List of Philippine, American, HK and Australian Holidays for 2023

I am listing down here the public holidays in the Philippines, United States of America, Hong Kong and Australia for the year 2023. This is to help my fellow workers in the customer service and business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in planning ahead, perhaps for paid leaves and vacation, for the next year.

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Please be aware that some cities, provinces or states may have their own proclamation of holidays and thus are not included in this post.

There is a consolidated list of all four countries after the individual lists, you may want to skip to it and feel free to copy-paste.

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2023. Promulgated via Proclamation No. 42 by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on 22 August 2022. Exact dates of Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha are not stated, pending recommendation from the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos; dates provided for the two Islamic observances are just estimations.

EDIT: Through Proclamation No. 90, President Marcos Jr. makes 10 April (in lieu of 9 April Araw ng Kagitingan) and 27 November (in place of 30 November Bonifacio Day) holidays for 2023. 2 January 2023 has also been made an additional holiday for the New Year.

1-2 January [UPDATED]	SUN-MON	New Year's Day (Regular Holiday, 2 January has been made an additional special non-working holiday)
24 February [UPDATED]	FRI	EDSA People Power Anniversary (Special Non-Working Holiday, in lieu of 25 February which falls on a Saturday, for the purpose of holiday economics)
6 April	THURS	Maundy Thursday (Regular Holiday)
7 April	FRI	Good Friday (Regular Holiday)
8 April	SAT	Black Saturday (Special Non-Working Holiday)
10 April  [UPDATED]	MON	Araw ng Kagitingan (10 April is made a Regular Holiday in lieu of 9 April as the actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
21 April [UPDATED]	FRI	Eid'l Fitr (Regular Holiday, per recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines through Proclamation No. 201 s.2023)
1 May	MON	Labor Day (Regular Holiday)
12 June	MON	Independence Day (Regular Holiday)
28 June [UPDATED]	WED	Eid'l Adha (Regular Holiday, per recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines through Proclamation No. 258 s.2023)
21 August	MON	Ninoy Aquino Day (Special Non-Working Holiday)
28 August	MON	National Heroes Day (Regular Holiday)
1 November	WED	All Saints' Day (Special Non-Working Holiday)
2 November	THURS	All Souls' Day (Special Non-Working Holiday)
27 November  [UPDATED]	MON	Bonifacio Day (Regular Holiday, in place of 30 November, for the purpose of holiday economics)
8 December	FRI	Feast of the Immaculate Conception  (Special Non-Working Holiday)
25 December	MON	Christmas Day (Regular Holiday)
30 December	SAT	Rizal Day (Regular Holiday)
31 December	SUN	Last Day of the Year (Special Non-Working Holiday)

AMERICAN FEDERAL HOLIDAYS 2023. America has diverse people and culture, surely there are holidays, whether civic or religious in nature, that are not included in this list. Kindly refer to state's or city's announcements for a complete list of local observances. Below are the federal holidays expected to be observed throughout the United States for next year:

1 January	SUN	New Year's Day
2 January	MON	New Year's Day (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday; not a holiday in Texas)
16 January	MON	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 February	MON	Presidents' Day (may not be a holiday in several states)
29 May	MON	Memorial Day
19 June	MON	Juneteenth
4 July	TUES	Independence Day
4 September	MON	Labor Day
9 October	MON	Columbus Day
10 November	FRI	Veterans Day (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Saturday)
11 November	SAT	Veterans Day
23 November	THURS	Thanksgiving
25 December	MON	Christmas Day

HONG KONG GENERAL HOLIDAYS 2023. Released via the Hong Kong Government Website, last revised May 2022.

All Sundays	SUN	General Holiday
1 January	SUN	New Year's Day
2 January	MON	Day following New Year's Day (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
22 January	SUN	Lunar New Year
23 January	MON	Lunar New Year Holidays (25 January is additional, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
24 January	TUES
25 January	WED
5 April	WED	Ching Ming Festival
7 April	FRI	Good Friday
8 April	SAT	Day following Good Friday
10 April	MON	Easter Monday
1 May	MON	Labor Day
26 May	FRI	Birthday of Buddha
22 June	THURS	Tuen Ng Festival
1 July	SAT	Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day
30 September	SAT	Day following Mid-Autumn Festival
1 October	SUN	National Day
2 October	MON	National Day (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
23 October	MON	Chung Yeung Festival
25 December	MON	Christmas Day
26 December	TUES	First Weekday after Christmas

AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2023. Each state releases their own list, but these are the public holidays common to all, if not most, of Australia.

1 January	SUN	New Year's Day
2 January	MON	New Year Holiday
26 January	THURS	Australia Day
7 April	FRI	Good Friday
8 April	SAT	Day following Good Friday (except Tasmania and Western Australia)
9 April	SUN	Easter Sunday  (except Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia)
10 April	MON	Easter Monday
25 April	TUES	Anzac Day
12 June	MON	King's Birthday (Queensland and Western Australia have separate dates of celebration)
25 December	MON	Christmas Day
26 December	TUES	Boxing Day (celebrated as Proclamation Day in South Australia)

CONSOLIDATED LIST. I used flags at first for easy identification, but they did not appear properly, so I instead used color codes for the following:

🔵 Philippines; 🟠 USA; 🔴 Hong Kong; 🟢 Australia.

1 January	SUN	🔵, 🟠, 🔴, 🟢: New Year's Day
2 January	MON	🔵, 🟠, 🔴, 🟢: New Year's Day (additional holiday)
16 January	MON	🟠: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
22 January	SUN	🔴: Lunar New Year
23 January	MON	🔴: Lunar New Year Holidays (25 January is additional, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
24 January	TUES
25 January	WED
26 January	THURS	🟢: Australia Day
20 February	MON	🟠: Presidents' Day (may not be a holiday in several states)
24 February	FRI	🔵: EDSA People Power Anniversary (in lieu of 25 February which falls on a Saturday, for the purpose of holiday economics)
5 April	WED	🔴: Ching Ming Festival
6 April	THURS	🔵: Maundy Thursday
7 April	FRI	🔵, 🔴, 🟢: Good Friday
8 April	SAT	🔵, 🔴, 🟢: Black Saturday
9 April	SUN	🟢: Easter Sunday (except Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia)
10 April	MON	🔵: Araw ng Kagitingan           (in lieu of 9 April, which falls on a Sunday) 🔴, 🟢: Easter Monday
21 April	FRI	🔵: Eid'l Fitr (as recommended by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos)
25 April	TUES	🟢: Anzac Day
1 May	MON	🔵, 🔴: Labor Day
26 May	FRI	🔴: Birthday of Buddha
29 May	MON	🟠: Memorial Day
12 June	MON	🔵: Independence Day 🟢: King's Birthday (Queensland and Western Australia have separate dates of celebration)
19 June	MON	🟠: Juneteenth
22 June	THURS	🔴: Tuen Ng Festival
28 June	WED	🔵: Eid'l Adha (as recommended by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos)
1 July	SAT	🔴: Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day
4 July	TUES	🟠: Independence Day
21 August	MON	🔵: Ninoy Aquino Day
28 August	MON	🔵: National Heroes Day
4 September	MON	🟠: Labor Day
30 September	SAT	🔴: Day following Mid-Autumn Festival
1 October	SUN	🔴: National Day
2 October	MON	🔴: National Day            (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Sunday)
9 October	MON	🟠: Columbus Day
23 October	MON	🔴: Chung Yeung Festival
1 November	WED	🔵: All Saints' Day
2 November	THURS	🔵: All Souls' Day
10 November	FRI	🟠: Veterans Day           (in lieu, as actual holiday falls on a Saturday)
11 November	SAT	🟠: Veterans Day
23 November	THURS	🟠: Thanksgiving
27 November	MON	🔵: Bonifacio Day          (in place of 30 November, holiday economics purposes)
8 December	FRI	🔵: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
25 December	MON	🔵, 🟠, 🔴, 🟢: Christmas Day
26 December	TUES	🔴: First Weekday after Christmas 🟢: Boxing Day          (celebrated as Proclamation Day in South Australia)
30 December	SAT	🔵: Rizal Day
31 December	SUN	🔵: Last Day of the Year