Current Date And Time In Qal‘ah-ye Shahr, Afghanistan
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
01:39:33 AFT
State: Sar-e Pol Province
Currency: Afghan Afghani (AFN)
Timezone: UTC +04:30 (AFT)
Population: 7,756
District: Kōhistānāt
Planning commercial schedules or travel in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr, Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan? Track upcoming statutory holidays and local bank closures across Qal‘ah-ye Shahr.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Afghan Independence Day on August 19) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr.
This is Afghanistan's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Afghanistan's country-level and Sar-e Pol Province holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr as anywhere else in Afghanistan.
◀ Showing upcoming public holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar toolbar to browse earlier dates this year.
These are Afghanistan's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Afghanistan's country and Sar-e Pol Province holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr just as everywhere else in Afghanistan.
| 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 |
Businesses in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr generally follow the same statutory closure pattern as the rest of Afghanistan: banks and government offices close fully, while retail and hospitality tend to trim hours rather than close for the day.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Qal‘ah-ye Shahr doesn't simply get skipped — Afghanistan's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 7,756 and running on the Asia/Kabul time zone, Qal‘ah-ye Shahr follows Afghanistan's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.