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THE LEAVEGAIN PUTRAJAYA GUIDE

Putrajaya Public Holidays 2026

Compare 17 public holiday dates in Putrajaya with 4 natural long weekends in 2026. The recommendations below use holidays applicable to Putrajaya.

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Putrajaya
Official data· Bahagian Kabinet, Jabatan Perdana MenteriVerified 14 September 2026
THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

Putrajaya Holiday Summary

Public holiday dates
17
Natural long weekends
4
Days off with 1 leave day
5

Calculations assume a Monday–Friday workweek with Saturday–Sunday weekends, including for state guides. Compare your employer’s working week before using these dates. Counts are distinct calendar dates, including explicitly listed observed dates; substitute holidays are not inferred.

Public Holidays in Putrajaya

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Public holiday dates and applicable states
HolidayDateDayApplicable states
New Year's DayThursdayKuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor
Federal Territory DaySundayKuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya
ThaipusamSundayKuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang, Selangor
Chinese New YearTuesdayAll states and federal territories
Chinese New Year (Day 2)WednesdayAll states and federal territories
Nuzul Al-QuranSaturdayKuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor, Terengganu
Hari Raya PuasaSaturdayAll states and federal territories
Hari Raya Puasa (Day 2)SundayAll states and federal territories
Labour DayFridayAll states and federal territories
Hari Raya HajiWednesdayAll states and federal territories
Vesak DaySundayAll states and federal territories
King's BirthdayMondayAll states and federal territories
Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)WednesdayAll states and federal territories
Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)TuesdayAll states and federal territories
National DayMondayAll states and federal territories
Malaysia DayWednesdayAll states and federal territories
DeepavaliSundayKuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Selangor, Terengganu
Christmas DayFridayAll states and federal territories

Natural Long Weekends in Putrajaya

These breaks need no annual leave. Efficiency is not applicable when no leave is used.

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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained

Hari Pekerja

  1. FriHoliday
  2. SatOff (Weekend)
  3. SunOff (Weekend)

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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained

Hari Wesak / Hari Keputeraan Rasmi Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong

  1. SatOff (Weekend)
  2. SunHoliday
  3. MonHoliday

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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained

Hari Kebangsaan

  1. SatOff (Weekend)
  2. SunOff (Weekend)
  3. MonHoliday

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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained

Hari Krismas

  1. FriHoliday
  2. SatOff (Weekend)
  3. SunOff (Weekend)

Best Leave Days in Putrajaya

Choose a small leave commitment, a longer continuous break, or the most days off per leave day. These are alternatives and may overlap; do not add their totals together.

Best 1-Day Leave Opportunity

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1 leave day → 5 days off → +4 days gained

5.0× efficiency · Tahun Baharu Cina / Tahun Baharu Cina (Hari Kedua)

Request annual leave:

  1. SatOff (Weekend)
  2. SunOff (Weekend)
  3. MonLeave
  4. TueHoliday
  5. WedHoliday

Best 2-Day Leave Opportunity

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2 leave days → 6 days off → +4 days gained

3.0× efficiency · Tahun Baharu Cina / Tahun Baharu Cina (Hari Kedua)

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  1. FriLeave
  2. SatOff (Weekend)
  3. SunOff (Weekend)
  4. MonLeave
  5. TueHoliday
  6. WedHoliday

Best Extended Break

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9 leave days → 17 days off → +8 days gained

1.9× efficiency · Hari Raya Qurban / Hari Wesak / Hari Keputeraan Rasmi Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Request annual leave: , , , , , , , ,

  1. SatOff (Weekend)
  2. SunOff (Weekend)
  3. MonLeave
  4. TueLeave
  5. WedHoliday
  6. ThuLeave
  7. FriLeave
  8. SatOff (Weekend)
  9. SunHoliday
  10. MonHoliday
  11. TueLeave
  12. WedLeave
  13. ThuLeave
  14. FriLeave
  15. SatOff (Weekend)
  16. SunOff (Weekend)
  17. MonLeave
COMPARE A WHOLE YEAR OF BREAKS

What can 3, 5 or 10 leave days buy in Putrajaya?

These are three separate plans for the 2026 calendar, each using at most three leave days per trip. Unlike individual recommendation cards, each row combines trips without overlapping dates. Compare the breaks you would actually take before choosing how much of your balance to commit.

Putrajaya 2026: Monday–Friday working week, maximize-days-off strategy
Leave budgetLeave usedDays off in chosen breaksTripsUnspent leave
3 days31330
5 days52150
10 days1038100
  • 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Fri, 2 Jan(1 leave day)
  • 14 Feb – 18 Feb5 days offRequest Mon, 16 Feb(1 leave day)
  • 30 Apr – 3 May4 days offRequest Thu, 30 Apr(1 leave day)
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  • 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Fri, 2 Jan(1 leave day)
  • 14 Feb – 18 Feb5 days offRequest Mon, 16 Feb(1 leave day)
  • 30 Apr – 3 May4 days offRequest Thu, 30 Apr(1 leave day)
  • 29 May – 1 Jun4 days offRequest Fri, 29 May(1 leave day)
  • 22 Aug – 25 Aug4 days offRequest Mon, 24 Aug(1 leave day)
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  • 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Fri, 2 Jan(1 leave day)
  • 30 Jan – 1 Feb3 days offRequest Fri, 30 Jan(1 leave day)
  • 14 Feb – 18 Feb5 days offRequest Mon, 16 Feb(1 leave day)
  • 6 Mar – 8 Mar3 days offRequest Fri, 6 Mar(1 leave day)
  • 20 Mar – 22 Mar3 days offRequest Fri, 20 Mar(1 leave day)
  • 30 Apr – 3 May4 days offRequest Thu, 30 Apr(1 leave day)
  • 29 May – 1 Jun4 days offRequest Fri, 29 May(1 leave day)
  • 22 Aug – 25 Aug4 days offRequest Mon, 24 Aug(1 leave day)
  • 28 Aug – 31 Aug4 days offRequest Fri, 28 Aug(1 leave day)
  • 24 Dec – 27 Dec4 days offRequest Thu, 24 Dec(1 leave day)
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These totals cover only the selected breaks, not every weekend or public holiday in the year. The plans use the full year, so check for past dates before requesting leave. Each larger budget is recalculated from scratch: it may replace a smaller plan’s trip rather than simply extend it. The search is limited to candidates near holidays, and workplace substitutions are not inferred.

What the 2026 calendar means for your leave

In this Putrajaya calendar, 11 of the 17 distinct public holiday dates fall on Monday to Friday. The remaining 6 fall on Saturday or Sunday. This distinction matters: a weekday holiday can remove a working day from a break, while a holiday on an existing weekly off-day does not automatically create another day off in this planner.

Read the holiday table as a list of calendar dates, rather than a leave balance. Two holiday names on the same date occupy one day in a trip. An explicitly listed observed date can occupy a separate day; LeaveGain does not invent another substitute date when holidays overlap. Check the linked official schedule and your workplace calendar if an observed day affects a booking.

What changes when you select Putrajaya

The Putrajaya selection adds the entries below to the calendar marked as applying nationwide. Some are shared with other states or territories, so “additional” does not mean exclusive to Putrajaya. These dates explain why a national recommendation may miss a useful local break.

  • Tahun Baharu — Thursday, 1 January 2026; falls on a weekday.
  • Hari Wilayah Persekutuan — Sunday, 1 February 2026; falls on the guide’s assumed weekend.
  • Hari Thaipusam — Sunday, 1 February 2026; falls on the guide’s assumed weekend.
  • Hari Nuzul Al-Quran — Saturday, 7 March 2026; falls on the guide’s assumed weekend.
  • Hari Deepavali — Sunday, 8 November 2026; falls on the guide’s assumed weekend.

Use this calendar for a workplace in Putrajaya, even if your trip is elsewhere. If you and a travel companion work in different states, compare both calendars: a day that is free for one person may cost the other a leave day. Agree the shared travel dates before comparing leave costs.

A worked Putrajaya 2026 leave example

For a one-day request, the planner finds a break from Saturday, 14 February 2026 to Wednesday, 18 February 2026, around Tahun Baharu Cina / Tahun Baharu Cina (Hari Kedua). Request Monday, 16 February 2026 as annual leave. The other dates in this 5-day span are public holidays or weekly off-days in the calendar used for this page.

The calculation is 1 leave day + 4 holiday or weekly off-days = 5 consecutive days off. The 5.0× figure divides total days off by leave used. “Days gained” describes the non-leave dates inside that break; it does not mean that your employer gives you 4 extra leave days.

With a two-day budget, another candidate runs from Friday, 13 February 2026 to Wednesday, 18 February 2026 and gives 6 days off. Its leave dates are Friday, 13 February 2026 and Monday, 16 February 2026. Compare this entire alternative with the one-day option; it may surround a different holiday or overlap it. Do not add the two cards’ totals together without checking their dates.

Turn these dates into a workable request

Check every date marked as leave against your actual working week. If you work Saturdays, the weekend-based total may overstate your free time. If your days off rotate from week to week, a repeating custom week cannot represent the whole roster; review each date manually. The year and state labels alone do not establish your personal schedule.

Send your employer the working dates you want to take off, together with the full absence period and a return-to-work date checked against your roster. Keep an alternative break in case colleagues have requested the same dates. Once approved, record the leave you have used before planning the next trip so the same balance is not spent twice.

For a step-by-step budget example, overlapping-trip explanation and planning checklist, read how to build an annual leave plan. The holiday source on this page supports the calendar dates; the comparisons and recommendations are LeaveGain’s calculations from that data.

How LeaveGain Calculates Longer Breaks

LeaveGain combines official holiday dates with weekends, then evaluates the working days between them using the same optimizer as the calculator. Opportunities are ranked by efficiency, then break length. Days gained means days off minus leave used; efficiency is days off divided by leave used.

These guides search up to 12 leave days per break within the selected year, using the optimizer’s seven-day windows around holidays. “Best” means the best candidate found within that search, not a guaranteed global optimum. Confirm the applicable holiday dates and leave approval with your employer.