Taiwan public holidays
National holidays and days off for 2026 (Republic of China Year 115), governed by the Act Governing Commemorative Days and Holidays (紀念日及節日實施條例, enacted May 2025) and scheduled in the official government-agency work calendar published by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (DGPA / 行政院人事行政總處), Executive Yuan.
| Current value | 16 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (DGPA), Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) — 2026 (Year 115) work calendar for government agencies and schools, issued under the Act Governing Commemorative Days and Holidays (紀念日及節日實施條例) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-23 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Dates above are the statutory holiday days; the DGPA calendar then bundles them into nine long weekends (120 total days off in 2026) using SUBSTITUTE days off when a holiday lands on Sat/Sun. Key observed spans: Spring Festival 14–22 Feb (9 continuous days: 15–19 Feb are the statutory holiday from the day before New Year's Eve through the 3rd day, plus the weekends of 14 Feb and 21–22 Feb and a bridged Friday 20 Feb); Peace Memorial Day 28 Feb (Sat) observed as a 27 Feb–1 Mar long weekend; Children's Day (4 Apr Sat) and Tomb-Sweeping/Qingming (5 Apr Sun) combined into a 3–6 Apr break with substitute days off on Fri 3 Apr and Mon 6 Apr; Labor Day 1 May (Fri) → 1–3 May; Dragon Boat 19 Jun (Fri) → 19–21 Jun; Mid-Autumn 25 Sep (Fri) and Teachers'/Confucius' Day 28 Sep (Mon) → 25–28 Sep; National Day 10 Oct (Sat) → 9–11 Oct; Retrocession Day 25 Oct (Sun) → 24–26 Oct with a Mon 26 Oct substitute; Constitution Day 25 Dec (Fri) → 25–27 Dec. MAJOR 2025 REFORM (verify against 2025 and earlier files): the Act Governing Commemorative Days and Holidays enacted in May 2025 RESTORED three days that had for years been commemorative-only (no day off) — Teachers'/Confucius' Birthday (28 Sep), Taiwan Retrocession Day (25 Oct) and Constitution Day (25 Dec) — and made Labor Day (1 May) a universal day off for ALL workers rather than only those covered by the Labor Standards Act; it also formally added Lunar New Year's Eve eve (小年夜) to the Spring Festival holiday. Taiwan ABOLISHED make-up working Saturdays from 2025, so 2026 has no swap-Saturdays: when the calendar grants a bridge/substitute day off, it is simply a day off (no compensating Saturday worked). Confucius' Birthday and Teachers' Day fall on the same date (28 Sep). The DGPA calendar is the authority for government offices, banks and schools; private-sector days off track the Labor Standards Act, which references the same national holidays.
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