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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Uzbekistan

The list of Uzbekistan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2009, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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02 Dec 2008 (CA-News-Tashkent) Upon the advice of the Uzbekistan Muslims Administration, Uzbekistan's President, Islam Karimov, signed a decree which declares that the upcoming Kurban-hait (aka. Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday would be held on Monday, December 8, 2008, rather than on the previously announced date of December 9. • 27 Sep 2008 (Trend-Tashkent) Uzbekistan's President, Islam Karimov, signed a decree yesterday "on the Celebration of Ramadan Holiday", moving the upcoming End of Ramadan public holiday from its previously announced date of October 2, to Wednesday, October 1, following the pronouncement by the Uzbek Muslims Organization that the first day of the End of Ramadan holiday would fall on October 1st, 2008. • 25 Dec 2007 (Jahon News Agency) President Islam Karimov signed the resolution "On transferring the working day from Monday December 31, 2007 onto a Saturday December 29, 2007", which makes Monday, December 31, 2007, a public holiday in exchange of which, the previous Saturday, December 29, will be a regular working day. • 15 Dec 2007 (Jahon News Agency) President Islam Karimov signed the resolution "On celebrating the Kurban-hayit (the Eid al-Adha) in Uzbekistan", which sets the date of Wednesday, December 19, 2007, for the upcoming Eid al-Adha public holiday. • 01 Dec 2006 Next presidential elections - December 23, 2007. • 18 Oct 2006 (Uzbek National News Agency-Tashkent) The president of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islom Karimov, has declared Monday, October 23, 2006, as a public holiday on the occasion of Id al-Fitr. • 21 Nov 2003 (Uzbek Television Channel 2) The government of Uzbekistan has issued a resolution announcing that, Tuesday, November 25, 2003, the first day of the Id al-Fitr Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan, will be a public holiday. • 11 Oct 1996 (Uzbek National News Agency-Tashkent) Uzbekistan president, Islam Karimov, has proclaimed a new national public holiday, "Teachers and Instructors Day", to be celebrated annually on October 1st. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Uzbekistan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Uzbekistan are regulated by Article 77 of the Code of Labor Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan which was amended on December 8, 1992, by article 7 of the decree Proclaiming The Date Of Adoption Of The New Constitution Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, A National Holiday (the decree implementing the new constitution). • Muslim Holidays: There are multiple spellings for the 2 Muslim Eids that are official public holidays in Uzbekistan. Apart from the 2 variations already listed, one also finds: Ramadan Khait (End of Ramadan) and Kurban Khait (Feast of Sacrifice). • Day of Remembrance and Honors (May 9) was formerly called Victory Day. • Day of defenders of the Native land (January 14): although this is listed with the official public holidays on the web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, this is not a public holiday. • Uzbekistan International Codes UZ and UZB (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .uz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Uzbekistan information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Uzbekistan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Uzbekistan), and Wikipedia (includes Uzbekistan commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Uzbekistan, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Uzbekistan, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Uzbekistan. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Uzbekistan that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Uzbekistan were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2009 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Uzbekistan, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Uzbekistan, before planning any trip to Uzbekistan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.