National Holidays in Malaysia in 2024

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List of Holidays in Malaysia in 2024

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Monday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Regional Holiday	Most states
Sunday	Jan 14	Birthday of the Sultan of Negeri Sembilan	Regional Holiday	Negeri Sembilan only
Thursday	Jan 25	Thaipusam	Regional Holiday	Several states
Thursday	Feb 01	Federal Territory Day	Regional Holiday	Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya
Thursday	Feb 08	Isra and Miraj	Regional Holiday	Kedah, Perlis and Negeri Sembilan
Saturday	Feb 10	Chinese New Year	National Holiday	1st day of 1st lunar month
Sunday	Feb 11	Chinese New Year Holiday	National Holiday	2nd day of 1st lunar month
Monday	Feb 12	Chinese New Year Holiday	Regional Holiday	Except Johor, Kedah
Tuesday	Feb 20	Malaysian Declaration of Independence Day	Regional Holiday	Melaka
Monday	Mar 04	Anniversary of Installation of the Sultan	Regional Holiday	Terengganu
Tuesday	Mar 12	Beginning of Ramadan	Regional Holiday	Johor, Kedah, Malacca
Saturday	Mar 23	Birthday of the Sultan of Johor	Regional Holiday	Johor only
Thursday	Mar 28	Nuzul Al-Quran Day	Regional Holiday	All regions except Johor, Kedah, Malacca, Sabah, Sarawak
Friday	Mar 29	Good Friday	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Sarawak
Tuesday	Apr 09	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	Regional Holiday	Kelantan
Wednesday	Apr 10	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	National Holiday	End of Ramadan
Thursday	Apr 11	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	National Holiday	Second day of holiday for Eid Al-Fitr
Monday	Apr 15	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Regional Holiday	Malacca
Friday	Apr 26	Birthday of the Sultan of Terengganu	Regional Holiday	Terengganu only. Always celebrated on 26 April
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 12	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Friday	May 17	Birthday of the Raja of Perlis	Regional Holiday	Perlis only
Wednesday	May 22	Wesak Day	National Holiday	Birth of Buddha
Wednesday	May 22	The Sultan of Pahang Hol	Regional Holiday	Pahang
Thursday	May 30	Pesta Kaamatan	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Labuan only
Friday	May 31	Pesta Kaamatan	Regional Holiday	Sabah and Labuan only
Saturday	Jun 01	Gawai Dayak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak
Sunday	Jun 02	Gawai Dayak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak
Monday	Jun 03	Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong	National Holiday	1st Monday in June
Monday	Jun 03	Gawai Dayak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak
Sunday	Jun 16	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	3rd Sunday in June. Not a public holiday
Sunday	Jun 16	Arafat (Haj) Day	Regional Holiday
Monday	Jun 17	Hari Raya Haji	National Holiday	Festival of Sacrifice
Tuesday	Jun 18	Hari Raya Haji Holiday	Regional Holiday	Some states
Sunday	Jun 30	Birthday of the Sultan of Kedah	Regional Holiday	Kedah only
Sunday	Jul 07	George Town Heritage Day	Regional Holiday	Penang only
Sunday	Jul 07	Awal Muharram	National Holiday	Hijri New Year
Monday	Jul 08	Awal Muharram	Regional Holiday	(exc. JDH, KDH, KTN, TRG)
Saturday	Jul 13	Birthday of the Governor	Regional Holiday	Penang
Monday	Jul 22	Sarawak Day	Regional Holiday
Tuesday	Jul 30	Birthday of the Sultan of Pahang	Regional Holiday	Pahang only
Sunday	Aug 11	The Sultan of Johor Hol	Regional Holiday	Johor only
Saturday	Aug 24	Melaka Governor's Birthday	Regional Holiday	Melaka
Sunday	Aug 25	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Johor
Saturday	Aug 31	National Day	National Holiday	Independence Day
Monday	Sep 16	Malaysia Day	National Holiday	Became a Federal Holiday in 2010
Monday	Sep 16	Maulidur Rasul	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Sunday	Sep 29	Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan	Regional Holiday	Kelantan only
Monday	Sep 30	Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan Holiday	Regional Holiday	Kelantan only. Second day
Saturday	Oct 05	Birthday of the Governor of Sabah	Regional Holiday	Sabah only. 1st Saturday in October
Saturday	Oct 12	Birthday of the Governor of Sarawak	Regional Holiday	Sarawak only
Thursday	Oct 31	Deepavali	Regional Holiday	The festival of lights. Except Sarawak
Friday	Nov 01	Birthday of the Sultan of Perak	Regional Holiday	Perak
Wednesday	Dec 11	Birthday of The Sultan of Selangor	Regional Holiday	Selangor
Tuesday	Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Regional Holiday	Sabah
Wednesday	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.