Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. On Awal Muharram, Muslims in Malaysia attend mosque and start a month of fasting between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is considered the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Historically, Labour Day is a celebration of the economic and social achievements of workers, including the establishment of the 8-hour day ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The date of Deepavali is determined by the Hindu lunar calendar, and so its date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year. There ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, on a full moon day. This is always ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pahang is the largest state, geographically, in eastern (peninsular) Malaysia and is one of several states that retain their own sultan.

The word ‘Dayak’ is a collective term referring to the several hundred sub ethnic groups of indigenous people of Borneo. To name a few major ethnic groups, there are the Iban (Sea Dayak), Bidayuh ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Agong’s Birthday is celebrated in various ways throughout Malaysia. The largest and most popular celebration for the holiday occurs at ...

Pahang is one of the royal Sultanates of Malaysia, and it is the largest of all states in Peninsular Malaysia. Sultan of Pahang’s Birthday is an official public holiday and off-work day in Pahang.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. You can find numerous New Year’s events “of all stripes” held throughout Malaysia, both for New Year’s Eve and Day. In Merdeka Square in ...

2026 21 Jul Tue Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Johor 2027 10 Jul Sat Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Johor Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The tradition of ...

From 2023 onwards, the state of Kelantan celebrates the Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday with a public holiday on 29 September. The current Sultan, Muhammad V, is considered to be very well loved by his ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. It is sometimes incorrectly identified as Independence Day although British legislation did not provide for independence before the country ...