Public Holidays in Saudi Arabia 1968

There are 13 Saudi public holidays in 1968. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Saudi public holidays in 1968 are Eid al-Fitr (Tuesday, January 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (Wednesday, January 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (Thursday, January 4), Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (Friday, January 5), Arafat Day (Saturday, March 9), Eid al-Adha (Sunday, March 10), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Monday, March 11), Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, March 12), Saudi National Day (Monday, September 23), Eid al-Fitr (Saturday, December 21), Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, December 22), Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, December 23) and Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (Tuesday, December 24).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 1968: Jan 2–Jan 6 (5 days, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr (day 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 4)); Mar 8–Mar 12 (5 days, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha (day 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3)); Dec 20–Dec 24 (5 days, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr (day 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 4)).

The weekend in Saudi Arabia is Friday and Saturday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Private-sector holidays under the Labour Law regulations. Government offices get longer Eid breaks. Eid dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and the moon sighting.

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.