Official List of Philippine Holidays for 2025 including regular holidays, special non-working holidays and additional special holidays declared as walang pasok.
Cheers for the full list of work-free holidays this 2025 proclaimed by our dear President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. through Proclamation No. 727. The complete list here includes all regular holidays, special non-working days and special holidays for all schools and apparently offices.
Based on this year’s declared holidays list, there would be at least 10 regular holidays and 8 special non-working holidays for the year 2025. We also see some long weekends. Wow, plan your travel or vacation in advance now!
It’s especially helpful to be aware of these regular holidays and non-working holidays for employees who love to arrange their schedules ahead of time for trips and vacations.
If you want to know the dates of Holy Week in 2025, see the schedule below as well. Holy Week 2025 falls on April 17, 18, 19, and April 20 as the Easter Sunday. So it’s gonna be a very long weekend (4 days straight). April 9 is a regular holiday as well. Mark your 2025 calendars now and start planning!
Philippine Regular Holidays in 2025
- January 1, 2025 – New Year’s Day (Wednesday)
- April 9, 2025 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Wednesday)
- April 17, 2025 – Maundy Thursday
- April 18, 2025 – Good Friday
- May 1, 2025 – Labor Day (Thursday)
- June 12, 2025 – Independence Day (Thursday)
- August 25, 2025 – National Heroes’ Day (last Monday of August)
- November 30, 2025 – Bonifacio Day (Sunday)
- December 25, 2025 – Christmas Day (Thursday)
- December 30, 2025 – Rizal Day (Tuesday)
Philippine Special Non-Working Holidays in 2025
- January 29, 2025 – Chinese New Year (Wednesday)
- April 19, 2025 – Black Saturday
- August 21, 2025 – Ninoy Aquino Day (Thursday)
- October 31, 2025 – All Saints’ Day Eve (Friday)
- November 1, 2025 – All Saints’ Day (Saturday)
- December 8, 2025 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Monday)
- December 24, 2025 – Christmas Eve (Wednesday) Additional Special Non-Working Day
- December 31, 2025 – Last Day of the Year (Wednesday)
According to the new proclamation, President Marcos Jr. declared January 29 (Wednesday) as an additional special (non-working) day in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Chinese nationals worldwide and in the Philippines will celebrate Spring Festival on this day.
February 25, 2025 (Tuesday), the Philippines will commemorate the 39th Anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution, thus, it may be declared as a special working day.
In commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9), which is a regular holiday and declared as a non-working holiday, reminds us the historical significance of Araw ng Kagitingan.
October 31, 2025 (Friday) and December 24, 2025 (Wednesday) were also declared as additional special (non-working) days nationwide to provide more time for the traditional All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and Christmas Day activities and strengthen family ties and to promote local tourism as well.
Furthermore, the proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha shall be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined.
Source: Official Gazette of the Philippines
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