Calendar pack · Religious festivals · Hong Kong and South Korea

Buddha's Birthday (Mahayana) 2026–2028

Sourced religious festivals dates for Hong Kong and South Korea from 2026 to 2028. Download a calendar file or subscribe for updates.

Technical details

Buddha's Birthday as East Asian (Mahayana) Buddhists keep it, on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, which is a different day from Theravada Vesak. Hong Kong's dates are from its published holiday lists; Korea's are calendar data its astronomy institute publishes ahead of the official announcement.

v1 · Updated 24 Oct 2026 | 5 dates · Updated 24 Oct 2026

PublicSources: Hong Kong Labour Department: General holidays and statutory holidays 2026; GovHK: General holidays for 2027; Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2026 (before the official announcement); Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2027 (before the official announcement); Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2028 (before the official announcement)

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Date	Name	Note
Sun 24 May 2026	Buddha's Birthday	Buddha's Birthday as kept in the East Asian (Mahayana) tradition, a general holiday in Hong Kong in 2026. · HK
Sun 24 May 2026	Buddha's Birthday	Bucheonnim Osin Nal, Buddha's Birthday in Korea, a public holiday. From the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute calendar data for 2026, which it marks as published before the official announcement. · KR · Provisional
Thu 13 May 2027	Buddha's Birthday	Buddha's Birthday as kept in the East Asian (Mahayana) tradition, a general holiday in Hong Kong in 2027. · HK
Thu 13 May 2027	Buddha's Birthday	Bucheonnim Osin Nal, Buddha's Birthday in Korea, a public holiday. From the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute calendar data for 2027, which it marks as published before the official announcement. · KR · Provisional
Tue 2 May 2028	Buddha's Birthday	Bucheonnim Osin Nal, Buddha's Birthday in Korea, a public holiday. From the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute calendar data for 2028, which it marks as published before the official announcement. · KR · Provisional

All 5 dates.

Sources

Hong Kong Labour Department: General holidays and statutory holidays 2026 · retrieved 24 October 2026, reviewed 24 October 2026Hong Kong Government holiday list; names and dates only.
GovHK: General holidays for 2027 · retrieved 24 October 2026, reviewed 24 October 2026Hong Kong Government holiday list; names and dates only.
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2026 (before the official announcement) · retrieved 24 October 2026, reviewed 24 October 2026Korean public-institution calendar data; names and dates only.
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2027 (before the official announcement) · retrieved 24 October 2026, reviewed 24 October 2026Korean public-institution calendar data; names and dates only.
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: calendar data 2028 (before the official announcement) · retrieved 24 October 2026, reviewed 24 October 2026Korean public-institution calendar data; names and dates only.