No — today is not a public holiday in Singapore

How to tell if today is a public holiday in Singapore

Singapore's Holidays Act in the First Schedule lists eleven public holidays, chosen to balance the city-state's Chinese, Malay and Indian communities. New Year's Day, Labour Day and National Day on 9 August are civic; Chinese New Year (two days), Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day, Deepavali, Good Friday and Christmas Day are religious. The lunar and Islamic-calendar dates are gazetted each year by the Ministry of Manpower. Singapore is among the few countries that gives substitute Monday off when a holiday falls on a Sunday under section 4 of the Holidays Act. There is no separate banking holiday list; the Monetary Authority of Singapore observes the same eleven days.

That structure is why a simple "is it a holiday today" answer for Singapore is more nuanced than a single yes or no. A date can be a public holiday at the national level, a regional one observed only in certain states or provinces, or a banking holiday that closes financial settlement without closing every employer. The status shown above reflects the nationally recognised public holiday list for Singapore; if you are in a specific region, check the full calendar for the local additions that do not appear on the national list.

Working days and the holiday calendar in Singapore

The Employment Act sets a 44-hour standard working week with at least one rest day per week, typically Sunday. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Interpretation Act section 50 rolls statutory deadlines from a Sunday or public holiday to the next day that is not a Sunday or public holiday; Saturday is treated as a working day for substantive deadlines. Settlement of Singapore dollar transactions runs on the MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS+), which closes on the eleven gazetted holidays. Singapore observes no separate banking calendar.

Right now there are about 36 full working days between today and National Day, counting Monday to Friday and skipping any other public holidays in between. If you are scheduling a deliverable, a delivery, or a meeting that depends on people being at their desks in Singapore, that is the realistic window you have before the next closure.

For cross-border planning, overlay the Singapore calendar with the calendars of the other countries your team works with. A week that looks completely open from your side can be a national holiday on theirs, and the clash only shows up when you compare the two side by side. The full holiday page links into a country-by-country comparison so you can spot the weeks where almost nobody is at their desk before you commit to a date.

Holiday dates are compiled from Nager.Date and the national sources listed above. Regional and substitute-day rules vary; for legal deadlines, confirm the observed date with the relevant official calendar for Singapore.