It’s planner-buying season. Here are the Philippine holidays for 2022 and a cheatsheet for possible long weekends to amp up your schedule plotting game!

President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 1236 (s.2021) on October 29, 2021, declaring the regular holidays and special non-working days for next year.

November 2 (All Souls’ Day), December 24 (Christmas Eve), and December 31 (New Year’s Eve) will remain as special working days in 2022. It was only this year when these were declared working holidays to boost “economic productivity” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, CNN reported.

Check out the list of 2022 Philippine holidays below.

January 1 (Saturday) – New Year’s Day

Special non-working days

February 1 (Tuesday) – Chinese New Year

February 25 (Friday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary

Long Weekend Alert! You might want to consider applying for vacation leave on the 24th or 28th so you can enjoy a long weekend from either February 24-27 or February 25-28 or BOTH!

Alas! No scheduled holiday on March

April 9 (Saturday) – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)

April 14 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday

April 15 (Friday) – Good Friday

April 16 (Saturday) – Black Saturday*

Long Weekend Alert! Apply for vacation leave on April 11-13 and enjoy a week-long break from work.

May 1 (Sunday) – Labor Day

May 2 (Monday) – Eid-al-Fitr**

Long Weekend Alert! Though the holiday is yet to be determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or lunar calendar, you might still want to consider applying for vacation leave on the 3rd to enjoy a long weekend from April 30 – May 3.

June 12 (Sunday) – Independence Day

June 15 (Wednesday) – Cagayan de Oro Charter Day***

July 9 (Saturday) – Eid al-Adha** Tentative

August 21 (Sunday) – Ninoy Aquino Day*

August 28 (Sunday) – Higalaay Festival***

August 29 (Monday) – National Heroes’ Day

Alas! No scheduled holiday on September

Alas! No scheduled holiday on October

November 1 (Tuesday) – All Saints’ Day*

November 2 (Wednesday) – All Souls’ Day*

November 30 (Wednesday) – Bonifacio Day

Long Weekend Alert! Apply for vacation leave on November 28-29 to enjoy a long weekend rest from November 26-30.

December 8 (Thursday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary*

December 24 (Saturday) – Christmas Eve*

December 25 (Sunday) – Christmas Day

December 30 (Friday) – Rizal Day

December 31 (Saturday) – Last Day of the Year*

Long Weekend Alert! If you’ve reached the end of the year without spending any of your leave credits, you might want to take a long week break beginning December 23-31. Apply for vacation leave on the following dates: December 23 and 26-29.

*Special non-working days

**”The proclamation declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or lunar calendar or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient,” the Proclamation read.

***Cagayan de Oro non-working days

The Department of Labor and Employment shall promulgate the implementation guidelines for this Proclamation.

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Have a safe and prosperous 2022!