Closure expectation
HighChuseok is modeled as a public holiday in South Korea; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
Chuseok.
Global holiday guide rooted in South Korea's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
September 14, 2027
Tuesday · Asia/Seoul
Next occurrence
September 14, 2027
Tuesday
Observed in
1 country
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
South Korea
Public
Planning timezone
Asia/Seoul
UTC+09:00
Countdown
Next: September 14, 2027 (Tuesday)
Chuseok
312 days away311Days
19Hours
56Min
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Chuseok is one of South Korea's defining family and travel holidays, combining harvest themes with ancestor remembrance and large-scale domestic movement. In the current dataset this holiday is only listed for South Korea.
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 Chuseok.
Primary calendar
South Korea · Public
Cultural family
harvest or seasonal festival · East Asia
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
1 country in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
Next date signal
September 14, 2027 · Tuesday
Forward window
2025: October 6, 2025 · 2025: October 7, 2025 · 2025: October 8, 2025 · 2026: September 24, 2026
Related planning set
Lunar New Year · Buddha's Birthday · Christmas Day
Regional spread
Asia 1
Reference posture
lunar 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 Chuseok in South Korea distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
chuseok · Chuseok · South Korea · KR
Local name and scope
추석 · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
harvest or seasonal festival · East Asia · lunar / lunisolar
Country/date clusters
September 14, 2027 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 1
Forward date window
2027: September 14, 2027 (Tuesday) · 2027: September 15, 2027 (Wednesday) · 2027: September 16, 2027 (Thursday)
Timezone anchor
Asia/Seoul · Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: Liberation Day (30 days before) · next: National Foundation Day (19 days after)
Source depth
6 reference checkpoints · lunar story profile plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. Chuseok can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
Catalog onlyChuseok uses tracked catalog rows for the visible forward window. lunar / lunisolar holidays stay inside the source window when extrapolation would be risky.
Bridge-day pressure
TuesdayChuseok next falls on September 14, 2027 (Tuesday). High bridge-day pressure: Monday often becomes the unofficial leave day before a Tuesday holiday.
Cross-border drift
Local onlyChuseok is effectively a South Korea detail page in this dataset; local rules matter more than international comparison.
Timezone handling
Single zoneSouth Korea has a single primary timezone in this country record, so date-boundary risk is lower than in multi-zone countries.
Source posture
ReferencedChuseok has 6 visible reference checkpoints on the page. lunar 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
Korean national-holiday calendar; Lunar-calendar holiday announcements
Story and rule checkpoint
lunar holiday profile: Chuseok is one of South Korea's defining family and travel holidays, combining harvest themes with ancestor remembrance and large-scale domestic movement.
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
- Korean national-holiday calendar
- Lunar-calendar holiday announcements
- Korean national holiday calendar
- Korean Culture and Information Service Chuseok context
- 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 South Korea 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
Chuseok is currently anchored to South Korea in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page.
Projection reliability
Chuseok stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its lunar / lunisolar rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
September 14, 2027
1 country · South Korea
Observed type mix across countries
Public1
Local names and country context
Name in South Korea
추석
The local catalog name for South Korea is 추석; the English display name is Chuseok.
Country calendar role
Chuseok is recorded in South Korea as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
History and significance
The festival developed from harvest traditions and became deeply tied to reunion travel, gift-giving, and ritual visits that shape the entire holiday period.
Its influence on transport, logistics, and time off is so strong that the date works as both a cultural marker and a major planning signal.
Chuseok is marked as a nationwide observance in the current South Korea holiday data.
Date behavior and next years
Chuseok follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar tradition, so the Gregorian date changes from year to year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: October 6, 2025: October 7, 2025: October 8, 2026: September 24, 2026: September 25, 2026: September 26, 2027: September 14, 2027: September 15, 2027: September 16.
Because Chuseok follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | October 6, 2025 | Monday |
| 2025 | October 7, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 2025 | October 8, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2026 | September 24, 2026 | Thursday |
| 2026 | September 25, 2026 | Friday |
| 2026 | September 26, 2026 | Saturday |
| 2027 | September 14, 2027 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | September 15, 2027 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | September 16, 2027 | Thursday |
Next 3 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 | September 14, 2027 | Tuesday | Catalog |
| 2027 | September 15, 2027 | Wednesday | Catalog |
| 2027 | September 16, 2027 | Thursday | Catalog |
Seasonal placement
Chuseok next lands in the autumn planning band for South Korea. 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
Thursday1
Tuesday1
Wednesday1
How Chuseok is observed
Chuseok is anchored to the seasonal cycle — harvest, solstice, or equivalent — which is why food, gathering, and time outdoors carry more meaning than state-led ceremony.
Searches for Chuseok want the year's date, the long-weekend math, and travel-versus-stay patterns common in South Korea during the season.
Cultural family
harvest or seasonal festival
Origin region: East Asia
Statutory mode
Chuseok is listed as a public holiday in South Korea (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a harvest or seasonal festival sitting in the South Korea calendar, Chuseok matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is September 14, 2027 (Tuesday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
Chuseok also appears in other country calendars such as South Korea. Recorded next dates include South Korea on September 14, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
South Korea plans this holiday primarily around Asia/Seoul. Because Chuseok follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date. Teams often line Chuseok up with Lunar New Year, Buddha's Birthday, and Christmas Day when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the Chuseok 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
Chuseok is tracked as a public entry in South Korea (nationwide). It reads as a harvest or seasonal festival with origins in East Asia; the date follows a lunar / lunisolar rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is September 14, 2027 (Tuesday). Forward dates: 2027: September 14, 2027 (Tuesday), 2027: September 15, 2027 (Wednesday), and 2027: September 16, 2027 (Thursday).
Cross-country reach
Chuseok is currently a single-country entry in the dataset, anchored to South Korea. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include Lunar New Year, Buddha's Birthday, and Christmas Day.
Local planning anchor
South Korea plans this holiday around Asia/Seoul. 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: South Korea may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. Chuseok is currently anchored to South Korea in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page. Chuseok stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its lunar / lunisolar rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name for South Korea is 추석; the English display name is Chuseok.
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 Chuseok in the South Koreacalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
Liberation Day
August 15, 2027 · Public
30 days before Chuseok; local label: 광복절.
Next holiday
National Foundation Day
October 3, 2027 · Public
19 days after Chuseok; local label: 개천절.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around Chuseok in the South Koreacalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
National Foundation Day
October 3, 2027 · Public
19 days after Chuseok. Local label: 개천절.
Hangul Day
October 9, 2027 · Public
25 days after Chuseok. Local label: 한글날.
Liberation Day
August 15, 2027 · Public
30 days before Chuseok. Local label: 광복절.
Memorial Day
June 6, 2027 · Public
100 days before Chuseok. Local label: 현충일.
Christmas Day
December 25, 2027 · Public
102 days after Chuseok. Local label: 크리스마스.
Buddha's Birthday
May 13, 2027 · Public
124 days before Chuseok. Local label: 부처님 오신 날.
Observed countries and regions
Chuseok is only listed for South Korea in the current dataset.
Asia
1 country
Country-by-country timing snapshot
Chuseok is currently a single-country entry, so the next-date row below is the operational anchor for South Korea.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | September 14, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in South Korea
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.
Lunar New Year
February 16, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Buddha's Birthday
May 24, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Christmas Day
December 25, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
See 2026 calendar
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Independence Movement Day
March 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is Chuseok a public holiday in South Korea?▾
Yes — Chuseok is listed as a public holiday in South Korea on a nationwide basis.
When is Chuseok in South Korea in 2027?▾
In 2027, Chuseok in South Korea falls on September 14, 2027 (Tuesday). Subsequent dates: 2027 September 15, 2027, 2027 September 16, 2027.
How is the date for Chuseok determined?▾
Chuseok follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar tradition, so the Gregorian date changes from year to year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: October 6, 2025: October 7, 2025: October 8, 2026: September 24, 2026: September 25, 2026: September 26, 2027: September 14, 2027: September 15, 2027: September 16. Because Chuseok follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date.
What kind of holiday is Chuseok?▾
Chuseok is listed as a public holiday in South Korea (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a harvest or seasonal festival with origins tied to East Asia.
What is the local name for Chuseok in South Korea?▾
The local catalog name for South Korea is 추석; the English display name is Chuseok.
Where is Chuseok observed?▾
Chuseok is only listed for South Korea in the current dataset.
What timezone should I use for Chuseok planning in South Korea?▾
South Korea uses Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside Chuseok?▾
Chuseok is often compared with Lunar New Year, Buddha's Birthday, Christmas Day on the South Korea calendar.