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🇵🇭 Philippines public holidays 2027

Philippines has 12 public holidays in 2027. 7 of them fall on a weekend. The longest continuous break is 4 days. A further 8 days are granted at administrative discretion.

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Who decides these days

The Philippines has two kinds of holiday, and the pay rules differ.

There are 12 regular holidays a year, including Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha.

Under DOLE rules, workers who stay home still get a full day's pay, and those who work get 200%.

Special (non-working) days are different: no work, no pay as a rule, and 30% extra if you work. 2026 has eight; four of them (Chinese New Year, Black Saturday, All Souls' Day, Christmas Eve) are added by the President each year.

The legal basis is Section 26 of the Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act 9492, which still describes several holidays as falling on the nearest Monday.

The actual dates come from a yearly presidential proclamation: No. 1006 for 2026 (signed 3 September 2025) and No. 1427 for 2027 (signed 8 September 2026).

Recent proclamations have kept the original dates, but nothing is final until the next one is out.

The two Islamic holidays are set separately: the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos recommends a date from the Islamic calendar and the President proclaims it, often days ahead — the 20 March 2026 Eid'l Fitr holiday was announced on 12 March.

The EDSA anniversary on 25 February is now a special working day.

Local holidays declared for single provinces or cities are left out, and election days are proclaimed separately; RA 12326 moved the barangay elections to November 2028.

Long weekends

DateNameLegal status
January 1, 2027New Year's DayPublic holiday
February 6, 2027Chinese New YearDiscretionary day off
February 25, 2027EDSA People Power Revolution AnniversaryCommemorative, not a day off
March 9, 2027 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the ruleEid'l FitrPublic holiday
March 25, 2027Maundy ThursdayPublic holiday
March 26, 2027Good FridayPublic holiday
March 27, 2027Black SaturdayDiscretionary day off
April 9, 2027Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)Public holiday
May 1, 2027Labor DayPublic holiday
May 16, 2027 · Not yet gazetted; calculated from the ruleEid'l AdhaPublic holiday
June 12, 2027Independence DayPublic holiday
August 21, 2027Ninoy Aquino DayDiscretionary day off
August 30, 2027National Heroes DayPublic holiday
November 1, 2027All Saints' DayDiscretionary day off
November 2, 2027All Souls' DayDiscretionary day off
November 30, 2027Bonifacio DayPublic holiday
December 8, 2027Feast of the Immaculate Conception of MaryDiscretionary day off
December 24, 2027Christmas EveDiscretionary day off
December 25, 2027Christmas DayPublic holiday
December 30, 2027Rizal DayPublic holiday
December 31, 2027Last Day of the YearDiscretionary day off

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