Is 26 March a public holiday?
Yes Friday 26 March 2027 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (Good Friday).
Public holidays are set state by state, so the same date can be a day off in one state and a normal Monday in the next. Here is what 26 March looks like in every published year.
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Wednesday 26 March 2025 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Thursday 26 March 2026 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Friday 26 March 2027 Public holiday
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A Friday, so it makes a three-day weekend everywhere. The long weekend planner shows what a few days of leave either side would add.
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Sunday 26 March 2028 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
The holidays that fall on 26 March
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Easter
Easter is the only major public holiday whose date moves every year. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, using the church tables rather than the astronomical moon, which puts it anywhere between 22 March and 25 April. Good Friday is two days before, Easter Monday the day after, and everything else in the Easter block is anchored to that Sunday. Early and late Easters behave differently on the calendar. A late Easter (mid to late April) can sit within a week or two of Anzac Day, which is when the famous Easter and Anzac double becomes possible: a handful of leave days bridging the two can produce a break of ten days or more. An early Easter in March sits on its own.
More about Easter
March in the public holiday calendar
March is when the state calendars start to diverge. Western Australia takes Labour Day on the first Monday; Victoria and Tasmania take theirs on the second Monday, the same day as Canberra Day in the ACT and Adelaide Cup Day in South Australia. New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory have nothing in March at all. When Easter falls early, Good Friday can land in the last week of the month. That mix is why a March date is often a holiday in four jurisdictions and a working day in the other four.
How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed26 March FAQ
Is 26 March a public holiday in 2025?
Wednesday 26 March 2025 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / Adelaide Cup Day / Eight Hours Day / Canberra Day on Mon 10 Mar (VIC, SA, TAS and ACT), and Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show on Fri 28 Mar (parts of QLD).
Is 26 March a public holiday in 2026?
Thursday 26 March 2026 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / Adelaide Cup Day / Eight Hours Day / Canberra Day on Mon 9 Mar (VIC, SA, TAS and ACT), and Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show on Fri 27 Mar (parts of QLD).
Is 26 March a public holiday in 2027?
Friday 26 March 2027 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (Good Friday).
Is 26 March a public holiday in 2028?
Sunday 26 March 2028 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / Adelaide Cup Day / Eight Hours Day / Canberra Day on Mon 13 Mar (VIC, SA, TAS and ACT), and Good Friday on Fri 14 Apr (every state and territory).
Looking for the whole year? Every 2027 public holiday by state