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Mauritius 2025 Public Holidays

15 public holidays

  • Public holiday — A nationwide day off.
January 3 holidays
February 3 holidays
March 2 holidays
April 1 holidays
May 1 holidays
June
July
August 1 holidays
September
October 1 holidays
November 2 holidays
December 1 holidays

2025 Holiday List · Mauritius

15 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Wednesday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Jan 2 Thursday New Year (Day 2) Public holiday
Jan 29 Wednesday Chinese Spring Festival Public holiday
Feb 1 Saturday Abolition of Slavery Public holiday
Feb 11 Tuesday Thaipoosam Cavadee Public holiday
Feb 26 Wednesday Maha Shivaratree Public holiday
Mar 12 Wednesday National Day Public holiday Varies by country — a founding, unification, or constitutional anniversary.
Mar 30 Sunday Ougadi Public holiday
Apr 1 Tuesday Eid al-Fitr Public holiday 1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance.
May 1 Thursday Labour Day Public holiday 1 May in most countries.
Aug 28 Thursday Ganesh Chaturthi Public holiday The fourth day of Bhadrapada, in August or September.
Oct 20 Monday Diwali Public holiday The new moon of Kartik on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, in October or November.
Nov 1 Saturday All Saints' Day Public holiday 1 November.
Nov 2 Sunday Arrival of Indentured Labourers Public holiday
Dec 25 Thursday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
Show 11 observances and other marked dates
Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Mar 1 Saturday Ramadan Start Observance 1 Ramadan on the Hijri calendar. The Gregorian date shifts about eleven days earlier each year and is confirmed by moon sighting shortly before.
Mar 14 Friday Holi Observance The full moon of Phalguna, in February or March.
Mar 20 Thursday March Equinox Observance Around 20 March.
May 25 Sunday Mother's Day Observance The second Sunday of May in most countries, but the date varies widely.
Jun 15 Sunday Father's Day Observance The third Sunday of June in most countries, but the date varies widely.
Jun 21 Saturday June Solstice Observance Around 21 June.
Aug 9 Saturday Raksha Bandhan Observance The full moon of Shravana, in August.
Aug 15 Friday Janmashtami Observance The eighth day of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada, in August or September.
Sep 22 Monday September Equinox Observance Around 22 September.
Oct 2 Thursday Dussehra Observance The tenth day of Navaratri, in September or October.
Dec 21 Sunday December Solstice Observance Around 21 December.

About these holidays

New Year

1 January.

The start of the Gregorian calendar year. Some sources list this alongside a separate New Year's Day entry when a country grants more than one day off around the turn of the year.

National Day

Varies by country — a founding, unification, or constitutional anniversary.

The principal patriotic holiday of a country that does not frame its national day as independence — a founding, unification, revolution or monarch's day depending on the state.

Eid al-Fitr

1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance.

The festival that ends Ramadan, and the largest holiday of the year across the Muslim world. Most countries grant two to three consecutive days; Indonesia and Malaysia extend it further with collective leave. Because the date is set by moon sighting, calendars published far in advance are provisional.

Labour Day

1 May in most countries.

International Workers' Day, commemorating the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, and a public holiday in most of the world. The United States and Canada are the notable exceptions, holding their Labor Day in September instead.

Ganesh Chaturthi

The fourth day of Bhadrapada, in August or September.

Celebrates the birth of Ganesha. Largest in Maharashtra, where the ten-day festival ends with the immersion of clay images.

Diwali

The new moon of Kartik on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, in October or November.

The festival of lights, the largest Hindu festival of the year and also observed by Sikhs and Jains. A public holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

All Saints' Day

1 November.

Honours all saints, and in much of Catholic Europe and Latin America is the day families visit and tend graves. A public holiday in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and many francophone African countries.

Christmas Day

25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.

Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com