Current Date And Time In Jakhaly, Gambia
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
02:45:27 GMT
Find official public holiday dates and bank operating schedules for Jakhaly. Stay informed on statutory non-working days for businesses, logistics, and offices in Jakhaly.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Jakhaly align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Independence Day on February 18) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Jakhaly.
This is Gambia's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Gambia's country-level and Central River holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Jakhaly as anywhere else in Gambia.
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These are Gambia's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Gambia's country and Central River holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Jakhaly just as everywhere else in Gambia.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | February 18 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.op.gov.gm |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | Thu, Feb 18, 2027 | Take the Friday after off for a 4-day weekend |
Jakhaly's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Gambia's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Jakhaly doesn't simply get skipped — Gambia's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 1,793 and running on the Africa/Banjul time zone, Jakhaly follows Gambia's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.