Eid al-Adha is a public holiday, government holiday in Egypt, known locally as عيد الأضحى المبارك.
In 2026 it falls on Wednesday 27 May and lasts 4 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
| Year | Date | Weekday | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 June | Friday long weekend | |
| 2025 | 7 June | Saturday weekend | |
| 2025 | 8 June | Sunday weekend | |
| 2025 | 9 June | Monday long weekend | |
| 2026 | 27 May | Wednesday | estimated date |
| 2026 | 28 May | Thursday | estimated date |
| 2026 | 29 May | Friday long weekend | estimated date |
| 2026 | 30 May | Saturday weekend | estimated date |
| 2027 | 16 May | Sunday weekend | estimated date |
| 2027 | 17 May | Monday long weekend | estimated date |
| 2027 | 18 May | Tuesday | estimated date |
| 2027 | 19 May | Wednesday | estimated date |
| 2028 | 5 May | Friday long weekend | estimated date |
| 2028 | 6 May | Saturday weekend | estimated date |
| 2028 | 7 May | Sunday weekend | estimated date |
| 2028 | 8 May | Monday long weekend | estimated date |
Eid al-Adha elsewhere
Around the worldAfghanistan27 MayAlbania27 MayAlgeria27 MayAzerbaijan27 MayBahrain27 MayBangladesh28 MayBenin27 MayBosnia and Herzegovina27 MayBrunei27 MayBurkina Faso27 MayBurundi27 MayCameroon27 MayCentral African Republic27 MayChad27 MayChristmas Island27 MayCocos (Keeling) Islands27 MayComoros27 MayDjibouti27 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