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Bank and Public Holidays for Kuwait

Kuwait bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2013, 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.

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03 Jun 2013 Kuwaiti Public Holiday June 6 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, June 6, 2013, as a non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa and Meraj (Prophet's Ascension) annual public holiday. • 16 Feb 2013 Kuwait Extra Public Holiday February 24 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Monday and Tuesday, February 25 and 26, 2013, as non-working public holidays for the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays and once again an additional bridge public holiday on the previous Sunday. • 22 Jan 2013 Kuwait Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday January 24 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, January 24, 2013, as a the date of this year's Kuwaiti non-working public holiday for the birthday of Prophet Mohammad. • 17 Oct 2012 Kuwaiti 2012 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays On Hold (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Cabinet has announced that the recently-reported dates of the non-working public holidays for the upcoming Eid al-Adha would be put on hold until the next Cabinet meeting on Monday, October 22, 2012. • 15 Oct 2012 Kuwaiti 2012 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays Announced (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) Sources at the Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission have announced the dates for the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Kuwait. • 13 Aug 2012 Kuwaiti 2012 Eid al Fitr Public Holidays (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Cabinet has decided to declare Tuesday, August 21, 2012, the Tuesday following the upcoming Eid al Fitr as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday. • 11 May 2012 Kuwait Public Holiday June 17 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Sunday, June 17, 2012, as a non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa and Meraj (Prophet's Ascension) annual public holiday. • 23 Feb 2012 Kuwait Financial Public Holidays February 26-27 (Al-Qabas-Kuwait City) The Kuwait Stock Exchange announced that it would be closed Sunday and Monday, February 26 and 27, 2012, for the National Day and Liberation Day holidays. • 16 Feb 2012 Kuwait Extra Public Holiday February 27 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Saturday and Sunday, February 25 and 26, 2012, as non-working public holidays for the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays. • 19 Jan 2012 Kuwait Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Moved (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, February 2, 2012, as a the non-working public holiday for the upcoming Prophet's Birthday annual public holiday, in replacement of Saturday, February 4, 2012, which falls during the Kuwaiti weekend in 2012. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Kuwait public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends: Kuwait moved to 5-day workweeks in the early 1990's and, although many Muslim countries have changed their weekend days in 2005 and 2006, weekends in Kuwait remained on Thursdays and Fridays, until Saturday, September 1st, 2007, on which date weekends in Kuwait were changed to Friday and Saturday . • Mid-Week Public Holidays: There are special rules that govern the moving of the following four public holidays: Islamic New Year, The Prophet's Birthday, The Prophet's Ascension, and New Year's Day, according to a cabinet resolution in May 2001. • Kuwait International Codes KW and KWT (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .kw (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Kuwait information and news: Central Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Kuwait maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Kuwait), and Wikipedia (includes Kuwait commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Kuwait, 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 Kuwait 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 Kuwait 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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Kuwait, 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 Kuwait, before planning any trip to Kuwait. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.