Philippine Holidays for 2025
The Philippine government released a list of regular and special non-working holidays for the year 2025. Read now on JeonSoft web blogs!
Last updated 2025 by Sharlyn Lao
The schedule of regular and special non-working holidays for the year 2025 has been disclosed by Malacañang. The list of regular holidays and special non-working days, as stipulated in Proclamation 727 dated October 30 and endorsed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on behalf of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., are as follows:
| Month | Date | Day | Event | Holiday Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Wed | New Year’s Day | Regular Holiday |
| 29 | Wed | Chinese New Year | Special Non-Working Day | |
| April | 9 | Wed | Araw ng Kagitingan | Regular Holiday |
| 17 | Thu | Maundy Thursday | Regular Holiday | |
| 18 | Fri | Good Saturday | Regular Holiday | |
| 19 | Sat | Black Saturday | Special Non-Working Day | |
| May | 1 | Thu | Labor Day | Regular Holiday |
| 12 | Tue | National and Local Elections | Special Non-Working Day | |
| June | 12 | Thu | Independence Day | Regular Holiday |
| August | 21 | Thu | Ninoy Aquino Day | Special Non-Working Day |
| 25 | Mon | National Heroes Day (Last Monday of August) | Regular Holiday | |
| October | 31 | Fri | All Saints’ Day Eve | Special Non-Working Day |
| November | 1 | Sat | All Saints’ Day | Special Non-Working Day |
| 30 | Sun | Bonifacio Day | Regular Holiday | |
| December | 8 | Mon | Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary | Special Non-Working Day |
| 24 | Wed | Christmas Eve | Special Non-Working Day | |
| 25 | Thu | Christmas Day | Regular Holiday | |
| 30 | Tue | Rizal Day | Regular Holiday | |
| 31 | Wed | Last day of the year | Special Non-Working Day |
Note
This table only shows holidays for the year 2025Islam Holidays
As for Islam holidays, the Proclamation states that "declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha shall hereafter 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"
With this, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos is advised, at the appropriate time, to recommend to the Office of the President (OP) the actual dates on which Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha holidays will respectively fall.
List of Long Weekends for 2025
Below is a list of long holidays 2025 for your holiday plannings:
- December 28, 2024 - January 1, 2025 (Rizal Day and New Year's Day)
- April 17 - April 20, 2025 (Philippines Holy Week 2025)
- May 1 - May 4, 2025 (Labor Day)
- June 12 - June 15, 2025 (Independence Day)
- August 21 - 25, 2025 (Ninoy Aquino Day and National Heroes Day)
- October 31 - November 2, 2025 (All Saints Day)
- December 6 - December 8, 2025 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary)
- December 24 - January 1, 2026 (Christmas, Rizal Day and New Year's Day)
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