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NATIONAL HOLIDAYS IN ASIA 2010

AUGUST — 1 China (People’s Liberation Army Day); 2 Australia (Picnic Day [NT only]); 9 Singapore (National Day); 11 Australia (Royal Queensland Show Day); Brunei (Start of Ramadan); 12 Thailand (HM The Queen’s Birthday); 13 Laos (Lao Issara [Day of the Free Laos]); 14 Pakistan (Independence Day); 15 India (Independence Day); Korea (Liberation Day); 17 Indonesia (Indonesian Independence Day); 24 Sri Lanka (Nikini Full Moon Poya Day); 29 Philippines (National Heroes’ Day); 31 Malaysia (Merdeka Day [National Day]).

SEPTEMBER — 1 Brunei (Anniversary of the Revelation of the Quran); Macau (Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival); Laos (Bouk Ok Pansa [Buddhist Fast ends]); 2 India (Janmashtami); 10 China (Teacher’s Day); Malaysia, Singapore (Hari Raya Puasa [End of Ramadan]); 10-11 India, Pakistan (Id Ul Fitr [End of Ramadan]); 11 Brunei (Hari Raya Aidilfitri [End of Ramadan]); Indonesia (Eid al-Fitr [End of Ramadan]); Philippines, Sri Lanka (Eid Ul Fitr [End of Ramadan]); 20 Japan (Respect for the Aged Day); 22 Sri Lanka (Binara Full Moon Poya Day); Taiwan (Mid-Autumn Moon Festival [15th Day, 8th Moon]); 23 Japan (Autumnal Equinox); Hong Kong (Chinese Mid-Autumn FestivalKorea (Harvest Moon [Chuseok]; 27 Australia (Queen’s Birthday [WA only]).

OCTOBER — 1 China (People’s Republic of China birthday); Hong Kong (National Day); 1-2 Macau (National Day of the People’s Republic of China); Bangladesh (Durga Puja [Dashami]) (Eid al-Fitr [End of Ramadan] 3 days); 2 India (Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday); 3 Korea (National Foundation Day); 5 Australia (Labour Day [NSW/ACT/SA only]); 10 Myanmar (Full Moon of Thadingyut); Taiwan (National Day); 11 Japan (Sports Day); 12 Laos (Day of Liberation); ); 16 Hong Kong (Chung Yeung Festival); Macau (Chung Yeung Festival); 17 India (Dussehra [Vijaya Dashami]); 20 Bangladesh (Shab e-Qadr [Evening of Destiny]); 22 Sri Lanka (Vap Full Moon Poya Day); 23 Thailand (Chulalongkorn Day).

NOVEMBER — 1 Philippines (All Saints’ Day); 2 Australia (Melbourne Cup Day [VIC- Melbourne metropolitan only]); India (Guru Nanak’s Birthday); Macau (All Souls’ Day); 3 Japan (Culture Day); 5 India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka (Deepavali or Diwali [Festival of Lights]); 7 Bangladesh (National Revolution Day); 9 Pakistan (Allama Muhammad Iqbal Day); 16 Singapore (Hari Raya Haji [Feast of the Sacrifice]); 16-17 India (Idu’l Zuha/Bakrid [Feast of the Sacrifice]); Malaysia (Hari Raya Qurban [Feast of the Sacrifice]); 17 Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (3 days Eid ul-Adha [Feast of the Sacrifice]); Brunei (Hari Raya Aidiladha [Feast of the Sacrifice]); 17 Indonesia (Eid al-Adha [Feast of the Sacrifice]); 21 Myanmar (Tazaungmon Full Moon Day); 21 Sri Lanka (Il Full Moon Poya Day); 23 Japan (Labour Thanksgiving Day); 26 Indonesia (Islamic New Year); 30 Philippines (Bonifacio Day).

DECEMBER — 1 Myanmar (National Day); 2 Laos (National Day); 5 Thailand (HM The King’s Birthday); 7 Brunei (Hijriah [Islamic New Year]); India (Muharram [Islamic New Year]); Malaysia (Awal Muharram [Islamic New Year]); 8 Macau (Feast of the Immaculate Conception); 10 Thailand (Constitution Day); 16 Bangladesh (Victory Day [Bijoy Dibosh]); 16/17 Pakistan (Eid ul-Azha [Feast of the Sacrifice]); 20 Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day); 22 Macau (Winter Solstice); 23 Japan (Birthday of the Emperor); 24-25 Macau (Christmas Day); 25/27 Australia (Christmas Day); 25 Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka (Christmas Day); Pakistan (Quaid-e-Azam’s Birthday); 26 Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Boxing Day); 26/28 Australia (Boxing Day); 28 Australia (Proclamation Day [SA only]); 29 Bangladesh (Islamic New Year); 30 Philippines (Rizal Day); 31 Philippines, Thailand (New Year’s Eve).

 
TIME ZONES IN ASIA
(taking Australian Eastern Summer Time as standard)
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, minus two hours;
China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, minus three hours;
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, minus four hours;
Bangladesh, minus five hours;
India, minus five-and-a-half hours;
Pakistan, minus six hours.

(taking Greenwich Mean Time as standard)
Australia, plus 10 hours (Australian Eastern Standard Time), plus 11 hours (Australian Eastern Sumer Time)
Japan, South Korea, North Korea, plus nine hours;
China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, plus eight hours;
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, plus seven hours;
Bangladesh, plus six hours;
India, plus five-and-a-half hours;
Pakistan, plus five hours (from 1st Sunday in April - 1st Saturday in October: plus 6 hours)