Korité

Korité, the name commonly used in Senegal for Eid al-Fitr, ends the Ramadan month of fasting with thanksgiving, communal prayer and renewed social ties. The morning festival follows confirmation of the new lunar month. Zakat al-fitr, an obligatory gift intended to help people in need share the celebration, is due before the festival prayer.

For the national 2026 calendar, the Commission nationale de concertation sur le croissant lunaire (CONACOC) fixed Korité on Saturday, March 21 after reporting that the crescent had not been seen. Some communities, including the Coordination des musulmans du Sénégal and the Omarian family, observed Friday, March 20 instead. The civil entry follows the national commission while recording, rather than erasing, that real religious-calendar difference.

Korité is a nationwide legal, nonworking holiday under Law 74-52. The base holiday statute does not itself classify it among the four holidays expressly made paid for every covered worker, although collective agreements and sector rules may be more favourable. This is one of only two festivals for which the law automatically makes Monday a legal holiday when the festival falls on Sunday; no such carryover is triggered by its 2026 placement.