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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Afghanistan, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

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Live notice Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made.

The next public holiday in Afghanistan is

Eid Milad-un-Nabi

In 3 days · expected; set by announcement

07:07 local time in Afghanistan Weekend Last: Independence Day, 19 August 2026 · 4 days ago

Computed · local time Asia/Kabul

Work with Afghanistan’s calendar

Afghanistan public holidays in 2026

15 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
15 February 2026Liberation DayCompiled
20 March 2026Eid al-Fitr expectedCompiled
21 March 2026Eid al-Fitr expectedCompiled
21 March 2026Nowruz expectedCompiled
22 March 2026Eid al-Fitr expectedCompiled
28 April 2026Mujahideen Victory DayCompiled
1 May 2026Labour DayCompiled
26 May 2026Day of Arafa expectedCompiled
27 May 2026Eid al-Adha expectedCompiled
28 May 2026Eid al-Adha expectedCompiled
29 May 2026Eid al-Adha expectedCompiled
26 June 2026Ashura expectedCompiled
15 August 2026VictoryCompiled
19 August 2026Independence DayCompiled
26 August 2026Eid Milad-un-Nabi expectedCompiled

The shape of Afghanistan’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January2 January3 January4 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February12 February13 February14 February15 February — Liberation Day16 February17 February18 February19 February20 February21 February22 February23 February24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March — Eid al-Fitr21 March — Nowruz22 March — Eid al-Fitr23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April5 April6 April7 April8 April9 April10 April11 April12 April13 April14 April15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April — Mujahideen Victory Day29 April30 April1 May — Labour Day2 May3 May4 May5 May6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May — Day of Arafa27 May — Eid al-Adha28 May — Eid al-Adha29 May — Eid al-Adha30 May31 May1 June2 June3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June18 June19 June20 June21 June22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June — Ashura27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August12 August13 August14 August15 August — Victory16 August17 August18 August19 August — Independence Day20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August — Eid Milad-un-Nabi27 August28 August29 August30 August31 August1 September2 September3 September4 September5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September17 September18 September19 September20 September21 September22 September23 September24 September25 September26 September27 September28 September29 September30 September1 October2 October3 October4 October5 October6 October7 October8 October9 October10 October11 October12 October13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October18 October19 October20 October21 October22 October23 October24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November9 November10 November11 November12 November13 November14 November15 November16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December25 December26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December31 December

14 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in Afghanistan, 2026

6 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on a Monday–Friday week. The corpus holds Friday as this jurisdiction’s statutory weekly rest — verified — but a labour code names the day it guarantees, not the days custom adds, so it is cited above rather than computed from.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
20 Mar – 22 Mar3 daysEid al-Fitr, Nowruzno leave needed
25 Apr – 28 Apr4 daysMujahideen Victory Daytake Mon 27 Apr
1 May – 3 May3 daysLabour Dayno leave needed
23 May – 31 May9 daysDay of Arafa, Eid al-Adhatake Mon 25 May
26 May – 31 May6 daysDay of Arafa, Eid al-Adhano leave needed
26 Jun – 28 Jun3 daysAshurano leave needed

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Afghanistan, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

6/14 layers held for Afghanistan
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Statutory weekly rest1verified—1 named source, in force since 2007, sectors recorded separately
Statutory closures1414 compiled2026-08-03
Religious observances99 compiled2026-08-03
Observed but open11 compiled2026-08-03
Substitution and in-lieu rules1515 compiled2026-08-03
Elections9——

Not held for Afghanistan: Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, School terms and breaks, Subdivision calendars, Exchange closures, Tax deadlines, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

2 named documents, issued by 2 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

Afghan Islamic Press and contemporaneous reporting OfficeHolidays

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about Afghanistan — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Notice · Divergence · 22 August 2026 Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made.

How Afghanistan keeps time

Observances15 across the national calendar
Evidence0 verified · 0 corroborated · 15 compiled, from 2 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, fa
Calendar systemsgregorian
Exchangesnone listed
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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From published compilations

All 15 dated closures are complete and computed, drawn from published compilations and our own research across 2 named sources. Every row names what it rests on. We are retrieving the underlying instruments market by market.

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