Eid al-Fitr is a public holiday in Malaysia, known locally as Hari Raya Puasa.
In 2026 it falls on Saturday 21 March; in 2027 on Wednesday 10 March.
It follows the lunar calendar: the dates shown are estimates and may shift by a day once the moon is sighted.
It is a regional holiday, observed in 2 of the country’s subdivisions.
74 other countries in our calendar also have Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday.
Dates, 2025 to 2028
| Year | Date | Weekday | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 March | Monday long weekend | |
| 2026 | 21 March | Saturday weekend | |
| 2027 | 10 March | Wednesday | |
| 2028 | 27 February | Sunday weekend | estimated date |
| 2028 | 29 February | Tuesday | observed (moved) |
Eid al-Fitr elsewhere
Around the worldAfghanistan20 MarchAlbania20 MarchAlgeria20 MarchAzerbaijan20 MarchBahrain20 MarchBangladesh21 MarchBenin20 MarchBosnia and Herzegovina20 MarchBrunei21 MarchBurkina Faso20 MarchBurundi20 MarchCameroon20 MarchCentral African Republic20 MarchChad20 MarchChristmas Island20 MarchCocos (Keeling) Islands20 MarchComoros20 MarchDjibouti20 MarchEgypt20 MarchEritrea20 MarchEthiopia20 MarchGabon20 MarchGuinea20 MarchGuinea-Bissau20 MarchIndia21 MarchIndonesia21 MarchIran21 MarchIraq20 MarchIvory Coast20 MarchJordan20 MarchKenya20 MarchKosovo20 MarchKuwait20 MarchKyrgyzstan20 MarchLebanon20 MarchLibya20 MarchMaldives20 MarchMali20 MarchMauritania20 MarchMauritius21 MarchMorocco20 MarchNepal21 MarchNiger20 MarchNigeria19 MarchNorth Macedonia20 MarchOman18 MarchPakistan20 MarchPalestine20 MarchPhilippines20 MarchQatar20 MarchRwanda20 MarchSenegal20 MarchSierra Leone20 MarchSingapore21 MarchSomalia20 MarchSouth Sudan20 MarchSri Lanka21 MarchSudan20 MarchSuriname20 MarchSyria20 March