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Eid Al-Fitr: Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan (the holy month of fasting). The date varies each year depending on the Islamic lunar calendar. Eid Al-Adha: Islamic holiday commemorating the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. The date varies each year according to the Islamic lunar calendar.
Timeline of Emirati history; Events in the year 2025 in the United Arab Emirates. Holidays ... January 1 – New Year's Day; March 29–31 – Eid al-Fitr; June 5 ...
The United Arab Emirates Government announced official holidays for the public and private sectors for the years 2019. The Cabinet granted equal leaves (14 days) sectors. This decision aims to achieve a balance between the two sectors in the number of official holidays they are entitled to.
Eid al-Fitr is expected to begin the evening of Tuesday, April 9, 2024, and end the evening of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Eid al-Adha begins on June 16, 2024, and ends on June 17, 2024. When Does ...
On Monday, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims are encouraged to engage in dawn-to-dusk fasting. The second Eid, called Eid al-Adha, which is also known ...
So, Eid al-Fitr always takes place 10/1–10/3 of the Hijri calendar. When corresponded to the Gregorian solar calendar, Eid al-Fitr is expected to begin Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in North America.
Although the date of Eid al-Fitr is always the same in the Islamic calendar, the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year, since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar. Hence if the Eid falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year, there will be a second Eid ...
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.