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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Oman

The list of Oman 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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22 Dec 2008 (Gulf News-Muscat) Sayyid Ali Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Oman's Minister of the Diwan of the Royal Court, announced that the public sector would get 3 days of public holidays, Monday to Wednesday, December 29-31, 2008, on the occasion of the upcoming Hijri new year 1430. • 05 Dec 2008 (Times of Oman-Muscat) In 2 separate announcements, Oman has announced the dates of the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays for the public sector and for the private sector. • 17 Nov 2008 (Khaleej Times-Muscat) The government of Oman has announced a two-day public holiday to mark Oman's 38th National Day. The public sector holidays will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 25 and 26, 2008, while the private sector holidays will be on Wednesday and Thursday, November 26 and 27, 2008. • 29 Sep 2008 (Khaleej Times-Muscat) Minister Diwan of Royal Court and Chairman of the Civil Service Council, Sayyid Ali bin Hamoud Al Busaidy, announced that all ministries and other state organisations would be given 4 days of holidays on the occasion of the upcoming Eid al Fitr public holidays. • In a separate announcement, Minister of Manpower, Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, told the private sector that they would benefit from 3 days of holidays, also on the occasion of the upcoming Eid al Fitr public holidays. • 28 Jul 2008 (The Times of Oman) In a move similar to what happened last week on the occasion of the Renaissance Day public holiday, the Government of Oman has decided to declare different Al Israa Wal Miraj public holiday dates for the public and private sectors. • 20 Jul 2008 (Oman News Agency-ONA) On the occasion of the July 23rd Blessed Renaissance Day, a decision issued yesterday by Sayyid Ali bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, minister of the Diwan of Royal Court and chairman of the Civil Service Council, made Wednesday, July 23, 2008, an official public holiday for the civil service (employees at ministries, public authorities and other departments of the state’s administrative apparatus). • 20 Mar 2008 (Khaleej Times-Muscat) Oman has declared a day in lieu public holiday on Saturday, March 22, 2008, to compensate the fact that The Prophet's birthday (Milad Al Nabi) falls on an Omani weekend day this year. • 08 Jan 2008 (Khaleej Times) Wednesday, January 9, 2008, has been declared a holiday for government employees, on the occasion of the Hijra New Year. Private sector workers, on the other hand will retain the previously announced date of Thursday, January 10, for their holiday. • 15 Dec 2007 (The Times of Oman) Oman finally declared the date of Eid al-Adha as Wednesday, December 19, 2007. The public sector (ministries, public authorities and other state administrative bodies) will be on holidays from Tuesday, December 18, to Sunday, December 23, 2007, inclusively. The private sector, for its part, will be on holidays from Wednesday, December 19, to Saturday, December 22, 2007, inclusively. • 13 Nov 2007 (The Times of Oman) Yesterday, it was announced that Tuesday and Wednesday November 27 and 28 would be public holidays for employees working at the ministries, public authorities and other state administrative departments, and that Wednesday and Thursday November 28 and 29 would be holidays for private sector employees. • 22 May 2007 (Al Watan) There has been recent speculation that the government of Oman is planning to change the official weekend, from the current Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday, effective on January 1, 2008. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Oman 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: Official public holidays in Oman are regulated by the 2003 Labour Code (Royal Decree No. 35/2003) which repealed the 1973 Labour Code. • Weekends: Although many Muslim countries have changed their weekend days in 2005 and 2006, as of December 2006, weekends in Oman are still Thursday afternoons and Fridays. . • National Day on November 18 and The Sultan's Birthday on December 19 are listed as 2 of Oman's official public holidays. However, traditionally, those 2 dates (November 18 and 19) are not public holidays, with the Government announcing the corresponding public holidays dates for 1-2 weeks later. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Oman (Oman 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 Oman, 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.

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