Public holidays in Myanmar 2024
Myanmar has 29 public holidays in 2024. 22 fall on a weekday and 7 on the weekend, which leaves 240 working days out of 366. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
29public holidays
22weekday days off
240working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Independence Day | |
| Thursday | Karen New Year | |
| Monday | Union Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Peasants' Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Full Moon Day of Tabaung | |
| Wednesday | Armed Forces Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Myanmar New Year | |
| Sunday weekend | Myanmar New Year | |
| Monday | Myanmar New Year | |
| Tuesday | Myanmar New Year | |
| Wednesday | Myanmar New Year | |
| Thursday | Myanmar New Year | |
| Friday | Myanmar New Year | |
| Saturday weekend | Myanmar New Year | |
| Sunday weekend | Myanmar New Year | |
| Wednesday | May Day | |
| Wednesday | Full Moon Day of Kason | |
| Monday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Friday | Martyrs' Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Full Moon Day of Waso | |
| Wednesday | Thadingyut Holidays | |
| Thursday | Thadingyut Holidays | |
| Friday | Thadingyut Holidays | |
| Friday | Diwali | |
| Friday | Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon | |
| Monday | National Day | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day | |
| Monday | Karen New Year | |
| Tuesday | Day off (substituted from 01/11/2025) |
Working days per month in 2024
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Saturday and Sunday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 104 | 22 | 240 |
public holidayweekendbridge day
Jan21 wd
Feb20 wd
Mar20 wd
Apr17 wd
May21 wd
Jun19 wd
Jul22 wd
Aug22 wd
Sep21 wd
Oct20 wd
Nov18 wd
Dec19 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2024
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysSat 10 to Mon 12 February 2024Union Day
- 9 daysSat 13 to Sun 21 April 2024Myanmar New Year
- 3 daysSat 15 to Mon 17 June 2024Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 19 to Sun 21 July 2024Martyrs' Day, Full Moon Day of Waso
- 5 daysWed 16 to Sun 20 October 2024Thadingyut Holidays
- 3 daysFri 1 to Sun 3 November 2024Diwali
- 3 daysFri 15 to Sun 17 November 2024Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon
- 3 daysSat 23 to Mon 25 November 2024National Day
- 5 daysSat 28 December 2024 to Wed 1 January 2025Karen New Year, Day off (substituted from 01/11/2025), New Year's Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 5 January 2024 for Thu 4 to Sun 7 January 2024Independence Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 12 January 2024 for Thu 11 to Sun 14 January 2024Karen New Year
Questions about 2024 in Myanmar
- How many working days are there in Myanmar in 2024?
- 240 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 22 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Myanmar have in 2024?
- 29 public holidays. 7 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Peasants' Day (2 March 2024), Full Moon Day of Tabaung (24 March 2024), Myanmar New Year (13 April 2024), Myanmar New Year (14 April 2024), Myanmar New Year (20 April 2024), Myanmar New Year (21 April 2024), Full Moon Day of Waso (20 July 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Myanmar?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Myanmar 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Myanmar has 29 public holidays and 240 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/myanmar/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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