Public Holidays in Saudi Arabia 2072

There are 13 Saudi public holidays in 2072. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 106 weekend days.

The Saudi public holidays in 2072 are Eid al-Adha (Friday, January 1), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, January 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, January 3), Founding Day (Monday, February 22), Saudi National Day (Friday, September 23), Eid al-Fitr (Thursday, October 13), Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, October 14), Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, October 15), Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (Sunday, October 16), Arafat Day (Monday, December 19), Eid al-Adha (Tuesday, December 20), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, December 21) and Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, December 22).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2072: Dec 31–Jan 3 (4 days, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha (day 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3)); Oct 13–Oct 16 (4 days, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr (day 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 4)); Dec 19–Dec 24 (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.