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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Malaysia, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

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Observances
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Subdivisions
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Exchanges
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Calendar system

Includes subnational coverage · 18 subdivisions covered.

Live notice Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made.

The next public holiday in Malaysia is

Birthday

In 3 days · expected; set by announcement

10:37 local time in Malaysia Weekend Last: Bank holiday,, 1 July 2026 · 53 days ago · expected; set by announcement

Computed · local time Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Work with Malaysia’s calendar

Malaysia public holidays in 2026

17 national closures in 2026, of 60 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's Day expectedCompiled
17 February 2026Chinese New Year expectedCompiled
18 February 2026Chinese New Year expectedCompiled
6 March 2026Nuzul Al-Quran expectedCompiled
20 March 2026Hari Raya Puasa expectedCompiled
21 March 2026Hari Raya Puasa expectedCompiled
1 May 2026Labour Day expectedCompiled
27 May 2026Hari Raya Haji expectedCompiled
1 June 2026Birthday expectedVerified
2 June 2026Wesak Day expectedCompiled
17 June 2026Awal Muharram expectedCompiled
1 July 2026Bank holiday, expectedVerified
26 August 2026Birthday expectedCompiled
31 August 2026National Day expectedVerified
16 September 2026Malaysia Day expectedVerified
9 November 2026Deepavali expectedCompiled
25 December 2026Christmas Day expectedVerified

The shape of Malaysia’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January — New Year's Day2 January3 January4 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February12 February13 February14 February15 February16 February17 February — Chinese New Year18 February — Chinese New Year19 February20 February21 February22 February23 February24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March3 March4 March5 March6 March — Nuzul Al-Quran7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March — Hari Raya Puasa21 March — Hari Raya Puasa22 March23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April5 April6 April7 April8 April9 April10 April11 April12 April13 April14 April15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April29 April30 April1 May — Labour Day2 May3 May4 May5 May6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May27 May — Hari Raya Haji28 May29 May30 May31 May1 June — Birthday2 June — Wesak Day3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June — Awal Muharram18 June19 June20 June21 June22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July — Bank holiday,2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August12 August13 August14 August15 August16 August17 August18 August19 August20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August — Birthday27 August28 August29 August30 August31 August — National Day1 September2 September3 September4 September5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September — Malaysia Day17 September18 September19 September20 September21 September22 September23 September24 September25 September26 September27 September28 September29 September30 September1 October2 October3 October4 October5 October6 October7 October8 October9 October10 October11 October12 October13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October18 October19 October20 October21 October22 October23 October24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November9 November — Deepavali10 November11 November12 November13 November14 November15 November16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December25 December — Christmas Day26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December31 December

17 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in Malaysia, 2026

9 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on this jurisdiction’s own weekly rest — Saturday and Sunday — which the corpus records as corroborated.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Daytake Fri 2 Jan
14 Feb – 18 Feb5 daysChinese New Yeartake Mon 16 Feb
6 Mar – 8 Mar3 daysNuzul Al-Quranno leave needed
20 Mar – 22 Mar3 daysHari Raya Puasano leave needed
1 May – 3 May3 daysLabour Dayno leave needed
30 May – 2 Jun4 daysBirthday, Wesak Dayno leave needed
29 Aug – 31 Aug3 daysNational Dayno leave needed
7 Nov – 9 Nov3 daysDeepavalino leave needed
25 Dec – 27 Dec3 daysChristmas Dayno leave needed

Next in each subdivision

16 subdivisions of Malaysia keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.

SubdivisionNextObservance
Johor23 March 2027Sultan
Kedah20 June 2027Sultan
Kelantan29 September 2026Sultan
Kuala Lumpur1 February 2027Federal Territory Day
Labuan1 February 2027Federal Territory Day
Melaka24 August 2026Yang di-Pertua
Negeri Sembilan14 January 2027Yang
Pahang22 May 2027Hari Hol
Penang10 July 2027Penang Governor's Birthday
Perak6 November 2026Sultan
Perlis17 May 2028Raja of Perlis Birthday
Putrajaya1 February 2027Federal Territory Day
Sabah3 October 2026Yang di-Pertua
Sarawak26 March 2027Good Friday
Selangor11 December 2026Sultan
Terengganu6 January 2027Israk expected

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Malaysia, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

12/14 layers held for Malaysia
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Weekly rest days1corroborated—5 named sources, sectors recorded separately
Statutory closures5038 verified · 12 compiled2026-08-21
Religious observances2918 verified · 11 compiled2026-08-21
Optional and restricted days71 verified · 6 compiled2026-08-06
Bank-only closures11 verified2026-08-03
Observed but open22 compiled2026-08-21
Substitution and in-lieu rules5235 verified · 17 compiled2026-08-21
School terms and breaks4——4 calendars
Subdivisions with their own dates18——
Tax and filing deadlines5——
Elections6——
Announcements1——

Not held for Malaysia: Half-days and partial closures, Exchange closures. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

16 named documents, issued by 16 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia, Federal Legislation Portal Kerajaan Negeri Johor Kerajaan Negeri Melaka Kerajaan Negeri Perlis Kerajaan Negeri Sabah Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Kedah Darul Aman Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Pahang Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Prime Minister's Department, Cabinet Division (kabinet.gov.my) State Attorney-General's Chambers, Sarawak State of Sabah State of Sarawak internal python-holidays maintainers

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about Malaysia — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Notice · Divergence · 22 August 2026 Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made. Report · Borrowed calendars · 22 August 2026 Alderney takes the first Monday, and there is no way to say so A subdivision inherits its parent's calendar and may add to it. It cannot decline a day. Three territories hit that wall in a single afternoon, and the honest response was to publish the contradiction rather than tidy it. Correction · Machinery · 22 August 2026 Nine minutes from midnight in Beijing The Chinese calendar was being approximated with an average month length. It works until a leap month, and then a hundred and twenty-five dates across twenty-five jurisdictions are wrong, one of them in the wrong year.

How Malaysia keeps time

Observances60 across the national calendar and 18 subdivisions
Evidence40 verified · 0 corroborated · 20 compiled, from 26 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, Malay, Tamil, Chinese
Calendar systemsgregorian
Exchangesnone listed
Last reviewed2026-08-21

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Mixed sourcing

40 of 60 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 26 named sources, and every row says which.

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