Public Holidays: Japan

Public Holidays 2013: Japan

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	The first day of January	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Coming of Age Day	January 14	Monday
3.	Foundation Day	February 11	Monday
4.	Vernal Equinox	March 20	Wednesday
5.	Showa Day	April 29	Monday
6.	Constitution Day	May 3	Friday
7.	Greenery Day	May 4	Saturday
8.	Children's Day	May 5	Sunday
9.	Children's Day	May 6	Monday
10.	Marine Day	July 15	Monday
11.	Respect for the Aged Day	September 16	Monday
12.	Autumn Equinox	September 23	Monday
13.	Fitness Day	October 14	Monday
14.	Culture Day	November 3	Sunday
15.	Culture Day	November 4	Monday
16.	Labor Thanksgiving Day	November 23	Saturday
17.	Emperor's Birthday	December 23	Monday

Public Holidays: Israel

Public Holidays 2013: Israel

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	19th Knesset Elections	January 19	Tuesday
2.	Purim Bank Holiday (most of regions)	February 24	Sunday
3.	Purim Bank Holiday (most of regions)	February 25	Monday
4.	First Day of Pessah	March 26	Tuesday
5.	Last Day of Pessah	April 1	Monday
6.	Independence Day	April 16	Tuesday
7.	Shavuot (Pentecost)	May 15	Wednesday
8.	Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah	September 5	Thursday
9.	Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah	September 6	Friday
10.	Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur	September 14	Saturday
11.	Harvest Day - First day of Sukkot	September 19	Thursday
12.	Simhat Torah	September 26	Thursday

Public Holidays: Iraq

Public Holidays 2013: Iraq

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	New Year's Day (Sovereignty Day)	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Army Day (1921)	January 6	Sunday
3.	Moulad (The prophet's Birthday)	January 24	Thursday
4.	Labour Day	May 1	Wednesday
5.	Republic Day	July 14	Sunday
6.	Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 8	Thursday
7.	Eid al Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 9	Friday
8.	National Iraqi Day	October 3	Thursday
9.	Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 15	Tuesday
10.	Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 16	Wednesday
11.	Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 17	Thursday
12.	Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 18	Friday
13.	Islamic New Year	November 4	Monday
14.	Ashura	November 13	Wednesday

Public Holidays: Iran

Public Holidays 2013: Iran

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	Arba'in-e Hosseini (40th day after Ashura)	January 3	Thursday
2.	Death of Prophet Mohammad / Martyrdom of Imam Hasan	January 11	Friday
3.	Martyrdom of Imam Reza	January 12	Saturday
4.	Birth of Prophet Mohammad / Imam Sadegh	January 29	Tuesday
5.	Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution	February 10	Sunday
6.	Oil Nationalization Day	March 20	Wednesday
7.	Norooz (Persian New Year)	March 21	Thursday
8.	Norooz (Persian New Year)	March 22	Friday
9.	Norooz (Persian New Year)	March 23	Saturday
10.	Norooz (Persian New Year)	March 24	Sunday
11.	Islamic Republic Day	April 1	Monday
12.	Sizdehbedar (Nature Day)	April 2	Tuesday
13.	Martyrdom of Hazart Fatemesh	April 14	Sunday
14.	Imam Ali's Birthday	May 24	Friday
15.	Demise of Imam Khomeini	June 4	Tuesday
16.	15th Khordad National Uprising (1963)	June 5	Wednesday
17.	The Prophet's Ascension (Mabaath)	June 7	Friday
18.	Imam Mahdi's Birthday	June 24	Monday
19.	Martyrdom of Imam Ali	July 30	Tuesday
20.	Eid-e-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 9	Friday
21.	Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq	September 2	Monday
22.	Eid-e-Qorban (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 16	Wednesday
23.	Eid-e-Ghadir	October 24	Thursday
24.	Tasua	November 13	Wednesday
25.	Ashura (Martyrdom of Imam Hussein)	November 14	Thursday
26.	Arba'in-e Hosseini (40th day after Ashura)	December 23	Monday
27.	Death of Prophet Mohammad / Martyrdom of Imam Hasan	December 31	Tuesday

Public Holidays: Bhutan

Public Holidays 2013: Bhutan

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	Winter Solstice	January 2	Wednesday
2.	Traditional Day of Offering	January 12	Saturday
3.	Dangpa Losar (Year of the Water female Snake)	February 11	Monday
4.	Dangpa Losar (Year of the Water female Snake)	February 12	Tuesday
5.	Anniversary of His Majesty the King	February 21	Thursday
6.	Anniversary of His Majesty the King	February 22	Friday
7.	Anniversary of His Majesty the King	February 23	Saturday
8.	Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung	April 20	Saturday
9.	3rd Druk Gyalpo Anniversary	May 2	Thursday
10.	Lord Buddha's Parinirvana	May 25	Saturday
11.	Guru Rinpoche Birth	June 18	Tuesday
12.	The First Sermon of Lord Buddha	July 12	Friday
13.	Blessed Rainy Day	September 22	Sunday
14.	Dashaim	October 14	Monday
15.	Descending Day of Lord Buddha	October 26	Saturday
16.	Druk Gyalpo Coronation Anniversary	November 1	Saturday
17.	Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo / Constitution Day	November 11	Monday
18.	National Day	December 17	Tuesday

Public Holidays: Bahrain

Public Holidays 2013: Bahrain

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	New Year's Day	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Birth of the Prophet Muhammad	January 24	Thursday
3.	Labour Day	May 1	Wednesday
4.	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 8	Thursday
5.	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 9	Friday
6.	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	August 10	Saturday
7.	Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 15	Tuesday
8.	Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 16	Wednesday
9.	Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)	October 17	Thursday
10.	Al-Hijra - Islamic New Year	November 4	Monday
11.	Ashura Holiday	November 12	Tuesday
12.	Ashura Holiday	November 13	Wednesday
13.	National Day	December 16	Monday
14.	National Day	December 17	Tuesday

Public Holidays: Taiwan

Public Holidays 2013: Taiwan

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	Republic Day and New Year's Day	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Chinese New Year's Day	February 9	Saturday
3.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 10	Sunday
4.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 11	Monday
5.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 12	Tuesday
6.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 13	Wednesday
7.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 14	Thursday
8.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 15	Friday
9.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 16	Saturday
10.	Chinese New Year Holiday	February 17	Sunday
11.	Peace Memorial Day	February 28	Thursday
12.	Children's Day and Tomb Sweeping Day	April 4	Thursday
13.	Tomb Sweeping Day	April 5	Friday
14.	Labour Day	May 1	Monday
15.	Dragon Boat Festival	June 12	Wednesday
16.	Moon Festival	September 19	Thursday
17.	Moon Festival	September 20	Friday
18.	National Day of Taiwan	October 10	Thursday

Public Holidays: Sri Lanka

Public Holidays 2013: Sri Lanka

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	Tamil Thai Pongal Day	January 14	Monday
2.	Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday)	January 25	Friday
3.	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	January 26	Saturday
4.	National Day	February 4	Monday
5.	Nawam Full Moon Poya Day	February 25	Monday
6.	Mahasivarathri Day	March 10	Sunday
7.	Medin Full Moon Poya Day	March 26	Tuesday
8.	Good Friday	March 29	Friday
9.	Additional Half Holiday in lieu of Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day falling on a Saturday	April 12	Friday
10.	Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	April 13	Saturday
11.	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	April 14	Sunday
12.	Special Bank Holiday (in lieu of Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day which falls on Sunday)	April 15 ?	Monday
13.	Bak Full Moon Poya Day	April 25	Thursday
14.	May Day	May 1	Wednesday
15.	Additional Half Holiday in lieu of Day following Wesak Full Moon Poya Day falling on a Saturday	May 23	Thursday
16.	Wesak Full Moon Poya Day	May 24	Friday
17.	Day following Wesak Full Moon Poya Day	May 25	Saturday
18.	Poson Full Moon Poya Day	June 23	Sunday
19.	Esala Full Moon Poya Day	July 22	Monday
20.	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)	August 9	Friday
21.	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	August 20	Tuesday
22.	Binara Full Moon Poya Day	September 19	Thursday
23.	Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)	Octorber 16	Wednesday
24.	Vap Full Moon Poya Day	October 18	Friday
25.	Deepavali Festival Day	November 2	Saterday
26.	Il Full Moon Poya Day	November 17	Sunday
27.	Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day	December 16	Monday
28.	Christmas Day	December 25	Wednesday

Public Holidays: Papua New Guinea

Public Holidays 2013: Papua New Guinea

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	New Year's Day	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Good Friday	March 29	Friday
3.	Easter Saturday	March 30	Saturday
4.	Easter Monday	April 1	Monday
5.	Queen's Birthday	June 10	Monday
6.	National Remembrace Day	July 23	Tuesday
7.	National Day of Repentance	August 26	Monday
8.	Independence Day	September 16	Monday
9.	Christmas Day	December 25	Wednesday
10.	Boxing Day	December 26	Thursday

Public Holidays: New Zealand

Public Holidays 2013: New Zealand

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	New Year's Day	January 1	Tuesday
2.	New Year's Day	January 2	Wednesday
3.	Waitangi Day	February 6	Wednesday
4.	Good Friday	March 29	Friday
5.	Easter Monday	April 1	Monday
6.	Anzac Day	April 25	Thursday
7.	Queen's Birthday	June 3	Monday
8.	Labour Day	October 28	Monday
9.	Christmas Day	December 25	Wednesday
10.	Boxing Day	December 26	Thursday

Public Holidays: Indonesia

Public Holidays 2013: Indonesia

No.	Holiday name	Date	Week day
1.	New Year's Day	January 1	Tuesday
2.	Carnaval	February 11	Monday
3.	Carnaval	February 12	Tuesday
4.	Holy Wednesday	March 27	Wednesday
5.	Maundy Thursday	March 28	Thursday
6.	Good Friday	March 29	Friday
7.	Declaration of Independence	April 19	Friday
8.	Labor Day	May 1	Wednesday
9.	Battle of Carabobo Day	June 24	Monday
10.	Independence Day	July 5	Friday
11.	Birthday of Simón Bolívar	July 24	Wednesday
12.	Day of Indigenous Resistance	October 12	Saturday
13.	Christmas Day	December 25	Wednesday