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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Sudan

The list of Sudan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, 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 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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11 Apr 2008 (The Sudan Tribune) The Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced today that Tuesday, April 15, 2008, would be an official public holiday throughout Sudan to coincide with the implementation of the fifth Sudan Population and Housing Census. • 05 Jan 2008 (New Sudan Vision) Starting on January 12, 2008, Khartoum State weekends for both public and private sectors will be 2-day long; Fridays and Saturdays. • 31 Jul 2007 (Sudan Tribune) Sudan’s First Vice President and President of the government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Salva Kiir Mayardit, announced that henceforth July 30 will be a national holiday in entire southern Sudan to be observed annually as National Martyr’s Day. • 18 May 2007 (The Sudan Tribune) The Sudanese First Vice President and president of Southern Sudan government, Salva Kiir Mayadrit, declared that he would introduce legislation to make May 16, henceforth, an official national day to be annually celebrated throughout South Sudan, Blue Nile, Abyei and Nuba Mountains. • 08 Jul 2006 (United Nations Mission in Sudan-UNMIS) The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers of Sudan has announced that Sunday, July 9, 2006, would be an official public holiday throughout Sudan on the occasion of the celebrations of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Recall that weekends in most of Sudan are limited to Fridays. • 08 Aug 2005 (The World Bank) A one-off public holiday has been declared to coincide with the Sauturday, August 6, 2005, funeral of veteran southern Sudanese leader John Garang. • More News Updates For up-to-the-minute news about public holidays trends and changes, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends: Officially, Fridays are the only weekly day off work. Government and businesses open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 2:30 p.m. from Saturday through Thursday. • Regional Variations: Despite the official rules, weekly closing dates and rest days do vary geographically, between the Arab/Muslim north and the African/Christian south. In the Southern States, Sunday is the official weekly holiday while Muslims work up to 11:00 a.m. on Fridays. In Khartoum State, beginning January 12, 2008, weekends for both public and private sectors will be 2-day long; Fridays and Saturdays. • Martyrs' Day: This public holiday was initiated, beginning in 2008, by the Jonglei government of Southern Sudan, to commemorate the anniversary of the death, in a 2005 airplane crash, of Dr. John Garang de Mabior, who was at the time First Vice President of Sudan and President of the semi-autonomous Southern Sudan. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Sudan (Sudan central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Sudan, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Sudan 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 Sudan 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 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Sudan, 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 Sudan, before planning any trip to Sudan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.