
Turkmenistan's national holiday schedule, tracked live below — see which dates recently passed and which are still ahead. Some holidays fall on a fixed calendar date every year — an Independence or Republic Day, for instance. Others, governed by the Easter calculation, the Islamic lunar calendar, or an "nth weekday of the month" rule, shift from year to year, so each year carries its own actual date rather than an assumed repeat. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in Turkmenistan directly affect office schedules, customs clearance and warehouse operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for logistics coordinators scheduling shipments and deliveries working with partners, offices or operations in Turkmenistan.
Quick Links: Turkmenistan Overview | Map | Currency | Travel Info | Nearby Countries | How Holidays Work | States & Regional
Live public holiday calendar for Turkmenistan, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
◀ Showing upcoming holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar's toolbar to see earlier dates this year.
ℹ Calendar supplied and maintained by Google. See the full travel profile for emergency numbers, electrical standards and more.
Public holidays generally split into two kinds: fixed-date ones that land on the same calendar day every year — a founding or independence anniversary, for instance — and movable ones whose date shifts annually because they follow a different calendar system entirely. Turkmenistan's calendar can include holidays governed by the Easter computus that many Christian-majority countries use, the Hijri lunar calendar behind Islamic observances such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, or a lunisolar cycle behind holidays like Lunar New Year. As a country in Asia, Turkmenistan sits in a region where both kinds of calendar are common — which is exactly why the live calendar above lists each year's actual computed date rather than assuming a repeat.
It's also worth distinguishing a public holiday from an observance. A public holiday is a statutory day off — offices, banks and schools close. An observance marks something culturally or religiously significant without requiring anyone to close for it. This page tracks public holidays only, since those are the dates that actually change a day's schedule.
Turkmenistan is also divided into states and provinces, and countries structured this way often layer a regional founding day, a local patron festival or a province-specific holiday on top of the national calendar — observed in one state but not nationwide. The calendar above covers Turkmenistan's national holidays; see the Turkmenistan states & provinces directory for population and government data on each one.
| 📊 Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| 👥 Population Rank | #104 of 249 |
| 📏 Area World Rank | #53 |
| 🏙️ Population Density | 15.9 / km² |
| 🌊 Land / Water Split | 96.3% / 3.7% |