LIST: 2026 regular holidays, special non-working days
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MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang released on Thursday the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for 2026.
Based on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Proclamation No. 1006, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Sept. 3, the following holidays in 2026 shall be observed nationwide:
Regular Holidays
- New Year’s Day — 1 January (Thursday)
- Maundy Thursday — 2 April
- Good Friday — 3 April
- Araw ng Kagitingan — 9 April (Thursday)
- Labor Day — 1 May (Friday)
- Independence Day — 12 June (Friday)
- National Heroes Day — 31 August (Monday)
- Bonifacio Day — 30 November (Monday)
- Christmas Day — 25 December (Friday)
- Rizal Day — 30 December (Wednesday)
Special (Non-Working) Days
- Ninoy Aquino Day — 21 August (Friday)
- All Saints’ Day — 1 November (Sunday)
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary — 8 December (Tuesday)
- Last Day of the Year — 31 December (Thursday)
Additional Special (Non-Working) Days
- Chinese New Year — 17 February (Tuesday)
- Black Saturday — 4 April
- All Souls’ Day — 2 November (Monday)
- Christmas Eve — 24 December (Thursday)
The EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary on Feb. 25, 2026 (Wednesday) is declared a special working day, where classes and work, in public and private schools and offices, continue as usual.
“The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient,” the proclamation states.
“To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos shall inform the Office of the President the actual dates on which these holidays shall fall,” it adds.
The Department of Labor and Employment will promulgate the implementing guidelines for the proclamation. /apl
