Day Date Month Holiday Friday 1 Jan New Year Holiday Monday 4 Jan Independence Day Wednesday 13 Jan Kayin New Year Day Friday 12 Feb Union Day Tuesday 2 Mar Peasants' Day Friday 26 Mar Full Moon Day of Tabaung Monday 29 Mar Armed Forces Day Tuesday 13 Apr Thingyan Festival Wednesday 14 Apr Thingyan Festival Thursday 15 Apr Thingyan Festival Friday 16 Apr Thingyan Festival Monday 19 Apr Thingyan Festival Tuesday 25 May Full Moon Day of Kasone Monday 19 Jul Martyr's Day Friday 23 Jul Full Moon Day of Waso (Beginning of Buddhist Lent) Tuesday 19 Oct Full Moon Day of Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent) Wednesday 20 Oct Full Moon Day of Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent) Thursday 21 Oct Full Moon Day of Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent) Wednesday 17 Nov Full Moon Day of Tazaungmone Thursday 18 Nov Full Moon Day of Tazaungmone Monday 29 Nov National Day Friday 24 Dec Christmas Day Friday 31 Dec New Year Eve Day Source: Myanmar's Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population