Current Date And Time In Samarai, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
03:54:15 PGT
State: Milne Bay Province
Currency: Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
Timezone: UTC +10:00 (PGT)
Population: 1,638
Checking bank closures, municipal non-working days, and upcoming public holiday dates in Samarai, Milne Bay Province? Here is the complete city holiday reference for Samarai.
Businesses, retail banks, and public services throughout Samarai follow official statutory holiday schedules for non-working day closures. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Independence Day on September 16) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Samarai.
This is Papua New Guinea's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Papua New Guinea's country-level and Milne Bay Province holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Samarai as anywhere else in Papua New Guinea.
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These are Papua New Guinea's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Papua New Guinea's country and Milne Bay Province holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Samarai just as everywhere else in Papua New Guinea.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | September 16 | National Public Holiday | Full National Closure | www.pm.gov.pg |
Businesses in Samarai generally follow the same statutory closure pattern as the rest of Papua New Guinea: banks and government offices close fully, while retail and hospitality tend to trim hours rather than close for the day.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Samarai doesn't simply get skipped — Papua New Guinea's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 1,638 and running on the Pacific/Port_Moresby time zone, Samarai follows Papua New Guinea's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.