Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Pratikno on Tuesday announced 18 national holidays and eight collective leave days for 2027, as designated in a joint ministerial decision.
“We have agreed to set 18 national holidays in 2027, mostly religious holidays, in addition to eight collective leave days in the same year,” Pratikno stated in a press conference here.
The national holiday designation has considered many factors, including fixed holidays and days needed to facilitate residents’ mobility in religious holidays.
The collective leave days will be mandatory for civil apparatus and they will be optional for the private sector, he noted.
According to the joint decision by the Religious Affairs Minister, Manpower Minister, and State Apparatus and Bureaucracy Reform Ministry, the days designated as national holidays and collective leave days in 2027 are as follows:
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National holidays:
- January 1 (Friday): New Year’s Day
- January 5 (Tuesday): Commemoration of Prophet Muhammad’s Isra and Mi’raj in 1448 H
- February 6 (Saturday): Chinese New Year
- March 8 (Monday): Hindu Day of Silence (Nyepi)
- March 10 (Wednesday): Eid al-Fitr
- March 11 (Thursday): Eid al-Fitr
- March 26 (Friday): Good Friday
- March 28 (Sunday): Easter Day
- May 1 (Saturday): Labor Day
- May 6 (Thursday): Ascension Day
- May 17 (Monday): Eid al-Adha
- May 20 (Thursday): Vesak Day
- June 1 (Tuesday): Pancasila Day
- June 6 (Sunday): Islamic New Year
- August 15 (Sunday): Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Mawlid)
- August 17 (Tuesday): Independence Day
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 26 (Sunday): Commemoration of Prophet Muhammad’s Isra and Mi’raj in 1449 H
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Collective leave days:
- February 5 (Friday): Chinese New Year
- March 9, 12, and 15 (Tuesday, Friday, and Monday): Eid al-Fitr
- March 25 (Thursday): Good Friday
- May 18 (Tuesday): Eid al-Adha
- May 19 (Wednesday): Vesak Day
- December 24 (Friday): Christmas Eve
Translator: Lintang Budiyanti P, Nabil Ihsan
Editor: Fransiska Ninditya
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