Current Date And Time In Mauritius
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
15:53:32 MUT
Mauritius's national holiday schedule, tracked live below — see which dates recently passed and which are still ahead. Mauritius observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Independence and Republic Day). A mix of fixed and movable dates make up most national calendars: civic anniversaries usually repeat on the same day each year, while religious or lunar-calendar holidays shift — this calendar lists the actual computed date for each, year by year. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in Mauritius directly affect on-the-ground staffing and call-centre coverage planning. This calendar is a standard reference point for location intelligence teams mapping regional operating calendars working with partners, offices or operations in Mauritius.
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Live public holiday calendar for Mauritius, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in Mauritius. These fixed dates reflect official non-working days. For dynamic, movable religious observances (e.g., Eid, Easter), refer to the live calendar embed above.
⚠ These entries are sourced from Mauritius's official government portal but have not yet been individually cross-checked against a specific confirming page — treat the dates below as a helpful starting point, not a final confirmed record.
| Holiday Name | Date / Observance | Category / Type | Closure Impact | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence and Republic Day Marks both independence in 1968 and republic status in 1992. | March 12 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | pmo.govmu.org → |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Independence and Republic Day | Fri, Mar 12, 2027 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Public holidays generally split into two kinds: fixed-date ones that land on the same calendar day every year — a founding or independence anniversary, for instance — and movable ones whose date shifts annually because they follow a different calendar system entirely. Mauritius's calendar can include holidays governed by an Easter-based calculation, the Hijri lunar calendar used for Islamic observances, or a lunisolar calendar — each running independently of the standard Gregorian civic calendar. Countries across Africa vary widely in which calendar systems their holidays follow, Mauritius included — that variation is exactly why the calendar above computes each year's date individually rather than repeating one.
Under Mauritius's labor law, fixed-date national public holidays carry mandatory non-working status for public administration, financial institutions, and commercial enterprises — 1 such holiday is documented for Mauritius in the table above, currently sourced from Mauritius's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Independence and Republic Day on March 12. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
It's also worth distinguishing a public holiday from an observance. A public holiday is a government-mandated day off — offices, banks and schools close. An observance marks something culturally or religiously significant without requiring anyone to close for it. This page tracks public holidays only, since those are the dates that actually change a day's schedule.
Mauritius isn't divided into separate states or provinces the way some larger federated nations are, so its public holiday calendar applies uniformly nationwide — the dates shown above hold the same way across the whole country, without a regional layer to account for.