Public holidays · 2028

Public holidays in Mauritius 2028

Mauritius has 15 days of national public holidays in 2028, 11 on working days.

Next: Arrival of Indentured Labourers, Monday, 2 November 2026in 13 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Mauritius in 2028: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanSatWeekend	New Year's Day	in 438 days
2 JanSunWeekend	Day after New Year's Day	in 439 days
26 JanWed	Chinese Spring Festival	in 463 days
1 FebTue	Abolition of Slavery	in 469 days
9 FebWed	Thaipoosam Cavadee	in 477 days
23 FebWed	Maha Shivaratree	in 491 days
27 FebSunWeekend	Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated)	in 495 days
12 MarSunWeekend	Independence and Republic Day	in 509 days
27 MarMon	Ougadi	in 524 days
1 MayMon	Labour Day	in 559 days
15 AugTue	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	in 665 days
23 AugWed	Ganesh Chaturthi	in 673 days
17 OctTue	Divali	in 728 days
2 NovThu	Arrival of Indentured Labourers	in 744 days
25 DecMon	Christmas Day	in 797 days

At a glance

Mauritius in 2028

01Public holidays

15 days

11 on working days, 4 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

3 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

Arrival of Indentured Labourers

Monday, 2 November 2026 · in 13 days

Days off in a row

Long weekends

Three or more days off in a row: the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) next to a nationwide public holiday on a working day.

Sat 25 Mar – Mon 27 Mar
3 days offOugadi
Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May
3 days offLabour Day
Sat 23 Dec – Mon 25 Dec
3 days offChristmas Day

Sources and limits

About these dates

Dates come from the open-source python-holidays project (0.106, MIT licence), which follows each country’s laws and official calendars; Hourora built these tables from it on 16 October 2026. Names are shown as the source gives them, in the local language and in English, without machine translation.

Dates marked “estimated” follow lunar or religious calendars and can move by a day when they are announced. Days off decreed at short notice, such as bridge days, may be missing. Check with an official source before you book.

Long weekends count the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and nationwide public holidays only. “When” counts days by the local date in Port Louis.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Mauritius have in 2028?

Mauritius has 15 days of national public holidays in 2028, 11 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Mauritius?

Arrival of Indentured Labourers, on Monday, 2 November 2026.

How many long weekends does Mauritius have in 2028?

3: Sat 25 Mar – Mon 27 Mar (Ougadi); Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May (Labour Day); Sat 23 Dec – Mon 25 Dec (Christmas Day).

Which public holidays in Mauritius fall on a weekend in 2028?

New Year's Day, Saturday, 1 January 2028; Day after New Year's Day, Sunday, 2 January 2028; Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated), Sunday, 27 February 2028; Independence and Republic Day, Sunday, 12 March 2028.