Public holidays in Jordan

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Public holidays in Jordan.

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day
30 January	King Abdullah's Birthday		Recently cancelled by a royal decree.
1 May	Labour Day
date varies	Easter Sunday	Eid Al Fiseh Al Atheem, Al Eid Al Kbeer	This has recently been declared a holiday, but not a national one; holiday only applies to those concerned, usually Christians in public domain may have day off. The law also permits Christian private schools (which are numerous in Jordan and were the only private schools originally, such as Catholic, Orthodox and Baptist Schools, to have school holiday from Holy Thursday until, Easter Monday- or the next day. But there is a constant controversy around this. Easter in Jordan is celebrated by all denominations according to the Eastern Church Calendar.
25 May	Independence Day
9 June	King Abdullah's accession to the throne
14 November	Birthday of King Hussein		After King Hussein's death, the day is called "Loyalty to Hussein"'s Day Recently cancelled by a royal decree.
25 December	Christmas Day	[[Eid Al Milad Al Majeed, Al Eid Il Sagheer	Private sectors, especially Christian schools, extend this period, as permitted by law, to a four or five day period
date varies	Feast of the Sacrifice or the Big Feast	Eid ul-Adha	Commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs at the end of the month of hajj
date varies	the Little Feast	Eid ul-Fitr	Commemorates end of Ramadan
date varies	Hijri New Year	Muharram	Islamic New Year
date varies	Al-Isra' ul-Miraj		Ascension of Muhammad
date varies	Muhammad's birthday	Mawlid al-Nabi

Note: Holidays in Jordan can hardly be described as having a fixed date (not all though). For it is common for the government to change the day, which the holiday was supposed to be celebrated on, to another day-usually to prolong weekend.