We were spoiled in 2018 in terms of the number of government mandated holidays that fell on either Monday or Friday resulting in long weekends (six, to be exact), but next year we’ll have to be content with just one.
As posted on the official website of the Indonesian Cabinet Secretary yesterday, the government released its official holiday and cuti bersama (collective leave) calendar for 2019, which puts the total number of government mandated days off we’ll have next year at 20, compared to 21 in 2018.
The holiday and collective leave calendar for 2019 is as follows:
National holidays in 2019:
January 1 (New Year)
February 5 (Chinese New Year)
March 7 (The Balinese Day of Silence)
April 3 (Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad)
April 19 (Good Friday)
May 1 (May Day)
May 19 (Vesak)
May 30 (Ascension of Christ)
June 1 (Pancasila Day)
June 5-6 (Eid al-Fitr)
August 11 (Eid al-Adha)
August 17 (Independence Day)
September 1 (Islamic New Year)
November 9 (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad)
December 25 (Christmas)
Collective leave days in 2019:
June 3, 4, 7 (Before and after Eid al-Fitr)
December 24 (Before Christmas)
The only long weekend in 2019 starts on April 19 due to Good Friday. On the plus side, there are five one-day holidays that fall in the middle of weekdays (colloquially referred to as hari kejepit nasional or Harpitnas in Indonesia), so if you plan your leave strategically you could give yourself quite a few longer long weekends.
The calendar above is likely to not be final. Like in 2017 and 2018, the government may yet mandate additional collective leave days before Eid al-Fitr so people have more time for their annual mudik homecoming tradition. The calendar also has not yet listed April 17 — day of the general and presidential elections — as a holiday but election days traditionally are in Indonesia.
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