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).