Public holidays in Indonesia

The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays for the year 2018 only—cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official holidays, there are the so-called "libur bersama" or "cuti bersama", or joint leave(s) declared nationwide by the government. In total there are 15 public holidays, and 5 "cuti bersama" or joint holidays.

List of public holidays

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day	Tahun Baru Masehi	New Year of Gregorian calendar
January/February	Chinese New Year	Tahun Baru Imlek	Public holiday since 2003.
March/April	Day of Silence	Hari Raya Nyepi	Public holiday since 1983.
		Tahun Baru Saka
March/April	Good Friday	Wafat Yesus Kristus	the Friday before Easter Sunday (the first Sunday after the first Paschal Full Moon following the vernal equinox)
1 May	Labour Day	Hari Buruh Internasional	Public Holiday between 1953 and 1968, reinforced since 2014.
May/June	Ascension Day	Kenaikan Yesus Kristus
May/June	Buddha's Birthday	Hari Raya Waisak	Public holiday since 1983.
1 June	Pancasila Day	Hari Lahir Pancasila	Public holiday since 2017, marks the date of Sukarno's 1945 address on Pancasila upon the members of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence
17 August	Independence Day	Hari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia	Anniversary of the proclamation of independence read by Sukarno in 1945
25 December	Christmas Day	Hari Raya Natal
1st Muharram	Islamic New Year	Tahun Baru Islam 1440 Hijriah	1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the New Islamic year
12th Rabi' al-awwal	Birthday of the Prophet	Maulid Nabi Muhammad	Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Date varies according to the Islamic calendar)
27th Rajab	Ascension of the Prophet	Isra Mikraj Nabi Muhammad	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
1st and 2nd Shawwal	Eid al-Fitr	Hari Raya Idul Fitri	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
		Lebaran Mudik
10th Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Hari Raya Idul Adha	Date varies according to the Islamic calendar
		Lebaran Haji

2020 common leave

Common leave (Cuti bersama) is a collective leave day in Indonesia. It was introduced by the Indonesian government as a means of stimulating tourism within the country and increasing the efficiency of public servants. The holiday is counted in public servants' overall leave. Most private companies and businesses follow suit by adjusting employees' annual leave in line with government policy. During major religious holidays such as Eid-al-Fitr (Idul Fitri or Lebaran at the end of the Ramadan fasting month), the joint-holiday can span an entire working week.

Date (2020, Gregorian)	English name	Local name	Remarks
21 August	Islamic New Year common leave	Cuti bersama Tahun Baru Islam	The date is movable according to the holiday.
28 and 30 October	Eid al-Adha common leave	Cuti bersama Idul Adha	The date is movable according to the holiday.
28, 29, 30, and 31 December	Eid al-Fitr common leave	Cuti bersama Idul Fitri	The date is movable according to the holiday. The actual dates were May 22, 26, 27, 28, and 29, but was changed due to the coronavirus pandemic
24 December	Christmas common leave	Cuti bersama Natal	The date is movable according to the day of the week.

2019 Bali provincial holidays

Date (2019, Gregorian)	(Original observance)		English name	Local name	Remarks
4 January	Balinese Pawukon	Sukra Wage Kuningan		Hari Raya Suci Penampahan Kuningan I
5 January	Balinese Pawukon	Saniscara Keliwon Kuningan		Hari Raya Suci Kuningan I
5–6 January	Balinese Saka	Kapitu 14		Hari Raya Suci Siwa Ratri
6 March	Balinese Saka	Kesanga Tilem		Hari Raya Suci Tawur Agung Kesanga	Parts of Nyepi procession.
8 March	Balinese Saka	Kedasa 2		Hari Raya Suci Ngembak Geni	Parts of Nyepi procession.
11 May	Balinese Pawukon	Saniscara Umanis Watugunung	Saraswati Day	Hari Raya Suci Saraswati I
15 May	Balinese Pawukon	Buda Keliwon Sinta		Hari Raya Suci Pagerwesi I
23 July	Balinese Pawukon	Anggara Wage Dunggulan		Hari Raya Suci Penampahan Galungan
24 July	Balinese Pawukon	Buda Keliwon Dunggulan		Hari Raya Suci Galungan
25 July	Balinese Pawukon	Wrespati Umanis Dunggulan		Hari Raya Suci Umanis Galungan
2 August	Balinese Pawukon	Sukra Wage Kuningan		Hari Raya Suci Penampahan Kuningan II
3 August	Balinese Pawukon	Saniscara Keliwon Kuningan		Hari Raya Suci Kuningan II
7 December	Balinese Pawukon	Saniscara Umanis Watugunung	Saraswati Day	Hari Raya Suci Saraswati II
11 December	Balinese Pawukon	Buda Keliwon Sinta		Hari Raya Suci Pagerwesi II

Other observances

In addition to the official holidays, many religious, historical, and other traditional holidays populate the calendar, as well as observances proclaimed by officials and lighter celebrations. These are rarely observed by businesses as holidays.

Date (Gregorian calendar)	English name	Local name	Year established	Remarks
Dates vary	Galungan and Kuningan	Galungan dan Kuningan
Dates vary	Lantern Festival	Cap Go Meh		Ending of 15th days celebration of Chinese New Year
3 January	Ministry of Religious Affairs Day[1]	Hari Kementerian Agama Republik Indonesia		The founding of the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs in 1946, during the First Sjahrir Cabinet
15 January	Ocean Duty Day / Day of the Sea and Ocean Event[1]	Hari Dharma Samudera / Hari Peristiwa Laut dan Samudera		Commemorate the services and sacrifices of those who died in various battles at sea. The day is the date of the Battle of Arafura Sea in 1962.
25 January	Food and Nutrition Day / National Nutrition Day[1]	Hari Gizi dan Makanan / Hari Gizi Nasional		The day of the founding of dietetic school Sekolah Djuru Penerang Makanan on 25 January 1951 by Poorwo Soedarmo.[1]
6 April	National Fisherman Day[1]	Hari Nelayan Nasional
9 April	Air Force Day	Hari Jadi TNI Angkatan Udara	1950	Honors the active and reserve serving men and women and veterans of the Indonesian Air Force
21 April	Kartini Day	Hari Kartini		"Women Emancipation Day". The birthday of Kartini, an Indonesian women's rights activist.
22 April	Earth Day	Hari Bumi
2 May	National Education Day	Hari Pendidikan Nasional	1959	Birthday of Ki Hajar Dewantara, founder of Taman Siswa and first Minister of Education during the Presidential Cabinet
11 May	Day of the Military Police of the Indonesian National Armed Forces	Hari POM TNI		[1]
20 May	National Awakening Day	Hari Kebangkitan Nasional	1985	In remembrance of the 1908 formation of the first nationalist group, Budi Utomo. Since 2008 it was observed by the Indonesian Doctors' Union as Indonesian Doctors' Service Day (Hari Bakti Dokter Indonesia) as Budi Utomo's founding members are STOVIA students
29 May	National Elderly Day	Hari Lanjut Usia Nasional	1996	The date of the opening day of the first plenary meeting of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK) which was led by Rajiman Wediodiningrat who was 66 at the time of the event in 1945.[2]
29 June	National Family Day	Hari Keluarga Nasional (Harganas)	2014	[3][4]
22 July	Attorney Day	Hari Kejaksaan / Hari Bhakti Adhyaksa	1961	The establishment of the Indonesian Attorney as a stand-alone institution in 1960, previously a non-departmental institutions under the Department of Justice.[5]
23 July	National Children Day	Hari Anak Nasional	1984	[6][1]
10 August	National Veterans Day	Hari Veteran Nasional	2014	[7]
	National Technology Uprising Day	Hari Kebangkitan Teknologi Nasional	1995	Commemorates the first flight of the IPTN N-250
14 August	Indonesian Scout Movement Day	Hari Pramuka		Commemorates the public inauguration of the Indonesian Scout Movement on 14 August 1961, marked by the handover of the Indonesian scout standard by Presidential Decree. The movement has been established earlier on 20 May in the same year.
24 August	Television Day/Anniversary of TVRI	Hari Televisi/Hari Ulang Tahun Televisi Republik Indonesia		The day of the opening ceremony of the 1962 Asian Games. The opening ceremony was the very first programme broadcast for the general public by TVRI (before, the Independence Day celebrations were also broadcast as a test-transmission), which was established as a Lighthouse Project for the Games. Also TVRI's anniversary.
11 September	Radio Republik Indonesia Day	Hari Radio Republik Indonesia		Commemorates the takeover of Japanese-military operated radio stations by Indonesians
23 September / 21 August(?)	National Maritime Day	Hari Maritim Nasional	1964	The proposal of 21 August as National Maritime Day (the day when the Indonesian independence fighter attacked the Japanese military storage in Pulau Nyamukan (Djamuan Riff), near Surabaya, on 21 August 1945) was disputed by the Association of Indonesian Marine Youth (APMI) because at that time the Indonesian Navy has not been formed. BKR Laut, the predecessor of the Indonesian Navy, was formed later on 10 September 1945. The 23 September date refers to the first (and last) Musyawarah Maritim in 1963, and actually has been established as National Maritime Day in 1964 during the tenure of Sukarno as the president of Indonesia but was overlooked by the recent government.[8][9]
24 September	National Agrarian Day/National Peasants' Day	Hari Agraria Nasional/Hari Tani Nasional	1960	Commemorates the promulgation of the Agrarian Basics Act of 1960 (Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria 1960, formal name: Act No. 5 of 1960 on Basic Law on Agrarian Affairs (Undang-Undang No. 5 Tahun 1960 Tentang Peraturan Dasar Pokok-pokok Agraria))
27 September	Post and Telecommunications' Service Day	Hari Bakti Pos dan Telekomunikasi		Commemorates the 1945 takeover of Japanese military-controlled post, telegraph and telephone systems of Java by the Indonesian revolutionary youth. However, Telkom Indonesia and Pos Indonesia do not commemorate this day anymore as their anniversaries; instead they observed their anniversaries at 6 July (to commemorate the separation of post and telecommunications public corporations in 1965) and 26 August (the opening of the first post office in Batavia by the then Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, in 1746) respectively
28 September	Railway Day/Anniversary of the Indonesian State Railway Company	Hari Kereta Api/Hari Ulang Tahun Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Kereta Api Indonesia		Commemorates the 1945 takeover of Japanese military-controlled railway systems of Java by the Indonesian Railway Youth (Angkatan Moeda Kereta Api (AMKA, literally "Railway Youth Forces"))
1 October	National Day of Pancasila Sanctity and 30 September Movement Memorial Day	Hari Kesaktian Pancasila	1967	Mourning day for the events of 30 September Movement of 1965. The song Gugur Bunga is usually sung in this day
2 October	National Batik Day	Hari Batik Nasional	2009	The international designation of the Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2009.[10]
5 October	Indonesian National Armed Forces Day	Hari Tentara Nasional Indonesia		The 1945 founding of Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ("People's Security Forces"), the predecessor of the TNI.
22 October	National Santri Day	Hari Santri Nasional	2015	The 1945 date of the declaration by Nahdlatul Ulama that the fight against the Dutch colonial forces was a holy war and obligatory for all Muslims following the declaration of the independence of Indonesia.[11] The declaration is the legal basis for the 1945 Battle of Surabaya in which many fighters are students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren)
28 October	Youth Pledge Day	Hari Sumpah Pemuda	1967	Commemoration of the 1928 Youth Pledge
30 October	Indonesian Finance Day	Hari Oeang, Hari Keuangan Republik Indonesia		The printing of the first Oeang Republik Indonesia, the first 'Indonesian rupiah' bank note, in 1946.[12]
10 November	Heroes' Day	Hari Pahlawan		Commemoration of the 1945 Battle of Surabaya
12 November	Father's Day	Hari Ayah		Established in 2006 following a suggestion by a group of women in Solo.[13]
12 November	National Health Day	Hari Kesehatan Nasional		Marks the day when Sukarno officially begins the malaria eradication project by spraying DDT in the village of Kalasan (1959).[14]
14 November	Mobile Brigade Day[1]	Hari Brigade Mobil		Founding of the Mobile Brigade in 1946.
14 November	World Diabetes Day	Hari Diabetes Sedunia		International observance.
15 November	Indonesian Marine Corps Birthday	Hari Juang Korps Marinir	1951	Honors the active and reserve serving men and women and veterans of the Indonesian Marine Corps
25 November	Teachers' Day/Anniversary of the Teachers' Union of the Republic of Indonesia	Hari Guru/Hari Ulang Tahun Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI)		Commemorates the Indonesian Teachers' Congress of 24-25 November 1945 in Solo, which established the Teachers' Union of the Republic of Indonesia
29 November	Anniversary of the Indonesian Civil Servants Corps	Hari Ulang Tahun Korps Pegawai Republik Indonesia (KORPRI)		Commemorates the establishment of the Indonesian Civil Servants Corps (Indonesian: Korps Pegawai Republik Indonesia (KORPRI)) in 1971, originally as the only association for civil servants, state- and regional government-owned enterprises and banks, heads of regional government, and all members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces running for government to ensure their loyalty to the New Order. KORPRI, not legally a trade union, remains the only organisation for all civil servants and heads of regional government (state- and regional-government-owned enterprises and banks now have their own trade unions.)
13 December	Nusantara Day	Hari Nusantara	2001	The recognition of the boundary of the Indonesian archipelago, started with the announcement of the Deklarasi Djoeanda on 13 December 1957, which eventually leads to the recognition of the principles of the Nusantara in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.[15]
15 December	Indonesian Army Day	Hari Juang Kartika		Honors the active and reserve serving men and women and veterans of the Indonesian Army
22 December	Mother's Day	Hari Ibu	1959	Commemorate the anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Congress

See also

• Balinese saka calendar
• Islamic calendar - for further expansion on the months and days identified above
• Javanese calendar
• List of festivals in Indonesia

References

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3. Keppres no 39 tahun 2014
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8. Keppres No. 249 Tahun 1964
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15. Keppres no 126 tahun 2001

Cited works

• Iwan Gayo (1991). Buku Pintar Seri Junior. Jakarta: Upaya Warga Negara. pp. 342–345.