Eid al-Adha Holiday Begins

Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice, connected with the Hajj pilgrimage and Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice in obedience to God. In Qatar, the religious occasion joins congregational prayer with an extended cycle of family visiting, hospitality and charitable giving. Doha’s mosques, neighbourhoods, malls and cultural venues all change pace, but commercial programmes should not be confused with the religious core of the festival. Households differ in meals, travel and visiting customs, and no single public ceremony defines how every citizen or resident celebrates.

Amiri Resolution No. 57 of 2025 defines the government holiday in Hijri-calendar terms. Eid al-Fitr runs from 28 Ramadan through 4 Shawwal, while Eid al-Adha runs from 9 through 13 Dhu al-Hijjah. If only one working day separates two holidays, the resolution incorporates that day into the break. The Amiri Diwan then publishes the corresponding civil dates and return-to-work date for ministries, government agencies and public institutions.

Those government periods are not a universal entitlement of identical length. Article 78 of Qatar’s Labour Law grants covered private-sector workers three fully paid working days for each Eid, while Qatar Central Bank-supervised institutions receive three working days under the 2025 resolution and follow dates set by the Governor. Essential and shift services also retain roster systems. The site therefore identifies the official period’s opening date and reports the 2026 announcement without extrapolating one sector’s closure to another.

For 2026, the Amiri Diwan closed ministries, other government agencies and public institutions from Tuesday, 26 May through Saturday, 30 May, with employees returning Sunday, 31 May. The first day of Eid was Wednesday, 27 May; the preceding Tuesday was 9 Dhu al-Hijjah, the Day of Arafah. Financial-sector start and end dates remained for the Qatar Central Bank Governor to determine, rather than inheriting the government interval automatically.