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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Maldives, 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
The next public holiday in Maldives is
Mawlid
In 3 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Indian/Maldives
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Maldives public holidays in 2026
12 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day | Compiled |
| 20 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day | Compiled |
| 27 May 2026 | Eid al-Adha expected | Compiled |
| 17 June 2026 | Islamic New Year expected | Compiled |
| 26 July 2026 | Independence Day | Compiled |
| 27 July 2026 | Independence | Compiled |
| 15 August 2026 | National Day expected | Compiled |
| 26 August 2026 | Mawlid expected | Compiled |
| 15 September 2026 | Day expected | Compiled |
| 3 November 2026 | Victory Day | Compiled |
| 11 November 2026 | Republic Day | Compiled |
The shape of Maldives’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
12 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Maldives, 2026
5 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on this jurisdiction’s own weekly rest — Friday — which the corpus records as verified. Friday is a short day rather than a closed one, and is not counted as time off.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May – 29 May | 3 days | Eid al-Adha | take Thu 28 May |
| 17 Jun – 19 Jun | 3 days | Islamic New Year | take Thu 18 Jun |
| 24 Jul – 27 Jul | 4 days | Independence Day, Independence | take Sat 25 Jul |
| 26 Aug – 28 Aug | 3 days | Mawlid | take Thu 27 Aug |
| 11 Nov – 13 Nov | 3 days | Republic Day | take Thu 12 Nov |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Maldives, 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.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly rest days | 1 | verified | — | 2 named sources, sectors recorded separately |
| Statutory closures | 12 | 12 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 5 | 5 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 12 | 12 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Elections | 15 | — | — |
Not held for Maldives: Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, 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.
1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Republic of Maldives — listing; dates released annually by the Office of the President
From the Bulletin
What the corpus turned up about Maldives — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.
How Maldives keeps time
| Observances | 12 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 0 verified · 0 corroborated · 12 compiled, from 1 named source |
| Languages | English |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Maldives dossier
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All 12 dated closures are complete and computed, drawn from published compilations and our own research across 1 named source. Every row names what it rests on. We are retrieving the underlying instruments market by market.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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