Current Date And Time In Kandahar, Afghanistan
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
16:27:26 AFT
Capital: Kandahar
Currency: Afghan Afghani (AFN)
Timezone: UTC +04:30 (AFT)
Population: 1,450,000
Area: 54,022.00 km²
State Code: KAN
Planning business schedules or travel in Kandahar, Afghanistan? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Kandahar, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Businesses, regional banks, and administrative offices across Kandahar observe statutory public holidays in accordance with national labor regulations and official government decrees. In Kandahar, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Afghan Independence Day on August 19) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Afghanistan's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Afghanistan's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Kandahar and the rest of Afghanistan, not a separate Kandahar-specific calendar.
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These are Afghanistan's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Afghanistan's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Afghanistan, including Kandahar. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Independence Day | August 19 | National Day | Full National Closure | mfa.gov.af |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Afghan Independence Day | Thu, Aug 19, 2027 | Take the Friday after off for a 4-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Kandahar close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Afghanistan are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Kandahar, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Kandahar's own capital, Kandahar observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Kandahar.