Holidays
Chinese New Year 2027 in the Philippines: Public Holidays
The Philippines declares Chinese New Year a special non-working day rather than a regular holiday, and in 2027 it falls on a Saturday. The working week loses nothing.
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
- 1
- In the instrument itself, before any substitution
- Working days lost
- 0
- Days off the job, not days on a calendar
- Longest run
- 2
- February 6 to February 7
| Date | Day | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| February 6 | Saturday | Special non-working day |
Where the difference comes from
Proclamation 1427 lists 6 February among the additional special non-working days. The category does real work: a regular holiday carries a pay rule — work on it is paid at a premium, and a day not worked is still paid — while a special non-working day follows no-work, no-pay unless a company policy or contract says otherwise.
It also collides with the weekend, and the proclamation grants no substitute. So of the six jurisdictions on this page, this is the one where the festival adds no day off at all: the office is shut on 6 February because it is Saturday, and open again on Monday.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Philippines | 2 | 0 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 |
| Hong Kong, China | 4 | 2 |
| Taiwan, China | 7 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 |
Source
Presidential Communications Office, Proclamation No. 1427 · Published September 8
https://pia.gov.ph/news/pbbm-declares-2027-regular-and-special-holidays/
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 Chinese New Year a regular holiday in the Philippines?
No. Proclamation 1427 lists it as an additional special non-working day, which is why the pay rules differ from New Year's Day or Christmas Day, both regular holidays.
Is there a substitute day for Chinese New Year 2027 in the Philippines?
No. The proclamation names one date and no substitute. Because that date is a Saturday, employees on a Monday-to-Friday week gain no day off.