Public Holidays in Pakistan 2042

There are 18 Pakistani public holidays in 2042. 15 of them fall on working days, which leaves 246 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2042 are Ashura (Thursday, January 2), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, January 3), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Wednesday, February 5), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, March 5), Pakistan Day (Sunday, March 23), Labour Day (Thursday, May 1), Youm-e-Takbeer (Wednesday, May 28), Independence Day (Thursday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Tuesday, September 16), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Wednesday, September 17), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Thursday, September 18), Iqbal Day (Sunday, November 9), Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, November 23), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Monday, November 24), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, November 25), Ashura (Monday, December 22), Ashura (day 2) (Tuesday, December 23) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Thursday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2042: Jan 2–Jan 5 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Sep 16–Sep 18 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Nov 22–Nov 25 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Dec 20–Dec 23 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)).

The weekend in Pakistan is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Federal public holidays. Islamic holidays depend on the moon sighting in Pakistan and are often a day later than shown.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.