Public holidays in Burma

Public holidays^*in Burma (or Myanmar)

Date (2008)	English name	Burmese name	Remarks
4 January	Independence Day	Lut lat yay nei	marks independence from British Empire in 1948
8 January	Kayin (Karen) New Year	Kayin hnithiku	celebrates the New Year of the Karen people
12 February	Union Day	Pyidaungzu nei	anniversary of the Panglong Agreement in 1947
2 March	Peasants Day	Taungthu lèthama nei
21 March	Full Moon of Tabaung	Tabaung la pyei nei	Tabaung pwè Pagoda Festivals
27 March	Armed Forces Day	Tatmadaw nei	formerly Resistance Day (against the Japanese occupation in 1945)
11 - 16 April	Water Festival	Thingyan	celebrates and brings in the Burmese New Year
17 - 18 April	Burmese New Year	Hnit hsan ta yet nei	marks the New Year of the Burmese calendar
1 May	Labour Day	a louk thama nei
19 May	Full Moon of Kason	Kason la pyei Boda nei	anniversary of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha celebrated by watering the Bodhi tree
17 July	Beginning of Buddhist Lent	Waso la pyei nei
19 July	Martyr's Day	Azani nei	commemorates the assassination of Aung San and several other cabinet members in 1947
14 October	End of Buddhist Lent	Thadingyut	Festival of Lights
Oct - Nov	Diwali	Deiwali nei
12 November	Tazaungdaing Festival	Tazaungmon la pyei nei	Festival of Flying Lanterns/Hot-air Balloons
22 November	National Day	Amyotha nei	anniversary of the first university students strike in 1920
25 December	Christmas	Hkarissamat nei
Dec - Jan	Eid	Id nei

^*Based on the calendar produced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Myanmar