Public Holidays of Myanmar in 2017
There are over 30 Public (Bank) Holidays in Myanmar.
Myanmar (Burma) has a lot of traditional festivals like Thingyan, Thadingyut, Kasong, Waso, Tazaungmone and they all come up with at least one Bank Holiday for each festival. Thingyan (Water Festival) also known as Myanmar (Burmese) New Year is one of the biggest holiday season in Myanmar and it has 5 Public Holiday.
Day | Date | Holiday |
Wednesday | January 04 | Independence Day |
Sunday | February 12 | Union Day |
Thursday | March 02 | Peasants’ Day |
Sunday | March 12 | Full Moon Day of Tabaung |
Monday | March 27 | Tatmadaw Day |
Thursday | April 13 | Thingyan |
Friday | April 14 | Thingyan |
Saturday | April 15 | Thingyan |
Sunday | April 16 | Thingyan |
Monday | April 17 | Myanmar New Year Holiday |
Tuesday | April 18 | Myanmar New Year Holiday |
Wednesday | April 19 | Myanmar New Year Holiday |
Thursday | April 20 | Myanmar New Year Holiday |
Friday | April 21 | Myanmar New Year Holiday |
Monday | May 01 | May Day |
Wednesday | May 10 | Full Moon Day of Kasong |
Saturday | July 08 | Full Moon Day of Waso |
Wednesday | July 19 | Martyr’s Day |
Wednesday | October 04 | Pre-Full Moon Day of Thadingyut |
Thursday | October 05 | Full Moon Day of Thadingyut |
Thursday | November 02 | Pre-Full Moon of Tazaungmone |
Friday | November 03 | Full Moon of Tazaungmone |
Monday | November 13 | National Day |
Monday | December 18 | Kayin New Year Day |
Monday | December 25 | Christmas Day |
Saturday | December 30 | New Year Holiday |
Sunday | December 31 | New Year Holiday |
Published on December 1st, 2017
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