Deepavali 2020 Singapore Public Holiday

A singapore government agency website.

Deepavali 2020 singapore public holiday. In northern india it is more commonly known as diwali but they are essentially the same celebration. Thanks to chinese privilege cny is the only holiday in singapore that gets not 1 but 2 public holidays. Despite being mainly observed only by the indian community the festival of deepavali is a gazetted public holiday in singapore.

Diwali deepavali is a public holiday. The dates of the 11 gazetted public holidays for 2020 are as follows. Under the singapore employment act public holidays for the upcoming years from deepavali 2020 are as follows.

Read about deepavali in singapore in 2021. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced so please check back regularly for updates. 1 jan 2020 wednesday chinese new year 25 jan 2020.

Ministry of manpower homepage. It is celebrated in october or november each year. The number one symbols of deepavali in singapore are the two large arches that span the serangoon road in the little india district.

Polling day 10 july 2020 friday in accordance with section 35 of the parliamentary elections act polling day 10 july 2020 is a public holiday. Diwali celebrations can last for about five days. Since cny day 2 falls on a sunday the following monday is a gazetted make up public holiday resulting in a 3 day long weekend.

Hari raya puasa 24 may 2020 sunday monday 25 may 2020 will be a public holiday if your rest day falls on 24 may 2020. This is the name of the festival in southern india and is how the festival is referred to in other asian countries such as malaysia and singapore. Diwali is also known as deepavali dipavali dewali deepawali or the festival of lights.