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Regular Holidays and Special (Non-Working) Days for the Year 2023
The President of the Philippines, Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. issued Proclamation No. 42, series of 2022, to declare the following regular holidays and special days to be observed in the country for the year 2023:
Regular Holidays
New Year’s Day | 1 January (Sunday) |
Araw ng Kagitingan | 9 April (Sunday) |
Maundy Thursday | 6 April |
Good Friday | 7 April |
Labor Day | 1 May (Monday) |
Independence Day | 12 June (Monday) |
National Heroes Day | 28 August (Last Monday of August) |
Bonifacio Day | 30 November (Thursday) |
Christmas Day | 25 December (Monday) |
Rizal Day | 30 December (Saturday) |
Special (Non-Working) Days
EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary | 25 February (Saturday) |
Black Saturday | 8 April |
Ninoy Aquino Day | 21 August (Monday) |
All Saints’ Day | 1 November (Wednesday) |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary | 8 December (Friday) |
Last Day of the Year | 31 December (Sunday) |
Additional Special (Non-Working) Day | 2 November (Thursday) |
The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall 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 possible or convenient. The National Commission on Muslim Filipino shall recommend to the Office of the President the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall.