✦ zenith calendar · the philippines almanac
the regular holidays and special days, in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in its own words.
philippines is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the regular holidays and special (non-working) days of the philippines, as each year's presidential proclamation lists them. eid'l fitr and eid'l adha are proclaimed on their own, once their dates are recommended.
its dates are copied from the published proclamations, not worked out on your phone; maundy thursday and good friday follow the published western easter table. tap a day and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.
gregorian · as each year's proclamation lists them
undas
1 november
the day of all the saints, when filipino families go to the graves of their dead: one of the great family gatherings of the year.
families clean and repair the tombs and bring flowers, candles, food and prayers. many stay all day and into the night, sharing meals beside their loved ones, and catholics go to mass.
pasko
25 december
the nativity of jesus christ, god made man: the heart of the filipino christmas season, which many homes begin to keep months ahead.
families go to mass, then visit their elders and kin. children greet their elders with the mano, godparents give aguinaldo to their godchildren, and the belen and the parol keep the meaning of the day at home.
biyernes santo
the friday before easter
the day christians remember the death of jesus on the cross. across the country it is kept in quiet and prayer.
many fast and keep from meat. at noon the siete palabras are preached, the pabasa, the chanting of the pasyon, comes to its end, and in the evening the santo entierro procession walks the streets.
araw ng kalayaan
12 june
the national day of the philippines, marking the declaration of independence from spain on 12 june 1898.
the president leads the flag raising and national rites, towns hold parades and ceremonies, among them at the aguinaldo shrine in kawit, and homes, offices and streets fly the flag.
zenith calendar draws the year as an orbit round the sun. lit, philippines puts its days on their dates on that ring, in mint. its mark is its flag, 🇵🇭.
each holiday carries three short paragraphs in its notes: what it is, where it comes from as its own tradition or the country itself tells it, and how it is kept.
on a new install, your phone's own country starts switched on. if your phone's language setting names the philippines as its region, philippines starts lit; anywhere else it waits in the archive, whole.
philippines arrives locked, so nothing in it changes by accident. the lock guards your hand, not your eye: you can still read it, shine it or eclipse it from its chip. one tap unlocks it, and then it is yours to rename, recolour or add to.
philippines shares one sky with your own commitments. like every almanac that comes with the app, it never counts toward the almanacs you can make for free, and it lives on your phone: zenith calendar has no server of its own.
✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it
philippines is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.
the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.
drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.
tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.
tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.
zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.
philippines is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.
philippines (regular holidays and special days) ·
All Saints' Day, undas, falls on 1 November 2026, when Filipino families go to the graves of their dead. In Zenith Calendar it sits on the ring of your year in the philippines almanac.
Maundy Thursday falls on 25 March 2027 and Good Friday on 26 March 2027. They follow the published western Easter table.
Independence Day, araw ng kalayaan, falls on 12 June, marking the declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. In 2027 it falls on 12 June.
Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called philippines: the regular holidays and special days as each year's proclamation lists them, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. Turning it on costs nothing.
Philippines holds the country's regular holidays and special days. Catholic holds the Roman calendar's solemnities, the Church's own days. They are separate almanacs, so you can light either or both.
On a new install, the first page asks which almanacs start lit. If your phone's language setting names the Philippines as its region, the philippines almanac starts switched on; otherwise it waits in the archive until you light it.
They are copied from the published presidential proclamations, not worked out on your phone. Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha are proclaimed on their own once their dates are recommended.