Current Date And Time In Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
14:59:31 EEST
Capital: Baalbek
Currency: Lebanese Pound (LBP)
Timezone: UTC +02:00 (EEST)
Population: 157,000
Area: 3,009.00 km²
State Code: BH
Planning business schedules or travel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Baalbek-Hermel Governorate align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Independence Day (Eid al-Istiqlal) on November 22) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Lebanon's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Lebanon's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Baalbek-Hermel Governorate and the rest of Lebanon, not a separate Baalbek-Hermel Governorate-specific calendar.
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These are Lebanon's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Lebanon's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Lebanon, including Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day (Eid al-Istiqlal) | November 22 | National Public Holiday | Full National Closure | www.pcm.gov.lb |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Baalbek-Hermel Governorate close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Lebanon are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Baalbek-Hermel Governorate's capital, Baalbek observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.