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Global Holidays and Observances 2027

This page contains a table of the list of globally observed public holidays and non-holiday observances for the calendar year 2027* (you may also be interested in bank holidays and public holidays, listed by country or listed by date).

The list of global holidays for the calendar year 2027 is:


Date Weekday Holiday or Observance Calendar
Friday Western New Year
Tuesday Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet's Ascension (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Wednesday Epiphany
Thursday Orthodox Christmas orthodox
Thursday Orthodox New Year orthodox
Friday Tamil Thai Pongal Day solar
Wednesday Aquarius (UTC) solar
Friday Thaipusam hindu solar
Saturday Lailat al Bara'a / Night of Emancipation (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Saturday Chinese New Year / Spring Festival chinese lunar
Saturday Tet Nguyen Dan / Vietnamese New Year vietnamese lunar
Sunday Dangpa Losar / Bhutanese New Year (Year of the Female Fire Sheep) bhutanese lunar
Sunday Losar / Tibetan New Year tibetan lunar
Sunday Seol-nal / Korean New Year korean lunar
Sunday Tsagaan Sar / Mongolian New Year (Year of the Red Ewe) mongolian lunar
Monday Start of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Tuesday Shrove Tuesday / Carnival easter
Wednesday Ash Wednesday easter
Thursday Pisces (UTC) solar
Wednesday Nuzul Quran / Revelation of the Qur'an (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Thursday Mi-Carême / Mid-Lent easter
Friday Jumatul Bidah / Friday of Farewell (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Saturday Lailat al Qadr / Night of Destiny (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Saturday Maha Shivaratree hindu lunar
Monday International Women's Day
Tuesday Eid al Fitr / End of Ramadan (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Monday Orthodox Clean Monday orth. easter
Tuesday Orthodox Shrove Tuesday orth. easter
Wednesday Orthodox Ash Wednesday orth. easter
Saturday Aries (UTC) solar
Saturday Vernal Equinox / Spring (UTC) solar
Sunday Palm Sunday easter
Monday Holi Phagwa hindu lunar
Tuesday Purim jewish
Thursday Maundy Thursday easter
Friday Good Friday easter
Sunday Easter easter
Monday Easter Monday easter
Monday Qing Ming Jie / Tomb Sweeping Day chinese solar
Thursday Ougadi / Ugaadi hindu lunar
Tuesday Laotian New Year
Wednesday Cambodian New Year solar
Thursday Ram Navami hindu lunar
Saturday Burmese New Year
Monday Mahavir Jayanti / Janma Kalyanak hindu lunar
Tuesday Taurus (UTC) solar
Thursday Pesach / Jewish Passover jewish
Friday Great Prayer Day easter
Friday Orthodox Good Friday orth. easter
Saturday International Labour Day
Saturday Orthodox Holy Saturday orth. easter
Sunday Orthodox Easter orth. easter
Monday Orthodox Easter Monday orth. easter
Thursday Ascension Day easter
Saturday Arafat Day (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Sunday Eid al Adha / Feast of Sacrifice (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Sunday Whit Sunday / Pentecost easter
Monday Whit Monday easter
Friday Gemini (UTC) solar
Thursday Corpus Christi easter
Sunday Islamic New Year / Hijra New Year (1449) (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Wednesday Duan Wu Jie / Dragon Boat Festival chinese lunar
Friday Shavuot jewish
Tuesday Ashura (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Monday Cancer (UTC) solar
Monday Orthodox Pentecost Monday orth. easter
Monday Summer Solstice / Summer (UTC) solar
Thursday Magal de Touba (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Friday Leo (UTC) solar
Saturday Mawlid an Nabi / The Prophet's Birthday (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Sunday Assumption
Sunday Parsi New Year zoroastrian
Saturday Baptism of the Prophet (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Monday Virgo (UTC) solar
Saturday Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi / Chaturthi Paksha hindu lunar
Sunday Onam / Thiruonam hindu solar
Wednesday Zhong Qu Jie / Mid Autumn Festival chinese lunar
Thursday Autumnal Equinox / Fall (UTC) solar
Thursday Libra (UTC) solar
Saturday Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year (5788) jewish
Sunday Dassain hindu lunar
Monday Canadian Thanksgiving
Monday Yom Kippur jewish
Saturday Sukkot jewish
Saturday Scorpio (UTC) solar
Thursday Southern Deepavali / Diwali Krisna Chaturdasi hindu lunar
Friday Northern Deepavali / Diwali Amavasya hindu lunar
Sunday Reformation Day
Monday All Saints' Day
Tuesday All Souls' Day
Sunday Guru Nanak Jayanti hindu lunar
Monday Sagittarius (UTC) solar
Thursday US Thanksgiving
Sunday First Sunday in Advent
Sunday Second Sunday in Advent
Wednesday Immaculate Conception
Sunday Third Sunday in Advent
Sunday Fourth Sunday in Advent
Wednesday Capricorn (UTC) solar
Wednesday Winter Solstice / Winter (UTC) solar
Saturday Lailat al Miraj / The Prophet's Ascension (Umm al-Qura) muslim
Saturday Western Christmas
Sunday Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day
Friday Western New Year's Eve

* The actual date of most global public holidays differs from one country, region or state, to another. To get the exact date when one of the holidays, above, is observed as an official public holiday in a specific country, region or state, please refer to our listings of national bank holidays and public holidays by country or by date.