Public Holidays in Saudi Arabia 1974

There are 13 Saudi public holidays in 1974. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Saudi public holidays in 1974 are Arafat Day (Thursday, January 3), Eid al-Adha (Friday, January 4), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, January 5), Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, January 6), Saudi National Day (Monday, September 23), Eid al-Fitr (Thursday, October 17), Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, October 18), Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, October 19), Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (Sunday, October 20), Arafat Day (Monday, December 23), Eid al-Adha (Tuesday, December 24), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, December 25) and Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, December 26).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 1974: Jan 3–Jan 6 (4 days, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha (day 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3)); Oct 17–Oct 20 (4 days, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr (day 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 4)); Dec 23–Dec 28 (6 days, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha (day 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3)).

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.