Day Date Month Holiday Tuesday 1 Jan New Year Holiday Friday 4 Jan Independence Day Tuesday 12 Feb Union Day Monday 4 Mar Substitution for Peasants' Day (Saturday 2nd March 2019) Wednesday 20 Mar Full Moon Day of Tabaung Wednesday 27 Mar Armed Forces Day Monday 15 Apr Thingyan Water Festival Tuesday 16 Apr Thingyan Water Festival Wednesday 17 Apr Myanmar New Year Wednesday 1 May Labour Day Monday 20 May Substitution for Full Moon Day of Kasong (Saturday 18th May 2019) Tuesday 16 Jul Full Moon Day of Waso (Beginning of Buddhist Lent) Friday 19 Jul Martyr's Day Monday 14 Oct Full Moon Day of Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent) Momday 11 Nov Full Moon Day of Tazaungmone Thursday 21 Nov National Day Wednesday 25 Dec Christmas Day Thursday 26 Dec Kayin New Year Day Tuesday 31 Dec New Year Holiday Source: Myanmar's Ministry of Immigration and Population