{"id":112487,"date":"2026-05-14T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=112487"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:58:27","slug":"uae-eid-al-adha-2026-holidays-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/uae-eid-al-adha-2026-holidays-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE: Eid al-Adha 2026 Holidays Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UAE: Holidays have been announced for government employees in the UAE on the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/when-will-eid-al-adha-be-astronomers-have-predicted\/\">Eid al-Adha<\/a> and the Day of Arafah.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, the public sector will be given a five-day holiday. This break will provide employees with an opportunity to prepare for Eid and spend time with their families.<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, the Eid holidays will begin on Monday, May 25. This will continue until Friday, May 29. After that, offices will open as usual from Monday, June 1.<\/p>\n<p>In Bangladesh, long holidays have also been announced on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. The government has issued a holiday schedule from May 25 to May 31, 2026. There will be a total of seven days of holidays. Due to the long break, the usual holiday on Saturday, May 23 has been canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Government offices will remain open on May 23 and 24. After that, regular Eid holidays will begin from May 25. The aim is to continue office work so that important matters are not affected.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan, too, predictions have been made regarding the sighting of the moon of Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH and Eid-ul-Adha. According to SPARC, the new moon will be born on the night of May 17, 2026. The age of the moon on that day will be more than 18 hours. According to astronomical calculations, the chances of seeing the moon may improve.<\/p>\n<p>SPARC has estimated that the first of Dhul-Hijjah is likely to fall on Monday, May 18, 2026. Based on this calculation, Eid-ul-Adha can be celebrated on May 27, 2026. However, the organization has clarified that these estimates are based on scientific data. The final decision will be taken by the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee based on the testimonies received from across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE: Holidays have been announced for government employees in the UAE on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and the Day of Arafah. According to the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, the public sector will be given a five-day holiday. This break will provide employees with an opportunity to prepare for Eid and spend time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":79892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40120,12272],"class_list":["post-112487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-eid-al-adha-2026","tag-uae-eid-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112488,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112487\/revisions\/112488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}