Public holidays in Burma

Public holidays in Burma (Myanmar).

Date	English name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day	Celebrates the beginning of the Gregorian New Year.
1 January	New Year's Holiday (31 days)	Celebrates the beginning of the Gregorian New Year.
4 January	Independence Day	Marks independence from British Empire in 1948.
5 January	Karen New Year	Celebrates the New Year of the Karen people
12 February	Unification Day	Anniversary of the Panglong Agreement in 1947.
26 February	Full Moon of Tabaung	Tabaung Pwè Pagoda Festivals.
the last day of 12th lunar month	Lunar Calendar New Year's Eve	Date varies according to the Lunar calendar.
1st day of 1st lunar month	Lunar Calendar New Year's Day (4 days)	Date varies according to the Lunar Calendar.
15th day of 1st lunar month	Lantern Festival	Date varies according to the Chinese calendar.
2 March	Peasants Day	Anniversary of Ne Win's coup.
27 March	Tatmadaw Day	Formerly Resistance Day (against the Japanese occupation in 1945).
13-16 April	Thingyan Festival	Celebrates and brings in the Burmese New Year.
17–21 April	Burmese New Year	Marks the New Year of the Burmese calendar
3 days before Easter (see Computus)	Good Friday	Date varies; this is the Friday before Holy Saturday which is the first Saturday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the official vernal equinox. This Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
Day before Easter	Holy Saturday	Date varies; this is the Friday before Holy Saturday which is the first Saturday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the official vernal equinox. This Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
Day after Easter	Easter Monday	Date varies; this is the Friday before Holy Saturday which is the first Saturday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the official vernal equinox. This Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
1 May	Labour Day	Worker's Day.
8 May	Full Moon of Kason	Anniversary of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha celebrated by watering the Bodhi tree.
19 July	Martyrs' Day	Commemorates the assassination of Aung San and several other cabinet members in 1947.
26 July	Start of Buddhist Lent	Festival of Lights.
23 October	End of Buddhist Lent	Festival of Lights.
30 October	Deepavali	Marks the New Year of the Hinduism calendar.
Ramadhan	Start of Ramadhan (30 Days)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar. Celebrates the start of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
Syawal	Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (2 Days)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar. Celebrates the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
Dzulhijjah	Hari Raya Aidil Adha	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar. The holiday commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to Allah.
21 November	Tazaungdaing Festival
1 December	Christmas Holiday (31 days)	This Christian holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
1 December	National Day	Anniversary of the first university students strike in 1920.
21 December	Tazaungmon Full Moon day
24 December	Christmas Eve	This Christian holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
25 December	Christmas Day	This Christian holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
26 December	Boxing Day	This Christian holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
30 December	New Year's Eve (2 days)	Celebrates the ending of the Gregorian New Year.

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