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Afghanistan (Islamic Emirate of) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Since May 6, 2022, women are required to wear a burqa
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday March 8, 2023 | Mothers' Day | cards/flowers |  |
| Tuesday March 21, 2023 | Noruz | Zoroastrian | |
| Tuesday March 21, 2023 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
| Thursday March 23, 2023 | Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Tuesday April 18, 2023 | Ramadan holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 21, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Saturday April 22, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Sunday April 23, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Monday April 24, 2023 | Ramadan holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 28, 2023 | Victory Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday May 24, 2023 | Teacher Day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Sunday June 18, 2023 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
| Tuesday June 27, 2023 | Mount Arafat Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday June 28, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Thursday June 29, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday June 30, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Tuesday July 25, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Tuesday August 15, 2023 | Conquest anniversary | Secular holiday | |
| Saturday August 19, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Thursday August 31, 2023 | Anniversary of foreign troop withdrawal | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday August 31, 2023 | Pachtuns' Day (can be day before or day after) | Events, celebrations... | |
| Wednesday September 20, 2023 | Day of Mourning | cards/flowers | |
| Wednesday September 27, 2023 | Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Mothers' Day
-Wednesday March 8, 2023
cards/flowers :
Noruz
-Tuesday March 21, 2023
Zoroastrian : Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox
Beginning of school year
-Tuesday March 21, 2023
School holidays :
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Thursday March 23, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
-Tuesday April 18, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Sunday April 23, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
Ramadan holiday (end)
-Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Victory Day
-Friday April 28, 2023
Secular holiday : Victory of the Afghan Jehad against the Soviet occupation
Labor Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Dedicated to the memory of martyrs who died for their homeland
Teacher Day
-Wednesday May 24, 2023
Culture :
Fathers' Day
-Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Mount Arafat Day
-Tuesday June 27, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day the Prophet Abraham took his son Ishmael out into the wilderness to sacrifice him to God. As he raised the knife to take his only son's life in obedience to God's command, his hand was stopped and the Lord provided a ram in Ishmael's place.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Thursday June 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Friday June 30, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Tuesday July 25, 2023
School holidays :
Conquest anniversary
-Tuesday August 15, 2023
Secular holiday : To mark when the Islamist militant group conquered Kabul during the chaotic withdrawal of US-led NATO forces (Aug 15, 2021) from 2022
Independence Day
-Saturday August 19, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919 which granted independence from Britain. The day was celebrated until 1992, when mujahedeen overthrew the former communist regime. The Taliban restored the celebration in 1996.
Anniversary of foreign troop withdrawal
-Thursday August 31, 2023
Secular holiday : from 2022
Pachtuns' Day (can be day before or day after)
-Thursday August 31, 2023
Culture :
Day of Mourning
-Wednesday September 20, 2023
cards/flowers : President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. On 20 September 2011, Rabbani was assassinated by a suicide bomber entering his home in Kabul.
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday September 27, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year. paid holiday when falling on Friday
