Closure expectation
HighAnzac Day is modeled as a public holiday in Australia; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
Anzac Day.
Global holiday guide rooted in Australia's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
April 25, 2027
Sunday · Australia/Perth
Next occurrence
April 25, 2027
Sunday
Observed in
2 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Australia
Public
Planning timezone
Australia/Perth
UTC+08:00
Countdown
Next: April 25, 2027 (Sunday)
Anzac Day
170 days away169Days
19Hours
43Min
54Sec
Anzac Day is one of the strongest memorial-style holidays in the Australia and New Zealand calendars, centered on service, sacrifice, and national memory. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 2 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in Oceania (2).
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for Anzac Day.
Primary calendar
Australia · Public
Cultural family
memorial or remembrance day · Oceania
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
2 countries in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Australia/Perth (UTC+08:00), Australia/Eucla (UTC+08:45), Australia/Adelaide (UTC+09:30), Australia/Darwin (UTC+09:30), Australia/Brisbane (UTC+10:00), Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00), Australia/Lord_Howe (UTC+10:30)
Next date signal
April 25, 2027 · Sunday
Forward window
2025: April 25, 2025 · 2026: April 25, 2026 · 2026: April 27, 2026 · 2027: April 25, 2027
Related planning set
Australia Day · Christmas Day · Friday before AFL Grand Final
Regional spread
Oceania 2
Reference posture
fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make Anzac Day in Australia distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
anzac-day · Anzac Day · Australia · AU
Local name and scope
Anzac Day · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
memorial or remembrance day · Oceania · fixed-date
Country/date clusters
April 25, 2027 (1) · April 26, 2027 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 2
Forward date window
2027: April 25, 2027 (Sunday) · 2027: April 26, 2027 (Monday)
Timezone anchor
Australia/Perth · Australia/Perth (UTC+08:00), Australia/Eucla (UTC+08:45), Australia/Adelaide (UTC+09:30), Australia/Darwin (UTC+09:30), Australia/Brisbane (UTC+10:00), Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00), Australia/Lord_Howe (UTC+10:30)
Calendar neighbors
previous: Easter Monday (27 days before) · next: May Day (8 days after)
Source depth
6 reference checkpoints · fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. Anzac Day can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
TrackedAnzac Day uses tracked catalog rows for the visible forward window. fixed-date holidays stay inside the source window when extrapolation would be risky.
Bridge-day pressure
SundayAnzac Day next falls on April 25, 2027 (Sunday). Weekend-substitution risk is the main scheduling question; check whether local law grants a weekday substitute.
Cross-border drift
Split datesAnzac Day appears in 2 country calendars with 2 next-date clusters. Do not assume every country observes it on the Australia date.
Timezone handling
Multi-zoneAustralia has 7 timezone entries in the country record, so national observance dates should be converted through the correct city or zone for reminders.
Source posture
ReferencedAnzac Day has 6 visible reference checkpoints on the page. fixed story profile plus catalog dates.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
Fair Work Ombudsman public holidays; Australian state and territory public-holiday calendars
Story and rule checkpoint
fixed holiday profile: Anzac Day is one of the strongest memorial-style holidays in the Australia and New Zealand calendars, centered on service, sacrifice, and national memory.
Local specificity checkpoint
Local specificity comes from the selected country calendar row, local name, observance type, timezone record, nearby holidays, and observed cross-country date spread.
Dossier checkpoint
No full manual dossier is attached yet; the page keeps cultural claims bounded to the story profile, source checklist, and catalog-derived date facts.
Reference stack
- Fair Work Ombudsman public holidays
- Australian state and territory public-holiday calendars
- Australian War Memorial Anzac Day reference
- New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Anzac Day reference
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local Australia holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
Anzac Day has 2 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 1 day. 1 country match the Australia date; 1 differ.
Projection reliability
Anzac Day stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its fixed-date rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
April 25, 2027
1 country · Australia
April 26, 2027
1 country · New Zealand
Observed type mix across countries
Public2
Local names and country context
Name in Australia
Anzac Day
The local catalog name and English display name are both Anzac Day for Australia.
Country calendar role
Anzac Day is recorded in Australia as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
History and significance
It grew from remembrance of the Gallipoli campaign and broadened into a wider commemoration of military service, veterans, and wartime loss.
The day has an unmistakable public rhythm, with dawn services, parades, and a solemn tone that stands apart from celebratory national holidays.
Anzac Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Australia holiday data.
Date behavior and next years
Anzac Day is scheduled on April 25 each year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: April 25, 2026: April 25, 2026: April 27, 2027: April 25, 2027: April 26.
Because Anzac Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 25, 2025 | Friday |
| 2026 | April 25, 2026 | Saturday |
| 2026 | April 27, 2026 | Monday |
| 2027 | April 25, 2027 | Sunday |
| 2027 | April 26, 2027 | Monday |
Next 2 occurrences and weekday distribution
Rows below come straight from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027). The weekday distribution controls long-weekend math each year.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | April 25, 2027 | Sunday | Catalog |
| 2027 | April 26, 2027 | Monday | Catalog |
Seasonal placement
Anzac Day next lands in the spring planning band for Australia. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
Monday1
Sunday1
How Anzac Day is observed
Anzac Day carries a memorial tone tied to service, sacrifice, or civil-rights struggle, so the day is built around remembrance and reflection rather than festivity.
Searches for Anzac Day want the ceremony schedule, dawn-service timing where applicable, and whether the day in Australia is a full public closure.
Cultural family
memorial or remembrance day
Origin region: Oceania
Statutory mode
Anzac Day is listed as a public holiday in Australia (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a memorial or remembrance day sitting in the Australia calendar, Anzac Day matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is April 25, 2027 (Sunday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
Anzac Day also appears in other country calendars such as Australia and New Zealand. Recorded next dates include Australia on April 25, 2027 and New Zealand on April 26, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
Australia spans 7 timezones for planning: Australia/Perth (UTC+08:00), Australia/Eucla (UTC+08:45), Australia/Adelaide (UTC+09:30), Australia/Darwin (UTC+09:30). Because Anzac Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles. Teams often line Anzac Day up with Australia Day, Christmas Day, and Friday before AFL Grand Final when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the Anzac Day entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
Anzac Day is tracked as a public entry in Australia (nationwide). It reads as a memorial or remembrance day with origins in Oceania; the date follows a fixed-date rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is April 25, 2027 (Sunday). Forward dates: 2027: April 25, 2027 (Sunday) and 2027: April 26, 2027 (Monday).
Cross-country reach
Anzac Day appears in 2 country calendars, including Australia and New Zealand. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include Australia Day, Christmas Day, and Friday before AFL Grand Final.
Local planning anchor
Australia spans 7 planning timezones; Australia/Perth is the canonical anchor. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
No curated dossier is attached. The page still surfaces the catalog metadata but skips the source-cited cultural depth panel.
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: Australia may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. Anzac Day has 2 next-date clusters across countries, spanning 1 day. 1 country match the Australia date; 1 differ. Anzac Day stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its fixed-date rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name and English display name are both Anzac Day for Australia.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after Anzac Day in the Australiacalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
Easter Monday
March 29, 2027 · Public
27 days before Anzac Day.
Next holiday
May Day
May 3, 2027 · Public
8 days after Anzac Day.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around Anzac Day in the Australiacalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
May Day
May 3, 2027 · Public
8 days after Anzac Day.
Labour Day
May 3, 2027 · Public
8 days after Anzac Day.
Easter Monday
March 29, 2027 · Public
27 days before Anzac Day.
Easter Sunday
March 28, 2027 · Public
28 days before Anzac Day.
Holy Saturday
March 27, 2027 · Public
29 days before Anzac Day. Local label: Easter Eve.
Good Friday
March 26, 2027 · Public
30 days before Anzac Day.
Observed countries and regions
Anzac Day appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset.
Oceania
2 countries
Country-by-country timing snapshot
Anzac Day reads differently across the 2 listed jurisdictions: a memorial or remembrance day can carry one statutory weight in Australia and another in neighboring countries that copied the date but kept different observance rules.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | April 25, 2027 | Public |
| New Zealand | April 26, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in Australia
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
Australia Day
January 26, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Christmas Day
December 25, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Friday before AFL Grand Final
September 26, 2025 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2025 calendar
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Labour Day
March 2, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is Anzac Day a public holiday in Australia?▾
Yes — Anzac Day is listed as a public holiday in Australia on a nationwide basis.
When is Anzac Day in Australia in 2027?▾
In 2027, Anzac Day in Australia falls on April 25, 2027 (Sunday). Subsequent dates: 2027 April 26, 2027.
How is the date for Anzac Day determined?▾
Anzac Day is scheduled on April 25 each year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: April 25, 2026: April 25, 2026: April 27, 2027: April 25, 2027: April 26. Because Anzac Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
What kind of holiday is Anzac Day?▾
Anzac Day is listed as a public holiday in Australia (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a memorial or remembrance day with origins tied to Oceania.
What is the local name for Anzac Day in Australia?▾
The local catalog name and English display name are both Anzac Day for Australia.
Where is Anzac Day observed?▾
Anzac Day appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset, including Australia, New Zealand.
What timezone should I use for Anzac Day planning in Australia?▾
Australia uses Australia/Perth (UTC+08:00), Australia/Eucla (UTC+08:45), Australia/Adelaide (UTC+09:30), Australia/Darwin (UTC+09:30), Australia/Brisbane (UTC+10:00), Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00), Australia/Lord_Howe (UTC+10:30) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside Anzac Day?▾
Anzac Day is often compared with Australia Day, Christmas Day, Friday before AFL Grand Final on the Australia calendar.