Holidays
Chinese New Year 2027 in Indonesia: Public Holidays
Indonesia splits the festival across two instruments: 6 February is a national holiday, 5 February is joint leave. The second is an instruction to government, not an entitlement — private employers may ignore it.
The days, as the instrument lists them
Each row is a date the source document names. A substitute is not a holiday in its own right — it exists because another day of the festival fell on a rest day.
- Days named
- 2
- In the instrument itself, before any substitution
- Working days lost
- 1
- Days off the job, not days on a calendar
- Longest run
- 3
- February 5 to February 7
| Date | Day | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Friday | Joint leave |
| February 6 | Saturday | Statutory holiday |
Where the difference comes from
The joint decree of three ministers sets 18 national holidays and 8 joint-leave days for 2027. Chinese New Year, Imlek 2578, is the national holiday on Saturday 6 February. The Friday before is joint leave, which binds civil servants and is optional for private firms, whose own leadership decides.
So the same festival reads as three days off in a government office — Friday to Sunday — and as two in a company that declines the joint leave. Nothing about the date changes between them; the second answer comes from a decision made at the employer's end.
The same Saturday, six answers
6 February 2027 is a Saturday in all six places. What happens when a holiday lands on a weekend is a local rule, and the rules disagree: the spread below runs from nothing to five working days.
| Jurisdiction | Longest run | Working days lost |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
| Hong Kong, China | 4 | 2 |
| Taiwan, China | 7 | 5 |
| the Philippines | 2 | 0 |
Source
Joint decree of three ministers on 2027 holidays and joint leave · Published September 15
Dates are transcribed from the instrument named above, not from a commercial calendar. Nothing here is projected from the year before.
What people ask about this date
Is 5 February 2027 a holiday in Indonesia?
It is joint leave (cuti bersama), not a national holiday. Civil servants take it; private employers may or may not, so check before assuming the Friday is free.
How many days is Chinese New Year in Indonesia in 2027?
One national holiday, Saturday 6 February, plus one joint-leave day on Friday 5 February. With the weekend that is a three-day run for anyone who takes the Friday.