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Eid al-Adha in Afghanistan

عید قربانی

Sunday16May 2027

Eid al-Adha is a public holiday in Afghanistan, known locally as عید قربانی.

In 2026 it falls on Wednesday 27 May and lasts 3 days; in 2027 on Sunday 16 May.

It follows the lunar calendar: the dates shown are estimates and may shift by a day once the moon is sighted.

73 other countries in our calendar also have Eid al-Adha as a public holiday.

Dates, 2025 to 2028

YearDateWeekdayNote
20257 JuneSaturday weekend
20258 JuneSunday weekend
20259 JuneMonday long weekend
202627 MayWednesdayestimated date
202628 MayThursdayestimated date
202629 MayFriday long weekendestimated date
202716 MaySunday weekendestimated date
202717 MayMonday long weekendestimated date
202718 MayTuesdayestimated date
20285 MayFriday long weekendestimated date
20286 MaySaturday weekendestimated date
20287 MaySunday weekendestimated date

Eid al-Adha elsewhere

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Albania27 MayAlgeria27 MayAzerbaijan27 MayBahrain27 MayBangladesh28 MayBenin27 MayBosnia and Herzegovina27 MayBrunei27 MayBurkina Faso27 MayBurundi27 MayCameroon27 MayCentral African Republic27 MayChad27 MayChristmas Island27 MayCocos (Keeling) Islands27 MayComoros27 MayDjibouti27 MayEgypt27 MayEritrea27 MayEthiopia27 MayGabon27 MayGuinea27 MayGuinea-Bissau27 MayGuyana28 MayIndia27 MayIndonesia27 MayIran27 MayIraq27 MayIvory Coast27 MayJordan27 MayKazakhstan27 MayKosovo27 MayKuwait27 MayKyrgyzstan27 MayLebanon27 MayLibya27 MayMalaysia27 MayMaldives27 MayMali27 MayMauritania27 MayMorocco27 MayMyanmar28 MayNepal28 MayNiger27 MayNigeria28 MayOman26 MayPakistan26 MayPalestine27 MayPhilippines27 MayQatar27 MayRwanda27 MaySenegal27 MaySierra Leone27 MaySingapore27 MaySomalia27 MaySouth Sudan27 MaySri Lanka28 MaySudan26 MaySuriname27 MaySyria26 May