A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year.
Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history, such as the National Day.The public holidays are generally days of celebration, like the anniversary of a significant historical event, or can be a religious celebrations. Holidays can land on a specific day of the year, be tied to a certain day of the week in a certain month or follow other calendar systems like the Lunar Calender.
Here is the Holidays scheduled for 2017 and 2018 for Mauritius.
2017 Holidays in Mauritius
| Day | Date | Holiday |
| Sunday | 1-Jan | New Year’s Day |
| Monday | 2-Jan | New Year’s Day |
| Saturday | 28-Jan | Chinese Spring Festival |
| Wednesday | 1-Feb | Abolition of Slavery |
| Thursday | 9-Feb | Thaipoosam Caveedee |
| Friday | 24-Feb | Maha Shivaratree |
| Sunday | 12-Mar | Independence Day |
| Wednesday | 29-Mar | Ugaadi |
| Monday | 1-May | Labour Day |
| Monday | 26-Jun | Eid-Ul-Fitr |
| Saturday | 26-Aug | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Thursday | 19-Oct | Divali |
| Wednesday | 1-Nov | All Saint Day |
| Thursday | 2-Nov | Arrival Of Indentured Labourers |
| Monday | 25-Dec | Christmas |