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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Brunei

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The list of Brunei 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

 
At the bottom of this page:   Background Information    Footnotes    Disclaimer
 

Date in 2008

Holiday Name Observance*
Tue New Year's Day
Thu Islamic New Year
Thu Chinese New Year
Sat National Day
Thu Maulidur Rasul (The Prophet's Birthday)
Sat Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day
* Mon Mid-Year Bank Holiday Banks
Tue H.M. the Sultan's 62nd Birthday
Wed Isra Mikraj (The Prophet's Ascension)
Tue Start of Ramadan
Thu Nuzul Al-Quraan (Quran Revelation Day)
Wed Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (End of Ramadan)
Thu Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Holiday
Mon Hari Raya Aidil Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
Thu Christmas Day
Mon Islamic New Year
* Wed New Year's Eve Bank Holiday Banks

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Background Information

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a Sunday are moved to the following Monday.  Saturday is a half-working day for most of the Sultanate.  Other days that are observed but are not public holidays are: Teachers' Day (September 23rd) and Public Service Day (September 29th).  Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: 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).


Footnotes
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Brunei, 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.

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Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Brunei 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.

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Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, for Brunei, were calculated using the MABIMS (Menteri Agama Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, dan Singapura) lunar visibility criteria. 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 Brunei, 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 Brunei, before planning any trip to Brunei. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.



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