No.

Date

Holiday

1

1 January (Tues)

New Year's Day **

2

10 January (Thurs)

Awal Muharam (Maal Hijrah)

3

7 & 8 February
(Thurs & Fri)

Chinese New Year

4

20 March (Thurs)

Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

5

1 May (Thurs)

Labour Day

6

19 May (Mon)

Wesak Day

7

7 June (Sat)

Birthday of SPB Yang di-Pertuan Agong

8

31 August (Sun)

National/Merdeka Day

9

1 & 2 October
(Wed & Thurs)

Hari Raya Puasa *

10

27 October (Mon)

Deepavali *

11

8 December (Mon)

Hari Raya Qurban

12

25 December (Thurs)

Christmas Day

12

29 December (Mon)

Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)

* - Subject to confirmation

No.

Date

Holiday

1

1 January (except Kedah, Perlis
Kelantan & Terengganu)

New Year's Day **

2

1 January (Kedah, Perlis
Kelantan & Terengganu only)

Hari Raya Qurban (2nd Day)*

3

20 January ( Kedah only )

Birthday of Sultan Kedah

4

23 January ( Johor, N.Sembilan,
Perak, Penang & Selangor only )

Thaipusam Festival

5

1 February ( Federal Territory KL, Labuan & Putrajaya only )

Federal Territory Day

6

4 March ( Terengganu only )

Anniversary of Installation of Sultan Terengganu

7

21 March ( Sabah & Sarawak only )

Good Friday

8

30 & 31 March ( Kelantan only )

Birthday of Sultan Kelantan

9

8 April ( Johor only )

Birthday of Sultan Johor

10

15 April ( Melaka only )

Declaration of Melaka as a Historical City

11

19 April ( Perak only )

Birthday of Sultan Perak

12

7 May ( Pahang only )

Hol Day of Pahang

13

17 May ( Perlis only )

Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)

14

30 & 31 May ( Federal Territory
Labuan & Sabah only )

Harvest Festival

15

1 & 2 June (Sarawak only )

Dayak Festival

16

9 July ( Johor only )

Hol Day of Almarhum Sultan Johor

17

12 July ( Penang only )

Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang

18

19 July ( Negeri Sembilan only )

Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan
Negeri Sembilan

19

20 July ( Terengganu only )

Birthday of Sultan Terengganu

20

30 July ( Kedah, N.Sembilan &
Perlis only )

Israk and Mikraj

21

1 September ( Johor, Kedah &
Melaka only )

Awal Ramadan *

22

13 September ( Sarawak only )

Birthday of T.Y.T Yang di-Pertua
Negeri Sarawak

23

16 September ( Sabah only )

Malaysia Day & Birthday of Yang
di-Pertua Negeri Sabah

24

17 September ( Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor & Terengganu only )

Nuzul Quran

25

11 October ( Melaka only )

Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka

26

24 October ( Pahang only )

Birthday of Sultan Pahang

27

9 December ( Kedah & Perlis only )

Hari Raya Qurban (2nd Day)

28

11 December ( Selangor only )

Birthday of Sultan Selangor

* - Subject to confirmation

School Holidays for all states in Malaysia (* for Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu only)

8 - 16 March 2008 (1-Week)
* (7 - 15 March 2008)

24 May 2008 to 8 June 2008 (2-Weeks)
* (23 May 2008 to 7 June 2008)

16 - 24 August 2008 (1-Week)
* (15 - 23 August 2008)

15 November 2008 to 4 January 2009
* (14 November 2008 to 3 January 2008)