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Public Holidays in 2008
| Holiday Name |
| 19 Jan Ashura (Martyrdom of Imam Hussein). |
| Feb* Mount Arafat Day. |
| 21 Mar Navruz (Persian New Year). |
| 20 Mar Roze-Maulud (Birth of the Prophet). |
| 18 Apr Liberation Day. |
| 28 Apr Revolution Day; Loss of the Muslim Nation. |
| 1 May Labour Day. |
| 19 Aug National Day. |
| 2 Oct Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). |
| 9 Dec Eid-al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice). |
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Religious
Holidays : Bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based
on certain religious calendars are subject to local variations due
to differing interpretations between different religious authorities,
or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated
because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another
calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious
(bad luck), To find out more about these uncertainties, see the specific
footnote, if any, for each holiday. |
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Muslim
Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays
for Afghanistan were evaluated using the Umm
al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia
and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later
in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon
phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based
on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3
hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays,
. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware
link at the left of this page. |
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Solar
Holidays : The calculation of equinoxes, solstices, sunrises and
sunsets used to predict solar bank holidays, legal holidays and public
holidays for Afghanistan are based on the geographical location of
Kabul (latitude 34.5°N, longitude 69.2°E, GMT+4.5 hours, no Summer
Time rules). Note that many countries in South-East Asia are progressively
changing the recurrence rule of some of their lunar/solar holidays
to rules based on fixed dates of the Western (Gregorian) calendar.
Therefore, while the dates predicted above for 2007 and beyond are
currently technically correct, the rules of these holidays may change
in the next few years. For more details on lunar and solar holidays,
see the Lunisolar Footnotes link at the left
of this page. |
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