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.
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Holiday guide
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
Next: April 25, 2027 (Sunday)
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).
Last updated recently. Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
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
3 source-cited dossier references plus catalog dates
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
3 curated source citations plus catalog dates
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.
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.
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
DossierAnzac Day has 3 curated source citations rendered on the page, plus catalog dates and country metadata.
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
Functions as the trans-Tasman counterpart to Remembrance Day (11 November), which marks the WWI armistice and is commemorated but not a public holiday in either country; ANZAC Day's focus is specifically on the Gallipoli campaign and the broader ANZAC service tradition rather than a single war's end. Falls within roughly two weeks of Easter most years, but the two are doctrinally and culturally unrelated. Source citations are rendered in the holiday-specific dossier.
Reference stack
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: 3 curated source citations attached.
Observed next-date clusters
April 25, 2027
1 country · Australia
April 26, 2027
1 country · New Zealand
Observed type mix across countries
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.
Reference fields include Anzac Day's country, date behavior, timezone context, related holidays, and observed-country coverage.
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.
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 |
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
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.
Differentiates from neighbors
Functions as the trans-Tasman counterpart to Remembrance Day (11 November), which marks the WWI armistice and is commemorated but not a public holiday in either country; ANZAC Day's focus is specifically on the Gallipoli campaign and the broader ANZAC service tradition rather than a single war's end. Falls within roughly two weeks of Easter most years, but the two are doctrinally and culturally unrelated.
Religious / civic / cultural context
Originally commemorating the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli on the Ottoman Aegean coast on 25 April 1915 — a costly eight-month campaign that became a foundational national-identity moment for both dominions — the day now honours all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in military operations. Its centrepiece is the Dawn Service, derived from the army's pre-dawn 'stand-to' routine on the Western Front, featuring the Last Post bugle call, a minute's silence, the Ode of Remembrance ('They shall grow not old…'), and the laying of wreaths. The day is solemn rather than celebratory in tone, though afternoon RSL gatherings featuring two-up and a beer with veterans are an enduring secular companion tradition.
Date rule
Fixed on 25 April each year in both Australia and New Zealand, marking the anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915. Substitution rules vary: in 2026 (Saturday 25 April), NSW, the ACT and WA observe an additional public holiday on Monday 27 April, while Victoria, Queensland, SA, Tasmania and NT do not substitute; in New Zealand the holiday is Mondayised for employees whose normal working days do not include Saturday.
Planning impact
Banks, government offices, schools and most workplaces close on the day of observance; in Australia, retail trading is restricted for a half day in most states (typically shops closed until 1pm), with full-day closure for many large retailers in some jurisdictions. In New Zealand, trading restrictions apply only to the calendar date of 25 April, not to a Mondayised substitute day. Dawn services across both countries draw very large crowds to local war memorials from roughly 4:30-6:00am, and morning ANZAC marches lead to extensive CBD road closures.
Observance mode by jurisdiction
Country-specific behavior
Only countries whose pattern departs from the headline observance rule are listed.
Australia
Two-up — illegal gambling on every other day of the year in most states — is legal in RSL sub-branches and many licensed venues on 25 April only (with limited additional dates such as Victory in the Pacific Day in NSW). Saturday-substitution rules differ: NSW, the ACT and WA grant an additional Monday public holiday when ANZAC Day falls on a Saturday, while Victoria, Queensland, SA, Tasmania and NT do not.
New Zealand
Mondayisation applies — when 25 April falls on a Saturday or Sunday, employees who do not normally work weekends observe the public holiday on the following Monday. Commemorative dawn services and parades, however, still occur on the calendar date of 25 April.
Sources
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
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.
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.
Anzac Day appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset.
Oceania
2 countries
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 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
Yes — Anzac Day is listed as a public holiday in Australia on a nationwide basis.
In 2027, Anzac Day in Australia falls on April 25, 2027 (Sunday). Subsequent dates: 2027 April 26, 2027.
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.
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.
The local catalog name and English display name are both Anzac Day for Australia.
Anzac Day appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset, including Australia, New Zealand.
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.
Originally commemorating the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli on the Ottoman Aegean coast on 25 April 1915 — a costly eight-month campaign that became a foundational national-identity moment for both dominions — the day now honours all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in military operations. Its centrepiece is the Dawn Service, derived from the army's pre-dawn 'stand-to' routine on the Western Front, featuring the Last Post bugle call, a minute's silence, the Ode of Remembrance ('They shall grow not old…'), and the laying of wreaths. The day is solemn rather than celebratory in tone, though afternoon RSL gatherings featuring two-up and a beer with veterans are an enduring secular companion tradition. Banks, government offices, schools and most workplaces close on the day of observance; in Australia, retail trading is restricted for a half day in most states (typically shops closed until 1pm), with full-day closure for many large retailers in some jurisdictions. In New Zealand, trading restrictions apply only to the calendar date of 25 April, not to a Mondayised substitute day. Dawn services across both countries draw very large crowds to local war memorials from roughly 4:30-6:00am, and morning ANZAC marches lead to extensive CBD road closures.
Functions as the trans-Tasman counterpart to Remembrance Day (11 November), which marks the WWI armistice and is commemorated but not a public holiday in either country; ANZAC Day's focus is specifically on the Gallipoli campaign and the broader ANZAC service tradition rather than a single war's end. Falls within roughly two weeks of Easter most years, but the two are doctrinally and culturally unrelated.
Anzac Day is often compared with Australia Day, Christmas Day, Friday before AFL Grand Final on the Australia calendar.