No, today is not a public holiday in Singapore

How to tell if today is a public holiday in Singapore

Singapore's Holidays Act in the First Schedule lists eleven public holidays, chosen to balance the city-state's Chinese, Malay and Indian communities. New Year's Day, Labour Day and National Day on 9 August are civic; Chinese New Year (two days), Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Vesak Day, Deepavali, Good Friday and Christmas Day are religious. The lunar and Islamic-calendar dates are gazetted each year by the Ministry of Manpower. Singapore is among the few countries that gives substitute Monday off when a holiday falls on a Sunday under section 4 of the Holidays Act. There is no separate banking holiday list; the Monetary Authority of Singapore observes the same eleven days.

That structure is why a simple "is it a holiday today" answer for Singapore is more nuanced than a single yes or no. A date can be a public holiday at the national level, a regional one observed only in certain states or provinces, or a banking holiday that closes financial settlement without closing every employer. The status shown above reflects the nationally recognised public holiday list for Singapore; if you are in a specific region, check the full calendar for the local additions that do not appear on the national list.

Working days and the holiday calendar in Singapore

The Employment Act sets a 44-hour standard working week with at least one rest day per week, typically Sunday. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Interpretation Act section 50 rolls statutory deadlines from a Sunday or public holiday to the next day that is not a Sunday or public holiday; Saturday is treated as a working day for substantive deadlines. Settlement of Singapore dollar transactions runs on the MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS+), which closes on the eleven gazetted holidays. Singapore observes no separate banking calendar.

Right now there are about 0 full working days between today and Deepavali, counting Monday to Friday and skipping any other public holidays in between. If you are scheduling a deliverable, a delivery, or a meeting that depends on people being at their desks in Singapore, that is the realistic window you have before the next closure.

For cross-border planning, overlay the Singapore calendar with the calendars of the other countries your team works with. A week that looks completely open from your side can be a national holiday on theirs, and the clash only shows up when you compare the two side by side. The full holiday page links into a country-by-country comparison so you can spot the weeks where almost nobody is at their desk before you commit to a date.

Holiday dates are compiled from Nager.Date and the national sources listed above. Regional and substitute-day rules vary; for legal deadlines, confirm the observed date with the relevant official calendar for Singapore.