Holiday guide
Global holiday guide rooted in Australia's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
April 27, 2026
Monday · Australia/Perth
Next occurrence
April 27, 2026
Monday
Observed in
2 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Australia
Public
Planning timezone
Australia/Perth
UTC+08:00
Next: April 27, 2026 (Monday)
Today
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).
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 |
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.
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 27, 2026 (Monday), 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 27, 2026 and New Zealand on April 27, 2026 — 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.
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 27, 2026 | Public |
| New Zealand | April 27, 2026 | Public |
Anzac Day falls on April 25, 2026 (Saturday) in 2026.
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.
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.
Anzac Day is often compared with Australia Day, Christmas Day, Friday before AFL Grand Final on the Australia calendar.
