Holiday Article

Date	Name	Type / Location
Monday, Jan 1	New Year's Day	Public Holiday
Friday, Jan 12	Geok Tepe Memorial Day	Public Holiday
Saturday, Jan 27	Defender of the Fatherland Day	Public Holiday
Monday, Feb 19	State Flag of Turkmenistan Day	Public Holiday
Friday, Mar 8	International Women's Day	Public Holiday
Wednesday, Mar 20	March Equinox	Season
Wednesday, Mar 20	Nowruz Bayram (Spring Festival)	Public Holiday
Sunday, Apr 7	A Drop of Water - A grain of Gold	Observance
Sunday, Apr 7	Health Day	Observance

Wednesday, Apr 10	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Public Holiday
Sunday, Apr 28	Turkmen Racing Horse Festival	Observance
Thursday, May 9	Victory Day	Public Holiday
Saturday, May 18	Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly	Public Holiday
Sunday, May 26	Carpet Day	Observance
Sunday, Jun 16	Galla Bayramy (Wheat Harvest Festival)	Observance
Monday, Jun 17	Eid al-Adha	Public Holiday
Friday, Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Thursday, Jun 27	Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art	Public Holiday
Sunday, Aug 11	Turkmen Melon Day	Observance
Sunday, Sep 8	Turkmen Bakhshi Day	Observance
Saturday, Sep 14	Day of the Workers in the Energy Sector	Observance
Sunday, Sep 22	September Equinox	Season
Sunday, Oct 6	Day of Commemoration and National Mourning	Public Holiday
Sunday, Oct 27	Independence Day	Public Holiday

Sunday, Nov 10	Harvest Festival	Observance
Sunday, Dec 1	Good Neighborliness Day	Observance
Thursday, Dec 12	Day of Neutrality	Public Holiday
Saturday, Dec 21	December Solstice	Season