Day Date Month Holiday Monday 1 Jan Republic Day/New Year's Day Thursday 15 Feb Chinese New Year's Eve Friday 16 Feb Chinese New Year's Day Monday 19 Feb Chinese New Year Holiday Tuesday 20 Feb Chinese New Year Holiday Wednesday 28 Feb 228 Memorial Day Friday 2 Mar Lantern Festival/Tourism Day Thursday 8 Mar Women's Day Monday 12 Mar Arbor Day Tuesday 20 Mar March equinox Thursday 29 Mar Youth Day Wednesday 4 Apr Children's Day/Kuan Yin's Birthday Thursday 5 Apr Tomb Sweeping Day Monday 30 Apr God of Medicine's Birthday Tuesday 1 May Labor Day Friday 4 May Literary Day Tuesday 8 May Matsu's Birthday Tuesday 22 May Buddha's Birthday Monday 18 Jun Dragon Boat Festival Thursday 21 Jun June Solstice Tuesday 26 Jun Kuan Kung's Birthday/Chen Huang's Birthday Wednesday 8 Aug Father's Day Friday 17 Aug Valentine's Day Monday 3 Sep Armed Forces Day Monday 24 Sep Mid-Autumn Festival Friday 28 Sep Teachers' Day Wednesday 10 Oct National Day/Double Tenth Day Wednesday 17 Oct Double Ninth Day Thursday 25 Oct Taiwan's Retrocession Day Wednesday 31 Oct Halloween Monday 12 Nov Sun Yat-sen's Birthday Thursday 22 Nov Saisiat Festival Friday 21 Dec December Solstice Tuesday 25 Dec Constitution Day/Christmas Day Source: www.timeanddate.com/holidays/taiwan/2018