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Holidays in Jordan

Public Holidays and Religious Holidays in 2012.

Holidays in Jordan can be classisfied as Religious Holidays, National Holidays, Bank Holidays.

Bank Holidays are the days when banks and goverment offices are closed in addition to the regular Fridays and Saturdays.

Some of the Religious Holidays are also Bank Holidays but not all of them. Easter holidays, for example, are only observed by Christian establishments.

Note about Muslim Holidays: As the lunar Hijri calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, each year Islamic holidays fall 10-11 days earlier than in the previous year. The precise dates are known only shortly before event, however, as they depend on the sighting of the moon.

Shops and restaurants are usually open on bank holidays as well: business is business.

The only exception being the month of Ramadan when many restaurants are closed during the day and there may be restrictions on smoking and drinking.

National Holidays are the celebrations of important events in Jordanian or Arab history - some of them are Bank Holidays while others are not.

Holidays in 2012 - A.H. 1433

Jan 1 Sunday	New Year's Day	Bank Holiday
Febr 4 Saturday	The Prophet's Birthday	Muslim Religious and Bank Holiday
April 6 Friday	Good Friday	Christian Religious Holiday
April 9 Monday	Easter Monday	Christian Religious Holiday
May 1 Tuesday	Labour Day	Bank Holiday
May 25 Friday	Independence Day	National, Bank Holiday
June 10 Sunday	Army Day	National, NOT Bank Holiday
June 16 Saturday	Prophet's Ascension	Muslim Religious Holiday
July 20 Friday	Ramadan begins	NOT Bank Holiday
Aug 19 Sunday, 5 days altogether	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Bank Holiday
Oct 26 Friday, 4-5 days altogether	Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)	Bank Holiday
Nov 15 Thursday	Islamic New Year	Bank Holiday
Dec 25 Tuesday	Christmas Day	Bank Holiday

Please note: in Jordan the goverment sometimes changes the day on which the holiday was supposed to be celebrated to another day, to prolong weekend. Muslim holidays may also start 1 day earlier or later, depending on the sight of the Moon.

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