Plan your next vacation or other activities ahead.
Through Proclamation No. 1427, signed last September 8 (Tuesday), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. officially declared the list of holidays and other key national, religious, and cultural occasions in the forthcoming year, 2027.
Next year, there will be 10 regular holidays, four special non-working days, one special working day and four additional special non-working days.
Declared as regular holidays the following dates and occasions:
- New Year’s Day – January 1
- Maundy Thursday – March 25
- Good Friday – March 26
- Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9
- Labor Day – May 1
- Independence Day – June 12
- National Heroes Day – Aug. 30
- Bonifacio Day – November 30
- Christmas Day – December 25
- Rizal Day – December 30
Announced as special non-working days are the following dates and occasions.
- Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21
- All Saints’ Day – November 1
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary – December 8
- Last Day of the Year – December 31
Meanwhile, additional special non-working days, with the goal of providing Filipinos with more time to observe traditional holidays such as All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and Christmas activities.
These are the following dates and occasions:
- Chinese New Year – February 6
- Black Saturday – March 27
- All Souls’ Day – November 2
- Christmas Eve – December 24
As it has been the case in recent years under the current administration, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, commemorated every February 25, will be observed as a special working day.
As regards to the dates for the Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha, the government said that these will be declared separately after the dates of the Islamic holidays are “determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient.”
Likewise, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has been directed to issue the implementing guidelines for the proclamation, which takes effect immediately.
