Malaysia public and school holidays 2012

Below are the calendar for Malaysia School Holidays & Public Holidays for year 2012 (Kalendar Cuti Umum & Cuti Sekolah Tahun 2012).

For a foreigner, holidays and weekends in Malaysia can be somewhat confusing, due to:

• Certain holidays are national holidays and are observed nationwide while others apply only to certain states.
• Weekends and school holidays also are different (shifted) for the conservatively Muslim states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah as compared with the other states of Malaysia. Their weekends fall on Fridays and Saturdays instead of Saturdays and Sundays for the rests of the states.
• Another factor is that while some holidays have fixed dates, there are others that vary on yearly basis and are not fixed. This is due to their religious or cultural background and by which of the Muslim, Indian or Chinese calendars is being used.

Click for the schedule of Malaysia school holidays below.

 

Malaysian National & State Holidays 2012 / Cuti Umum Malaysia 2012

Dates	Days	Occasion	Applies to
1 January	Sunday	New Year’s Day	All states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu
14 January	Saturday	Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan	Negeri Sembilan only
15 January	Sunday	Birthday of Sultan Kedah	Kedah only
23 January	Monday	Chinese New Year	Nationwide
24 January	Tuesday	Chinese New Year (2nd Day)	All states except Kelantan and Terengganu
1 February	Wednesday	Federal Territory Day	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan & Putrajaya only
5 February	Sunday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad (Maulidur Rasul)	Nationwide
7 February	Tuesday	Thaipusam	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & Selangor only
4 March	Sunday	Anniversary of Installation of Sultan Terengganu	Terengganu only
6 April	Friday	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak only
15 April	Sunday	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Malacca only
19 April	Thursday	Birthday of Sultan Perak	Perak only
1 May	Tuesday	Labour Day	Nationwide
5 May	Saturday	Wesak Day	Nationwide
7 May	Monday	Hol Day of  Pahang	Pahang only
17 May	Thursday	Birthday of Raja Perlis	Perlis only
30 & 31 May	Wed & Thu	Harvest Festival Pesta Kaamatan Sabah	Sabah & Labuan only
1 - 2 June	Fri & Sat	Sarawak Harvest Festival Hari Gawai Sarawak	Sarawak only
2 June	Saturday	Birthday of Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Nationwide
17 June	Sunday	Israk & Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan & Perlis only
7 July	Saturday	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang - but not a 'paid holiday' for private sectors employees.
14 July	Saturday	Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Pulau Pinang	Penang only
20 July	Friday	Birthday of Sultan Terengganu	Terengganu only
21 July	Saturday	Awal Ramadan Start of Muslim fasting month (bulan Puasa)	Johor, Kedah & Malacca only
6 August	Tuesday	Nuzul Al-Quran	Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor & Terengganu only
19 - 20 August	Sun & Mon	Hari Raya Puasa *	Nationwide
31 August	Friday	National Day	Nationwide
8 September	Saturday	Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Sarawak	Sarawak Only
16 September	Sunday	Malaysia Day	Nationwide (Since 2010)
6 October	Saturday	Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Sabah	Sabah Only
13 October	Saturday	Birthday of Yang di-Pertua Melaka	Malacca only
24 October	Wednesday	Birthday of Sultan Pahang	Pahang only
26 October	Friday	Hari Raya Qurban *	Nationwide
27 October	Saturday	Hari Raya Qurban (2nd Day) *	Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu Only
11 & 12 November	Sat & Sun	Birthday of Sultan Kelantan	Kelantan only
13 November	Tuesday	Deepavali or Diwali	Nationwide except for Sarawak and Labuan
15 November	Thursday	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	Nationwide
22 November	Thursday	Birthday of Sultan Johor	Johor only
11 December	Tuesday	Birthday of Sultan Selangor	Selangor only
20 December	Thursday	Hol Day of Almarhum Sultan Iskandar	Johor Only
25 December	Tuesday	Christmas	Nationwide

* Subject to change - depending on the sighting of the new moon

Note that holidays falling on a weekend (Friday for the 3 states and Sunday for the rest) will generally be celebrated on the following day. Also, should two holidays coincide, an extra day may be given immediately after to make up. This rule mainly applies to National and Religious holidays. If the following day is also a holiday, then a further day will be given. The birthdays of the Sultans are in many cases fixed on a weekend so as not to disrupt work.

 

Malaysia School Holidays 2012 / Cuti Sekolah Malaysia 2012

Note: In Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah school holidays start and end a day earlier.

Dates	Occasion
4th January 2012	School Day Starts
10 March - 18 March 2012	Mid Term Holiday I
26 May - 10 June 2012	Mid Year Holiday
18 - 26 August 2012	Mid Term Holiday II
10 November - 1 January 2013	End of Year Holiday