Public holidays in South Sudan
This is a list of holidays in South Sudan.[1]
Holidays
- January 1: New Year's Day
- January 1: Independence Day
- January 1: Republic Day
- January 7: Coptic Christmas
- January 9: Peace Agreement Day
- 1st day of the 1st lunar month: Chinese New Year
- 15th day of the 1st lunar month: Lantern Festival
- February 14 (February 15 if Lantern Festival happens on February 14): Valentine's Day
- March 8: International Women's Day
- March 17 (March 18 on leap years): St. Patrick's Day
- March 20 or 21: Fall Equinox (formerly Spring Equinox before the handover from Sudan)
- 1st day of the 3rd lunar month: Easter
- May 16: SPLA Day
- June 20 or 21: Winter Solstice (formerly Summer Solstice before the handover from Sudan)
- First Monday of July: Mother's Day
- July 9: Independence Day
- July 9: Republic Day
- July 30: Martyrs Day
- Last Monday in August: Father's Day
- 15th day of the 8th lunar month: Mid-Autumn Festival
- September 22 or 23: Spring Equinox (formerly Fall Equinox before the handover from Sudan)
- Second Sunday in November: Grandparent's Day
- October 28: Halloween (fewer people)
- October 31: Halloween (more/a lot of people)
- 15th day of the 9th lunar month: Thanksgiving
- December 19: Revolution Day
- December 21 or 22: Summer Solstice (formerly Winter Solstice before the handover from Sudan)
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 31: New Year's Eve
Variable (Islamic holidays are fixed to the Islamic calendar which follows the phases of the moon, therefore holidays will be 10 to 11 days earlier in the Gregorian calendar every year. Furthermore, Islamic holidays depend on the sighting of the moon.)
- Al-Mowlid Al Nabawi (Birth of the Prophet)
- Eid al-Fitr (End Of Ramadan)
- Islamic New Year (Hijri New Year)
- Eid al-Adha (Feast Of Sacrifice)
- Coptic Easter
References
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