Holidays
Holiday Schedule 2013
Listed below are the days designated as official American and Sudanese holidays, which will be observed by the U.S. Mission in Sudan during the 2013 calendar year.
2013 | Day | Holiday | Type | No. of Days |
Jan. 1 | Mon | New Year’s Day/Sudanese Independence Day |
American/Sudanese | 1 |
Jan. 7 | Mon | Eastern Sect Christmas | Sudanese | 1 |
Jan. 20 | Sun | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (observed) | American | 1 |
Jan. 24 | Thurs. | Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawy Al-Sharif (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed)* |
Sudanese | 1 |
Feb. 17 |
Sun | Washington's Birthday (observed) |
American | 1 |
May 5 |
Sun | Eastern Sect Easter |
Sudanese | 1 |
May 6 |
Mon | Sham al Naseem | Sudanese | 1 |
May 26 |
Sun | Memorial Day (observed) |
American | 1 |
Jul. 4 |
Thurs | American Independence Day | American | 1 |
Aug. 7-10 |
Wed-Sat | Eid al Fitr * |
Sudanese | 2 |
Sep. 01 |
Sun | Labor Day (observed) |
American | 1 |
Oct. 13 |
Sun | Columbus Day (observed) |
American | 1 |
Oct. 15-17 |
Tues-Thurs | Eid Al Adha ** | Sudanese | 3 |
Nov. 10 |
Sun | Veterans' Day (observed) |
American | 1 |
Nov. 28 |
Thurs | Thanksgiving Day |
American | 1 |
Dec. 25 |
Wed | Christmas (observed) |
American/Sudanese | 1 |
Total Official Holidays (Khartoum) | 19 |
** Subject to dates of the Islamic calendar. This notice will be amended to reflect the specific holidays once they have been announced.