Talk:Public holidays in Malaysia

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Federal level[edit]

Date	Holiday	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Celebrated in every states in Malaysia as the first national holidays except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu which are not celebrated according to the state Islamic religion matters.
Variable	Chinese New Year	Consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar.	Do Malaysians call this holiday the "Chinese" New Year? Shinesque (talk) 05:28, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Variable	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	End of Ramadan. Even though it is not the most important holiday on the Islamic calendar it is the most widely and publicly celebrated Muslim holiday in the country.
Variable	Hari Raya Aidiladha (Hari Raya Haji)	Celebrated about two months after Aidilfitri, on the 10th day of Zulhijah, the 12th month of the Muslim calendar, it marks the end of the haj pilgrimage period (about two weeks); hence the name Hari Raya Haji (festival of the pilgrimage).
Variable	Awal Muharram	1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the new Islamic year
Variable	Maulidur Rasul	Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW
May 1	Labour Day
May 22	Wesak Day
Variable on June on Saturday	Birthday of DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda	Birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
August 31	National Day (Independence Day)
Variable	Deepavali (Divali)	The Hindu festival of lights and the only holiday given in recognition of the Hindu faith. Celebrated in every states in Malaysia except Sarawak and Labuan.
December 25	Christmas

State level[edit]

Date	Holiday	Remarks
January 22	Birthday of Sultan Kedah	Kedah only
Variable	Thaipusam	Celebrates in Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
February 1	Federal Territory Day	Celebrated in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan to mark the inception of the Federal Territory
March 4	Installation of Sultan Terengganu	Terengganu only
March 30-March 31	Birthday of Sultan Kelantan	Kelantan only
April 8	Birthday of Sultan Johor	Johor only
variable on Friday	Good Friday	Celebrates in Sabah and Sarawak
April 15	Proclimation day of Malacca as the historical city	Perak only
April 19	Birthday of Sultan Perak	Perak only
May 7	Hari Hol Negeri Pahang	Pahang only
May 7	Hari Keputeraan Tuanku Raja Perlis	Perlis only
May 30-May 31	Harvest Festival	Celebrates in Sabah and Labuan only
June 1	Hari Gawai	Celebrates in Sarawak only
July 8	Birthday of Penang State Governor	Penang only
July 19	Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan	Negeri Sembilan only
July 20	Birthday of Sultan Terengganu	Terengganu only
variable	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
variable	Israk and Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis
variable	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
September 9	Birthday of Sarawak State Governor	Sarawak only
September 16	Malaysia Day and Birthday of Sabah State Governor	Sabah only
variable	Awal Ramadan	Johor, Kedah and Malacca only
variable	Nuzul Quran	Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor and Terengganu only
October 9	Birthday of Malacca State Governor	Malacca only
October 24	Birthday of Sultan Pahang	Pahang only
December 11	Birthday of Sultan Selangor	Selangor only

Proposed Merged[edit]

Merge to Public holidays in Malaysia - It means the same thing. --Zack2007 15:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday and Sunday[edit]

"And also every Saturday and Sunday is a public holiday in which Government agencies are closed."

I'm changing this. By standard definition Holiday is a special day, not the weekend. Fanra 10:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update for 2010 Calendar[edit]

This article should be updated to reflect the holiday calendar for 2010. Unless there are any objections, I'll do it this weekend and use the information from the following sources: ^[1] ^[2]

I'll put the state holidays into a chart as well. Grandhistorian (talk) 01:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is done now. Someone feel free to double check my work though. Grandhistorian (talk) 06:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

Mistake[edit]

There is a mistake on 'Hari Raya Haji' --Rochelimit (talk) 03:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

English[edit]

Since this is an English Wikipedia, why not using only the English version of the name of the holiday. The way it is arranged now, with double names, double links, etc., makes the article looks redundant. --Rochelimit (talk) 03:56, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit-warring over image[edit]

See discussion at Talk:Malaysia#Hari_Raya_Image --Ronz (talk) 17:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttp://go2travelmalaysia.com/tour_malaysia/holidays.htm

[2] ttp://www.onestopmalaysia.com/holidays-2010.html

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