Uzbekistan public holidays 2026 and work calendar
Transfers of days off and additional non-working days for 2026 were set by presidential decree UP-257 of 24 December 2025. The dates of Ramadan Hayit and Kurban Hayit were set by separate presidential resolutions.
In 2026 there are 9 public holidays. A five-day working week has 248 working days (1,979 hours on a 40-hour week) and 117 days off and holidays. Working days and hours by month are in the work calendar below.
The Hayits in 2026
- Ramadan Hayit (Eid al-Fitr) — Friday, 20 March. The date was set by a presidential resolution.
- Kurban Hayit (Eid al-Adha) — Wednesday, 27 May. The date was set by a presidential resolution.
Long weekends
- 1–4 January — 4 days: New Year, Additional non-working day
- 7–9 March — 3 days: Women's Day, Day off moved from Sunday 8 March
- 20–23 March — 4 days: Ramadan Hayit (Eid al-Fitr), Navruz, Day off moved from Saturday 21 March
- 9–11 May — 3 days: Day of Remembrance and Honour, Day off moved from Saturday 9 May
- 27–31 May — 5 days: Kurban Hayit (Eid al-Adha), Additional non-working day
- 29 August – 1 September — 4 days: Additional non-working day (Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Repression), Independence Day
For the five-day working week. Where work cannot stop (continuous production, healthcare, transport, on-duty shifts), the transfers do not apply.
Calendar by month
January
| Thursday, 1 January | New Year | public holiday |
| Friday, 2 January | Additional non-working day | extra day off |
| Saturday, 3 January | Additional non-working day | extra day off · six-day week |
March
| Sunday, 8 March | Women's Day | public holiday |
| Monday, 9 March | Day off moved from Sunday 8 March | moved day off |
| Friday, 20 March | Ramadan Hayit (Eid al-Fitr) | public holiday |
| Saturday, 21 March | Navruz | public holiday |
| Monday, 23 March | Day off moved from Saturday 21 March | moved day off · five-day week |
May
| Saturday, 9 May | Day of Remembrance and Honour | public holiday |
| Monday, 11 May | Day off moved from Saturday 9 May | moved day off · five-day week |
| Wednesday, 27 May | Kurban Hayit (Eid al-Adha) | public holiday |
| Thursday, 28 May | Additional non-working day | extra day off |
| Friday, 29 May | Additional non-working day | extra day off |
| Saturday, 30 May | Additional non-working day | extra day off · six-day week |
August
| Monday, 31 August | Additional non-working day (Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Repression) | extra day off |
September
| Tuesday, 1 September | Independence Day | public holiday |
October
| Thursday, 1 October | Teachers and Mentors Day | public holiday |
December
| Tuesday, 8 December | Constitution Day | public holiday |
| Saturday, 12 December | Working Saturday: day off moved to 31 December | working day · five-day week |
| Thursday, 31 December | Additional non-working day | extra day off · six-day week |
| Thursday, 31 December | Day off moved from Saturday 12 December | moved day off · five-day week |
Work calendar 2026
| Month | Days | Working hours | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| calendar | working | days off and holidays | 40-hour week | 36-hour week | 24-hour week | |
| January | 31 | 20 | 11 | 160 | 144 | 96 |
| February | 28 | 20 | 8 | 160 | 144 | 96 |
| March | 31 | 19 | 12 | 151 | 135.8 | 90.2 |
| Q1 | 90 | 59 | 31 | 471 | 423.8 | 282.2 |
| April | 30 | 22 | 8 | 176 | 158.4 | 105.6 |
| May | 31 | 17 | 14 | 134 | 120.4 | 79.6 |
| June | 30 | 22 | 8 | 176 | 158.4 | 105.6 |
| Q2 | 91 | 61 | 30 | 486 | 437.2 | 290.8 |
| July | 31 | 23 | 8 | 184 | 165.6 | 110.4 |
| August | 31 | 20 | 11 | 160 | 144 | 96 |
| September | 30 | 21 | 9 | 167 | 150.2 | 99.8 |
| Q3 | 92 | 64 | 28 | 511 | 459.8 | 306.2 |
| October | 31 | 21 | 10 | 168 | 151.2 | 100.8 |
| November | 30 | 21 | 9 | 168 | 151.2 | 100.8 |
| December | 31 | 22 | 9 | 175 | 157.4 | 104.6 |
| Q4 | 92 | 64 | 28 | 511 | 459.8 | 306.2 |
| Year | 365 | 248 | 117 | 1,979 | 1,780.6 | 1,185.4 |
How we counted
A five-day week with Saturday and Sunday off. The working week is at most 40 hours (Article 182 of the Labour Code), the working day 8 hours (Article 185). If a holiday falls on a day off, the day off moves to the next working day (Article 208); other transfers and extra days off are set by presidential decree. On the eve of a holiday the working day is at least an hour shorter (Article 187), so an hour is subtracted for each such day: in 2026 these are 19 March, 8 May, 26 May, 30 September and 7 December.
36 hours a week is the limit for medical workers and teachers (Article 184), workers aged 16 to 18 (Article 415), people with group I and II disabilities (Article 427) and those doing harmful or dangerous work (Article 477); 24 hours is the limit for workers aged 15 to 16 (Article 415). Their daily norm is the weekly one divided by five days, 7.2 and 4.8 hours, and an hour less on the eve of a holiday.
The six-day week (a working day of up to 7 hours), shift schedules and cumulative working-time accounting follow their own rules. The hours in the table are an upper limit: an employer may shorten the day before a holiday by more than an hour.
Sources
The decrees and resolutions are listed under their Russian titles: the links lead to their Russian texts on Lex.uz, and there is no official English translation.
- Указ УП-257 от 24.12.2025 о дополнительных нерабочих днях и переносе выходных в 2026 году
- Постановление ПП-106 от 17.03.2026 о праздновании Рамазан хайита
- Постановление ПП-194 от 20.05.2026 о праздновании Курбан хайита
- Labour Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ZRU-798 of 28 October 2022): Articles 182 and 185 — 40 hours a week and 8 hours a day on a five-day week, Article 187 — the day before a holiday is an hour shorter, Articles 207 and 208 — days off, holidays and transfers, Articles 184, 415, 427 and 477 — 36 and 24 hours a week (Lex.uz, Russian text)
- Labour Code: the official text in Uzbek (Lex.uz)
Other years: 2027.