especially after 1970, was chosen by Malaysia's first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, as Hari Kebangsaan (National Day). • Deepavali is not a holiday in Sarawak & Federal Territory of Labuan. • Federal Territories Day is a public holiday in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. • Thaipusam is a public holiday in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Penang and Perak, and it falls annually on the full-moon day in the Tamil month of Thai. • Gawai Day or Gawai Dayak is a festive day celebrated in Sarawak on June 1st every year. Gawai Dayak was formally gazetted on 25th September 1964 as a public holiday in place of Sarawak Day. It was first celebrated on 1st June 1965. . • Malaysia International Codes MY and MYS (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .my (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Malaysia information and news: Central Bank of Malaysia (Malaysia central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Malaysia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Malaysia), and Wikipedia (includes Malaysia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Malaysia, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Malaysia that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, for Malaysia, were calculated using the JAKIM (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia) lunar visibility criteria. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Hindu Calendar Public Holidays : For Malaysia, when calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally as described in many sources, including the 1998 book The Indian Calendric System by G.K. Chatterjee.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2023 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Malaysia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Malaysia, before planning any trip to Malaysia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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