Someone who normally works Monday to Friday and has Hong Kong's gazetted General Holidays off has seven breaks of at least three consecutive days in 2027. None requires annual leave.
Lunar New Year and Easter each provide four days off. The other five breaks last three days. This article assumes that Saturdays and Sundays are already days off; shift workers and people who work Saturdays will have different combinations.
The seven natural long weekends
| Dates | Length | Holiday connection |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 January | 3 days | The first day of January on Friday |
| 6–9 February | 4 days | Lunar New Year Day 1, Day 3 and substituted Day 4 |
| 26–29 March | 4 days | Good Friday through Easter Monday |
| 3–5 April | 3 days | Ching Ming Festival on Monday |
| 1–3 October | 3 days | National Day on Friday |
| 8–10 October | 3 days | Chung Yeung Festival on Friday |
| 25–27 December | 3 days | First weekday after Christmas Day on Monday |
The 2027 General Holidays guide lists the complete calendar. The table above includes only a General Holiday that connects to a weekend and creates at least three consecutive scheduled days off.
Leave dates that extend the breaks
The following combinations assume that annual leave is approved for the dates shown and that Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays are already days off.
| Continuous dates off | Annual-leave dates | Leave days used | Total days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 January | 4 January | 1 | 4 |
| 6–14 February | 10–12 February | 3 | 9 |
| 26 March–5 April | 30 March–2 April | 4 | 11 |
| 13–16 May | 14 May | 1 | 4 |
| 1–4 July | 2 July | 1 | 4 |
| 16–19 September | 17 September | 1 | 4 |
| 1–10 October | 4–7 October | 4 | 10 |
| 25 December–2 January 2028 | 28–31 December | 4 | 9 |
The January, May, July and September combinations each use one day of leave to make four consecutive days off. The longer combinations join holidays to a second weekend or, in spring and October, join two separate holiday blocks.
These are date combinations. Annual-leave entitlement and approval depend on the person's employment arrangements.
Lunar New Year provides four days without leave
The 2027 Lunar New Year holidays run from Saturday 6 February through Tuesday 9 February:
| Date | Treatment |
|---|---|
| Saturday 6 February | Lunar New Year's Day |
| Sunday 7 February | Day 2 falls on Sunday |
| Monday 8 February | Day 3 |
| Tuesday 9 February | Day 4 substitutes for Day 2 |
Day 1 remains on Saturday. Tuesday 9 February is the substitute holiday because Day 2 falls on Sunday. Together with the weekend and Monday's Day 3 holiday, this gives a Monday-to-Friday worker four consecutive days off.
Annual leave on Wednesday 10 through Friday 12 February joins the holiday to the next weekend. Three leave days produce nine consecutive days off, from 6 through 14 February.
Four leave days join Easter and Ching Ming
Easter provides four days off from Friday 26 March through Monday 29 March:
- Friday 26 March — Good Friday;
- Saturday 27 March — weekend and the day following Good Friday;
- Sunday 28 March — Sunday; and
- Monday 29 March — Easter Monday.
Ching Ming Festival falls on Monday 5 April, so the following weekend creates a second three-day break from 3 through 5 April.
The four working days between the breaks are Tuesday 30 March through Friday 2 April. Taking all four as annual leave creates 11 consecutive days off, from Friday 26 March through Monday 5 April.
In 2026, Ching Ming and Easter occur within one five-day sequence. In 2027, they remain separate unless those four leave days are approved.
October has two Friday holidays
National Day falls on Friday 1 October. Chung Yeung Festival falls on the next Friday, 8 October. Each creates a separate Friday-to-Sunday long weekend.
Taking Monday 4 through Thursday 7 October as leave creates ten consecutive days off, from Friday 1 October through Sunday 10 October.
The two General Holidays also affect a working-day calculation across those weeks. A calendar-day period continues through them unless its governing rule provides a separate adjustment.
Checked October deadline example
Assume a document gives ten working days after Thursday 30 September 2027. It excludes Saturdays, Sundays and General Holidays, excludes the start date and includes the tenth working day.
- Friday 1 October is National Day and is excluded.
- Monday 4 through Thursday 7 October are working days 1–4.
- Friday 8 October is Chung Yeung Festival and is excluded.
- Monday 11 through Friday 15 October are working days 5–9.
- Monday 18 October is working day 10.
The calculated date is Monday 18 October 2027, 18 calendar days after the trigger. A period measured in calendar days, or a working-day definition with different exclusions, may produce another date.
Open the October example in the calculator.
Christmas uses its own wording
Christmas Day falls on Saturday 25 December, and every Sunday is already a General Holiday. The annual list names Monday 27 December as the first weekday after Christmas Day.
Those dates create a Saturday-to-Monday long weekend. Monday's treatment comes from the wording of the Christmas entry, rather than a general rule for every holiday that falls on Saturday.
Taking 28–31 December as annual leave extends the break through Sunday 2 January 2028. Four leave days produce nine consecutive days off. That combination relies only on the weekend for 1 and 2 January, so it requires no assumption about the 2028 General Holiday list.
How the calculator uses these dates
In a working-day calculation, the Hong Kong calendar excludes the General Holidays that fall inside the period. The result identifies each excluded date.
Use the person's actual work pattern and approved leave when planning time off. The optional CNY Extended Shutdown is a separate planning template, not an automatic extension of the gazetted Lunar New Year holidays.
For a deadline, first confirm whether the governing definition uses General Holidays, Statutory Holidays or another calendar. The working days versus calendar days guide explains how that choice changes a calculation.
Sources and verification
Sources checked on 3 August 2026:
- GovHK: General Holidays for 2027 — the complete 2027 calendar and Lunar New Year substitution.
- Hong Kong Government: General Holidays for 2027 published — the official publication notice and weekdays.
- Hong Kong e-Legislation: General Holidays Ordinance, Schedule — the Saturday/Sunday-sensitive holiday wording.
Both tables apply the Monday-to-Friday schedule stated at the start of this guide to the official 2027 dates.
