Public holidays in Indonesia

The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays for the year 2015 only—cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official holiday, there are the so-called "libur bersama" or "cuti bersama", or joint leave(s) declared nationwide by the government. In total there are 14 public holidays, and 9 "cuti bersama" or joint holidays.

2015 public holidays

Date (Gregorian calendar)	Date (Religious calendar)	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January		New Year's Day	Tahun Baru Masehi
3 January	Rabi' al-awwal 12	Birth of the Prophet	Maulid Nabi Muhammad	Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
19 February		Chinese New Year	Tahun Baru Imlek	1st day of 1st month of Chinese calendar
21 March	Kasa 1 Pawukon 40	Day of Silence	Hari Raya Nyepi (Tahun Baru Saka)	New Year of Balinese saka calendar
3 April		Good Friday	Wafat Yesus Kristus (Jumat Agung)	Date varies; this is the Friday before Easter Sunday, which is the first Sunday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the official vernal equinox
1 May		Labour Day	Hari Buruh
14 May		Ascension Day	Kenaikan Yesus Kristus
16 May	Rajab 27	Ascension of the Prophet	Isra Mi'raj Nabi Muhammad
2 June	Every May of Vaisakha	Buddha's Birthday	Waisak	Date varies according to the Buddhist calendar
17 – 18 July	Shawwal 1-2	Eid al-Fitr	Idul Fitri (Lebaran Mudik)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
17 August		Independence Day	Hari Proklamasi Kemerdekaan R.I.	Mr. Soekarno and Mr. Hatta as the proclamator
24 September	Dhu al-Hijjah 10	Feast of the Sacrifice	Idul Adha (Lebaran Haji)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
14 October	Muharram 1	Islamic New Year	Tahun Baru Islam 1437 Hijriah	1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the new Islamic year
24 December	Rabi' al-awwal 12	Birth of the Prophet	Maulid Nabi Muhammad	Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
25 December		Christmas	Hari Natal

2016 public holidays

Date (Gregorian calendar)	Date (Religious calendar)	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January		New Year's Day	Tahun Baru Masehi
8 February		Chinese New Year	Tahun Baru Imlek	1st day of 1st month of Chinese calendar
9 March	Kasa 1 Pawukon 40	Day of Silence	Hari Raya Nyepi (Tahun Baru Saka)	New Year of Balinese saka calendar
25 March		Good Friday	Wafat Yesus Kristus (Jumat Agung)	Date varies; this is the Friday before Easter Sunday, which is the first Sunday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the official vernal equinox
1 May		Labour Day	Hari Buruh
5 May		Ascension Day	Kenaikan Yesus Kristus
6 May	Rajab 27	Ascension of the Prophet	Isra Mi'raj Nabi Muhammad
22 May	Every May of Vaisakha	Buddha's Birthday	Waisak	Date varies according to the Buddhist calendar
6 – 7 July	Shawwal 1-2	Eid al-Fitr	Idul Fitri (Lebaran Mudik)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
17 August		Independence Day	Hari Proklamasi Kemerdekaan R.I.	Mr. Soekarno and Mr. Hatta as the proclamator
12 September	Dhu al-Hijjah 10	Feast of the Sacrifice	Idul Adha (Lebaran Haji)	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
2 October	Muharram 1	Islamic New Year	Tahun Baru Islam 1438 Hijriah	1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the new Islamic year
12 December	Rabi' al-awwal 12	Birth of the Prophet	Maulid Nabi Muhammad	Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
25 December		Christmas	Hari Natal

Other holidays

In addition to the official holidays, many religious, historical, and other traditional holidays populate the calendar, as well as observances proclaimed by officials and lighter celebrations. These are rarely observed by businesses as holidays.

Date (Gregorian calendar)	English name	Local name	Remarks
Dates vary	Galungan and Kuningan	Galungan dan Kuningan
Dates vary	Lantern Festival	Cap Go Meh	"Ending of 15th days celebration of Chinese New Year"
21 April	Kartini Day	Hari Kartini	"Women Emancipation Day"
22 April	Earth Day	Hari Bumi
2 May	National Education Day	Hari Pendidikan Nasional	In remembrance of Ki Hajar Dewantara's birthday, a prominent Indonesian educator
20 May	National Awakening Day	Hari Kebangkitan Nasional	In remembrance of the 1908 formation of the first nationalist group, Budi Utomo
22 May	Reformation Commemoration Day	Hari Peringatan Reformasi
1 June	Pancasila Day	Hari Lahir Pancasila	Commemorates Sukarno's 1945 address regarding his views on the Pancasila ideology
23 July	National Children Day	Hari Anak Nasional
1 October	Pancasila Sanctity Day	Hari Kesaktian Pancasila	The day after 30 September Movement
2 October	Batik Day	Hari Batik
5 October	Indonesian National Armed Forces Day	Hari Tentara Nasional Indonesia	The founding of Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ("People's Security Army"), the predecessor of TNI.
28 October	Youth Pledge Day	Hari Sumpah Pemuda	Commemoration of the 1928 Youth Pledge
10 November	Heroes' Day	Hari Pahlawan	Commemoration of the 1945 Battle of Surabaya
22 December	Mother's Day	Hari Ibu

See also

• Islamic calendar - for further expansion on the months and days identified above
• Balinese saka calendar
• Javanese calendar
• List of festivals in Indonesia

References

• Public holidays in Indonesia (2010)
• Public holidays in Indonesia (2013)
• Islamic Calendar / Hijri Calendar for Makkah