Official LIST: Philippine Holidays for 2025

ByEditorial Team

December 24, and December 31 are special non-working days in 2025

MANILA, Philippines– Malacañang announced the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for the Philippines in 2025.

On Wednesday, October 30, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation No. 727, which was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin. The proclamation made public on Thursday, October 31.

The following are the 2025 holidays in the country:

Regular Holidays:

  • January 1 (Wednesday) – New Year’s Day
  • April 9 (Wednesday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
  • April 17 – Maundy Thursday
  • April 18 – Good Friday
  • May 1 (Thursday) – Labor Day
  • June 12 (Thursday) – Independence Day
  • August 25 (Last Monday of August) – National Heroes Day
  • November 30 (Sunday) – Bonifacio Day
  • December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas Day
  • December 30 (Tuesday) – Rizal Day

Special (Non-Working) Days:

  • August 21 (Thursday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
  • November 1 (Saturday) – All Saints Day
  • December 8 (Monday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
  • December 31 (Wednesday) – Last Day of the Year

Special (Working) Day:

  • February 25 (Tuesday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary

Additional Special (Non-Working) Days:

  • January 29 (Wednesday) – Chinese New Year
  • April 19 – Black Saturday
  • December 24 (Wednesday) – Christmas Eve
  • October 31 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day Eve

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Marcos issued Proclamation 729, signed on October 30, selecting July 27, the foundation anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo, as a special non-working day nationwide. It occurs on a Sunday in 2025.

“The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will 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 applicable,” the president’s office announced.

The PCO also stated that the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos “will recommend to the President the actual dates on which these holidays will respectively fall.”

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is tasked to issue the implementing guidelines for Proclamation 727.