Holidays
Chinese New Year 2027 in Malaysia: Public Holidays
Malaysia gazettes two days for Chinese New Year and both fall on the weekend in 2027. The Monday that replaces the Sunday exists everywhere except in the states whose weekend is not Sunday.
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 6 to February 8
| Date | Day | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Saturday | Statutory holiday |
| February 7 | Sunday | Statutory holiday |
| February 8 | Monday | Substitute(stands in for February 7) |
Where the difference comes from
The federal list names 6 and 7 February. Because the second day is a Sunday, 8 February becomes a public holiday in its place.
Kedah is not on the list. Its weekend is Friday and Saturday, so the festival's Sunday is an ordinary working day there rather than a rest day being displaced, and the gazette grants no substitute. Kelantan and Terengganu keep the same weekend pattern, but the commercial calendars disagree on whether they belong in the exception too — check the federal list before booking travel.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 |
| Hong Kong, China | 4 | 2 |
| Taiwan, China | 7 | 5 |
| the Philippines | 2 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 |
Source
Public Holidays, Prime Minister's Department (Federal gazette) · Published 2026
https://www.kabinet.gov.my/hari-kelepasan-am/
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
How many days off is Chinese New Year in Malaysia in 2027?
Three at federal level: 6, 7 and 8 February. Kedah has no 8 February substitute, because its weekend is Friday and Saturday rather than Saturday and Sunday.
Does the whole country get 8 February off?
Not quite. The federal holiday applies nationally except in Kedah. Two commercial calendars also exclude Kelantan and Terengganu, and neither of those exclusion lists is the gazette itself.