As one UAE public holiday draws to a close, the predicted start date for Eid Al Adha has been revealed by astronomers.
According to the Emirates Astronomy Society, the Day of Arafat will fall on Sunday June 16 and the following day will mark the start of three-day public holiday in the UAE.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the Emirates Astronomy Society, confirmed that they also predict that Thursday June 20 will likely be the end of Tashriq and the end of the Hajj season.
When combined with the weekend, this will mean that people in the UAE will get five consecutive days off work if the prediction comes true.
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As one UAE public holiday draws to a close, the predicted start date for Eid Al Adha has been revealed by astronomers.
According to the Emirates Astronomy Society, the Day of Arafat will fall on Sunday June 16 and the following day will mark the start of three-day public holiday in the UAE.
Ibrahim Al Jarwan, chairman of the Emirates Astronomy Society, confirmed that they also predict that Thursday June 20 will likely be the end of Tashriq and the end of the Hajj season.
When combined with the weekend, this will mean that people in the UAE will get five consecutive days off work if the prediction comes true.aThe Day of Arafat falls on the 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic lunar calendar and marks the start of the Eid Al Adha holiday.
In the Islamic lunar calendar, Dhu al-Hijjah is the final month of the year and Eid Al Adha is historically a period of pilgrimage known as Hajj. This period is celebrated by Muslims across the world hence the need for public holidays surrounding this time of the year.
Hajj is a week-long event and on the third day, Eid Al Adha falls.
Last year, Eid Al Adha was a six-day long weekend in the UAE.
Public holidays and long weekends in the UAE are announced at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year but because many of the holidays are Islamic, they follow the moon cycle and cannot be fully confirmed until much closer to the date.
As an example, this year the amount of time off for Eid Al Fitr wasn’t confirmed until the 29th day of Ramadan when we discovered that Ramadan would last for another day which meant that we had a 9-day holiday instead of 6 days off.
