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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Kazakhstan

The list of Kazakhstan 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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21 Nov 2008 (our research team in Kazakhstan) The government of Kazakhstan has announced the definite official date of this year's Kurban Ait (Eid al-Adha) public holiday, and confirmed the date of the Independence Day bridge public holiday. • 24 Jun 2008 (KazInform-Astana + Interfax) The plenary session of the Kazakh Senate adopted an amendment to the Kazakh law On holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan to establish a new state holiday Day of the Capital on July 6. • 21 Apr 2008 (Zakon) Kazakhstan's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has issued a decree that makes Friday, May 2, 2008, a bridge public holiday (Thursday, May 1st, is already a public holiday). • 28 Nov 2007 (Government of Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan has declared Monday, December 31, 2007 a one-off public holiday, allowing for an extended public holidays period from December 30 to January 2, 2008. • 11 Oct 2007 (Gazeta) The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Massimov, has signed a decree exchanging of rest day from Sunday, October 28, to Friday, October 26, 2007. • 20 Aug 2007 (Kazakhstan Today) Earlier today, Prime Minister, Karim Massimov, signed a decree making Friday, August 31, 2007, a one-off bridge public holiday (August 30 is Kazakhstan's Constitution Day public holiday). • 03 Jan 2006 (Kazakhstan News Bulletin) Last December 28, the Majilis (Kazakhstan's lower house of parliament) approved a bill creating 2 new public holidays, both religious. Starting in 2006, Orthodox Christmas and Kurban Ait (the Feast of Sacrifice) will be official public holidays in Kazakhstan. • 06 Jan 2003 (Pravda-Moscow) Members of the Majilis (the lower house of parliament in Kazakhstan) have drafted amendments to the law on public holidays to extend the list of official public holiday in Kazakhstan to include Orthodox Christmas, Kurban Ayt (Feast of Sacrifice) and Ramazan Ayt (End of Ramadan). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Kazakhstan 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: The official public holidays of Kazakhstan are regulated by the Law on Public Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Labour Law 1999 (which took effect on January 1st, 2000). It was later amended by the 2005 law on national holidays, which made both Kurban Ait and Christian Orthodox Christmas, non-working days along with the New Year celebrations. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: Section 56-4 of Kazakhstan's Labour Code entitles the government to move any public holiday that falls in the middle of the week to another weekday, such as a Monday or Friday, to minimize the disruption caused by holidays to business life. • Classification: Public holidays are grouped into 3 categories: National Holidays, State Public Holidays, and Religious Public Holidays. When any of the holidays of the first 2 caegories fall on a weekend, a day in lieu is given on the next working day. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: National Bank of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan 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).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Kazakhstan, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Kazakhstan, 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 Kazakhstan. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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