Chinese Festival Calendar 2027: Dates, Weekdays and Regional Days Off

Chinese festivals in 2027 at a glance

All dates below are Gregorian dates in 2027. “Observance only” means that the festival itself does not add a nationwide or territory-wide public holiday in the three calendars covered here.

The two Xiaonian entries reflect common northern and southern conventions, not a rule followed by every household. For a family gathering, confirm which date your hosts observe.

For Hungry Ghost observances, 16 August is the usual seventh-month, fifteenth-day calendar marker. The seventh lunar month runs from 2 to 31 August 2027, but community ceremonies and performances do not all fall on the same day.

Chinese New Year 2027: reunion dinner and the holiday break

Start your New Year plans with Friday, 5 February, New Year’s Eve, rather than just the Saturday holiday. Allow time to arrive before the reunion dinner, and arrange Friday leave where needed. In 2027, New Year’s Eve is the 29th day of the final lunar month.

With weekends off and the relevant public holidays observed, the New Year break is 6–9 February in Hong Kong—four days—and 6–8 February in Singapore—three days. Mainland China’s statutory dates appear below, but the full adjusted break remains unverified.

Mainland China: statutory holiday dates versus the full holiday schedule

Mainland China’s current national holiday regulations provide 13 statutory holiday days for all citizens. Spring Festival accounts for four days, including New Year’s Eve, and Labour Day accounts for two. These replace the older three-day Spring Festival and one-day Labour Day allocations.

Mapped onto 2027, the statutory dates are:

This is not the complete 2027 holiday-and-workday adjustment schedule. Weekend compensation and rearranged working days can create a longer break, while some Saturdays or Sundays may become designated working days. The annual State Council General Office notice is needed to confirm those arrangements.

Until that notice is verified, do not treat a predicted Spring Festival shutdown, a seven-day October “Golden Week,” or a suggested make-up Saturday as an official 2027 schedule. This is also why the annual-leave examples later in this guide cover only Hong Kong and Singapore.

The table covers national holidays for all citizens, not every local or minority-community arrangement.

Hong Kong public holidays 2027

Hong Kong’s 2027 general holiday list was published on 15 May 2026. It includes every Sunday and the following 17 named holiday dates. The non-Chinese festivals and fixed-date holidays are included because they also affect year-round planning.

The second day of Lunar New Year falls on Sunday, 7 February, so Tuesday, 9 February is the designated substitute general holiday. New Year’s Eve, Friday, 5 February, is not a general holiday.

For Mid-Autumn plans, reserve Wednesday evening, 15 September, for the celebration: the general holiday is Thursday, 16 September, the day after the festival.

Hong Kong’s general and statutory holiday calendars are not identical. The Labour Department lists 15 statutory holidays for 2027, rather than the 17 named general holidays above, so check which set your workplace follows. One statutory holiday is Winter Solstice on 22 December or Christmas Day on 25 December, at the employer’s option. Dongzhi is therefore not a general day off for everyone in Hong Kong.

Singapore public holidays 2027

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower published its 2027 public holiday notice on 18 June 2026. The table below shows the 11 gazetted holiday dates and separately includes the notice’s Monday, 8 February substitute holiday.

Tuesday, 9 February is not a gazetted public holiday. Under MOM’s holiday-entitlement guidance, a public holiday falling on a non-working day, such as Saturday in a five-day week, can mean another day off or salary in lieu. It does not automatically create a Tuesday holiday. Check your employer’s arrangement, particularly if your rest day is not Sunday. New Year’s Eve, Friday, 5 February, is not a public holiday either.

Qingming, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn and Double Ninth are not Singapore nationwide public holidays. Singapore’s Vesak Day is Thursday, 20 May, distinct from Hong Kong’s 13 May Birthday of the Buddha holiday.

Qixi falls on Sunday, 8 August, within Singapore’s National Day weekend. That may be convenient for a personal celebration, but the additional Monday off comes from National Day, not Qixi.

Useful long weekends and annual-leave combinations

The examples below assume a Monday-to-Friday workweek, Saturdays and Sundays off, the relevant published holiday calendar and approved annual leave.

Hong Kong’s October combination is especially useful to spot: National Day and Chung Yeung fall on successive Fridays, with four ordinary weekdays between them. Singapore’s May combination brings together Hari Raya Haji on Monday, 17 May and Vesak Day on Thursday, 20 May.

Before booking festival events or visits

For a lantern display, New Year parade, temple fair, dragon boat race or Yu Lan performance, check the organiser’s own 2027 dates, venue and admission arrangements rather than assuming it will take place on the festival date or follow a previous year’s programme.

For family travel, check school calendars and venue opening hours. For business commitments, confirm your supplier’s last dispatch and reopening dates. Resolve those details and any leave approval before making non-refundable plans.