Philippine Holidays 2027: Calendar, Long Weekends and Pay Rules

By Robin Salvador, co-founder, Caffeine Brothers
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Quick answer: The Philippines has 10 dated regular holidays and 8 special (non-working) days in 2027 under Proclamation No. 1427, signed September 8, 2026. Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be added as regular holidays by separate proclamations. Three regular holidays fall on a Saturday (May 1, June 12 and December 25), so a Monday to Friday office loses 12 weekdays to dated holidays in 2027, down from 16 in 2026. Pay rules are in DOLE Labor Advisory No. 17, s. 2026: 200% for work on a regular holiday and 130% on a special day.

Many of the offices and cafés we supply plan their staffing and pantry orders a year ahead, and the first question each October is which days are off. This guide lists the 2027 dates from Proclamation No. 1427, counts how they fall in the week, and applies DOLE’s 2027 pay rules at the Metro Manila minimum wage. It is a plain-language summary and not legal advice. For a specific case, ask your DOLE field office or a labor lawyer.

What are the regular holidays in 2027?

Proclamation No. 1427 was signed on September 8, 2026 by Executive Secretary Ralph Recto by order of the President, according to GMA News. It lists ten dated regular holidays. Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha are also regular holidays, but their proclamations come later, once the dates are set from the Islamic calendar.

Which days are special (non-working) days in 2027?

Special days follow the “no work, no pay” rule unless a company policy, practice or CBA gives more. The proclamation keeps four special days and adds four more, the same pattern as 2026. February 25, the EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary, stays a special working day, which DOLE treats as an ordinary working day.

How does 2027 compare with 2026?

Both years have the same 18 dated holidays. What changes is the weekday. In 2026, 16 of them fell from Monday to Friday, one on a Saturday (Black Saturday) and one on a Sunday (All Saints’ Day). In 2027, only 12 fall on weekdays and six land on a Saturday: May 1, June 12 and December 25 among the regular holidays, and February 6, March 27 and August 21 among the special days.

Both years have 261 weekdays and 313 Monday to Saturday days. Take away the dated holidays and a Monday to Friday office has 249 ordinary working days in 2027 against 245 in 2026. A Monday to Saturday business has 295 in 2027 and 296 in 2026, because no 2027 holiday falls on a Sunday. The two Eid holidays will take away more days once their dates are known.

Saturday holidays matter for payroll. A worker on a Monday to Saturday schedule still earns holiday pay for an unworked May 1 or June 12. For daily-paid staff on a Monday to Friday schedule, the Omnibus Rules do not say a regular holiday that falls on a rest day can be skipped, so confirm your treatment of the three Saturday regular holidays with DOLE or your payroll adviser before you budget.

What are the long weekends in 2027?

We counted every run of three or more days off that needs no leave, assuming a Saturday and Sunday weekend. There are seven. Two more become long breaks with leave days.

What are the holiday pay rules for 2027?

DOLE Labor Advisory No. 17, s. 2026, issued September 30, 2026, sets the pay rules. They match the rates used in 2026. The table applies them to the two Metro Manila minimum wage rates under Wage Order NCR-28, which took effect September 26, 2026: ₱755 for non-agricultural workers and ₱718 for agriculture, retail and service establishments with 15 workers or fewer, and small manufacturers with fewer than 10 workers.

To get regular holiday pay without working, the employee must work or be on paid leave on the workday before the holiday. If that day is a rest day or a non-working day, DOLE looks at the workday before it. For Holy Week, DOLE’s handbook says an employee absent on the day before Maundy Thursday may not be paid for both days unless he or she works on Maundy Thursday.

Who is covered by holiday pay?

The holiday pay rule in the Omnibus Rules and DOLE’s 2023 handbook excludes government employees, retail and service establishments regularly employing fewer than ten workers, kasambahay, managerial employees and members of the managerial staff, and field personnel whose time is unsupervised. A small café with fewer than ten staff does not have to pay for an unworked regular holiday. Premium pay for work on special days and rest days has a different coverage list in the handbook, and it does not include the small retail and service exclusion.

What do the 2027 holidays cost an employer?

Here is the math for one Metro Manila worker at ₱755 a day on a Monday to Saturday schedule. Ten dated regular holidays paid but not worked cost ₱7,550. If the worker is on duty for all ten, holiday pay for those days is ₱15,100. Working all eight special days adds ₱1,812 over ordinary pay (8 × ₱226.50). At ₱718, the same figures are ₱7,180, ₱14,360 and ₱1,723.20. The two Eid holidays add ₱755 each when unworked.

DOLE’s handbook converts daily rates to a monthly equivalent with day factors that assume 12 regular holidays and 8 special days, which is also the 2027 count once the Eid holidays are proclaimed. At ₱755, the 365-day factor for monthly-paid staff gives ₱22,964.58 a month, the 313-day factor for workers paid Monday to Saturday gives ₱19,692.92, and the 261-day factor for Monday to Friday gives ₱16,421.25.

How should HR plan for the 2027 holidays?

1. Load the dated holidays now. Enter the 18 dates above in your payroll and timekeeping system, and leave two placeholders for Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha.
2. Decide your Saturday treatment. Six 2027 holidays fall on a Saturday. Write down how you pay daily-rated staff on those days and confirm it with DOLE or your adviser.
3. Plan duty rosters for the long weekends. Holy Week (March 25 to 28) and All Saints’ (October 30 to November 2) are four-day runs, and December has two.
4. Budget premiums for December. December 2027 has two regular holidays (25 and 30) and three special days (8, 24 and 31). Staff on duty all five days cost more than five ordinary days.
5. Watch for added days. Local holidays and later proclamations can add special days. Check the Official Gazette and DOLE advisories through the year.

For more on pay, see our guides to December 2026 holiday pay, the 13th month pay computation and the night shift differential.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

1. Malacañang bares holidays for 2027. GMA News, September 11, 2026. Used for the Proclamation No. 1427 list, weekdays, the special working day, the Eid note and the signing date.
2. Plan your leaves and long weekends: Malacañang releases list of holidays, special non-working days for 2027. PhilSTAR Life, September 11, 2026. Used to cross-check the 2027 dates and weekdays.
3. DOLE releases 2027 holiday pay rules. GMA News, September 30, 2026. Used for Labor Advisory No. 17, s. 2026: 100% and 200% on regular holidays, the day-before rule, and overtime formulas.
4. DOLE lays out 2027 holiday pay rules. Daily Tribune, September 30, 2026. Used for the special day rules (130%, 150% on a rest day, 30% overtime) and the list of 2027 special days.
5. Philippines announces 2027 holiday pay rates. People Matters, September 30, 2026. Used for the February 25, 2027 special working day rule (basic wage, 25% overtime).
6. Proclamation No. 1006, s. 2025. The LawPhil Project. Signed September 3, 2025. Used for the 2026 dates in the comparison.
7. Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code, Book III, Rule IV. Labor Law PH Library, modified October 9, 2023. Used for holiday pay coverage, the 260% rest day rate and the absence rules.
8. Handbook on Workers’ Statutory Monetary Benefits, 2023 edition. DOLE Bureau of Working Conditions. Used for coverage exclusions, the successive holidays rule and the 365, 313 and 261 day factors.
9. DOLE: P60 wage hike in NCR takes effect Sept. 26. GMA News, September 26, 2026. Used for the NCR-28 rates of ₱755 and ₱718 and who gets the ₱718 rate.

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