Current Date And Time In Al Ḩajar al Aswad, Syria
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
01:24:11 EEST
Planning commercial schedules or travel in Al Ḩajar al Aswad, Rif-dimashq, Syria? Track upcoming statutory holidays and local bank closures across Al Ḩajar al Aswad.
Businesses, retail banks, and public services throughout Al Ḩajar al Aswad follow official statutory holiday schedules for non-working day closures. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Evacuation Day (Eid al-Jala') on April 17) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Al Ḩajar al Aswad.
This is Syria's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Syria's country-level and Rif-dimashq holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Al Ḩajar al Aswad as anywhere else in Syria.
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These are Syria's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Syria's country and Rif-dimashq holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Al Ḩajar al Aswad just as everywhere else in Syria.
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Liberation Day | Tue, Dec 8, 2026 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Al Ḩajar al Aswad's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Syria'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 Al Ḩajar al Aswad doesn't simply get skipped — Syria's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
Al Ḩajar al Aswad runs on the Asia/Damascus time zone, so statutory holidays here fall on the same local calendar date as the rest of Syria — there's no cross-timezone shift to account for.