Public Holidays in Saudi Arabia 2007

There are 11 Saudi public holidays in 2007. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 253 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Saudi public holidays in 2007 are Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Monday, January 1), Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Tuesday, January 2), Saudi National Day (Sunday, September 23), Eid al-Fitr (Saturday, October 13), Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, October 14), Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, October 15), Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (Tuesday, October 16), Arafat Day (Wednesday, December 19), Eid al-Adha (Thursday, December 20), Eid al-Adha (day 2) (Friday, December 21) and Eid al-Adha (day 3) (Saturday, December 22).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2007: Dec 29–Jan 2 (5 days, Eid al-Adha (day 2), Eid al-Adha (day 3)); Sep 21–Sep 23 (3 days, Saudi National Day); Oct 12–Oct 16 (5 days, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr (day 2), Eid al-Fitr (day 3), Eid al-Fitr (day 4)); Dec 19–Dec 22 (4 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.