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Holidays |
Official Public Holidays
Holidays |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| New Year's Day |
January 1 |
January 1 |
January 1 |
| Festival of Sacrifice (Eid Al Adha)¹ |
February 12 |
February 2 |
January 21 |
| Islamic New Year² |
March 5 |
February 22 |
February 10 |
| Good Friday |
April 18 |
April 9 |
March 25 |
| Easter³ |
April 20 |
April 11 |
March 27 |
| Labor Day |
May 1 |
May 1 |
May 1 |
| Day of National Unity |
May 22 |
May 22 |
May 22 |
| Birthday of Prophet Mohammad (Mawlid an Nabi)*¹ |
May 24 |
May 14 |
May 2 |
| United Factory Day |
July 7 |
July 7 |
July 7 |
| Revolution Day, 1962 (Northern Yemen) |
September 26 |
September 26 |
September 26 |
| Ascent of the Prophet (Lailat al Miraj, Islamic Observance)*² |
September 24 |
September 12 |
September 1 |
| National Day (Aden) |
October 14 |
October 14 |
October 14 |
| Start of Ramadan*³ |
October 27 |
October 15 |
October 4 |
| Independence Day (SouthernYemen) |
November 30 |
November 14 |
November 14 |
| End of Ramadan (Eid Al Fitr)**¹ |
November 26 |
November 14 |
November 3 |
| Bank Holiday |
December 31 |
December 31 |
December 31 |
| ¹ |
Culmination of the Hajj or Holy Pilgrimage.* |
| ² |
The lunar Islamic Hijra calendar is made up of 12 months, each month alternating between 29 and 30 days per month, culminating in a total of 354 days per year. The Hijra calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and annually moves 11 days backward through the seasons. |
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Easter, a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the first Sunday after the full moon and the vernal equinox (fixed in the Gregorian calendar at March 21), and often observed with Good Friday and Easter Monday. In the West, Easter is predicted using the Gregorian calendar, while Eastern Orthodox Christians use the much older Julian calendar, and celebrate 13 days later. |
| *¹ |
The Birthday of the Prophet Mohammad is celebrated on the twelfth day in the month of Rabi'l of the Islamic calendar. |
| *² |
The Ascent of the Prophet Mohammad is celebrated on the 27th day in the month of Rajab of the Islamic calendar. |
| *³ |
Ramadan (the month of fasting) begins with the first appearance of the new moon in the ninth month of the lunar Islamic Hijra calendar, and lasts 30 days. Dates for the start of Ramadan will vary from country to country, depending on the first appearance of the moon. |
| **¹ |
Feasting that officially marks the end of Ramadan, and commonly lasts for three days. |
Weekend
Friday |
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