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Bank and Public Holidays for Kuwait

A preview of the Kuwait bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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23 Mar 2019 Kuwaiti Public Holiday April 4 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) Sources at the Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission (CSC) have announced that Thursday, April 4, 2019, would be an official non-working public holiday in Kuwait on account of the upcoming annual Kuwaiti public holiday for the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad Israa wal Meraj. • 28 Jan 2019 Kuwait Public Holidays February 24-25-26 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Sunday, February 24, 2019, as non-working public holidays for the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays, as "February 24 falls between two holidays". • 01 Jan 2019 Kuwait Mulls Additional Public Holidays Extension (Kuwait Al Youm-Kuwait Gazette) Kuwait is considering extending the public holidays entitlement of private sector employees to also include the official holidays adopted by the Civil Service Commission, usually on the occasion of the 2 Eid holidays to link those with a neighboring weekend . •  • 05 Nov 2018 Kuwaiti Public Holiday November 6 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) Due to heavy rains, Kuwait’s Ministry of the Interior has announced that Tuesday, November 6, 2018, would be a one-off public holiday in the UAE. • 06 Aug 2018 Kuwaiti 2018 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that the dates of the upcoming 2018 Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Kuwait would run, this year again, for 5 days. • 10 Jun 2018 Kuwaiti 2018 Eid al Fitr Public Holidays (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Head of Civil Service Commission (CSC) has announced that the extent of the 2018 annual non-working public holidays in Kuwait for the upcoming annual Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays will be four days, "Sunday and Monday, June 17 and 18, will be included in the Eid holiday whether it falls on Friday, June 15 or Saturday, June 16". • 10 Apr 2018 Kuwaiti Public Holiday April 15 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Anas Al-Saleh, has announced that Sunday, April 15, 2018, would be an official non-working public holiday in Kuwait on account of the upcoming annual Kuwaiti public holiday for the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad Israa wal Meraj. • 13 Nov 2017 Kuwait Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday November 30 (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that, in 2017, it would not move the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in Kuwait for the Prophet's Birthday, which set to run from Thursday, November 30, to Saturday, December 2, 2017. • 22 Aug 2017 Kuwaiti 2017 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays (Kuwait Civil Service Commission-Kuwait City) The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that the dates of the upcoming 2017 Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Kuwait would run, this year, for 5 days. • 16 Jul 2017 Kuwait New Labour Law Takes Effect (Kuwait Al Youm-Kuwait Gazette) The Kuwaiti amended Private Sector Labor Law took effect this week after its publication in the official gazette following the approval by the National Assembly of an amendment linking, or rather unlinking, annual leave days, the weekends, and public holidays in Kuwait. •  • 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 changed their weekend days in 2005 and 2006, weekends in Kuwait remained on Thursdays and Fridays, until 2007, when 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), UnitedHealthcare Global (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. 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).

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 2023 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.

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