Working Hours Bank Holidays

 Central Bank of Syria is on of the central government's agencies and is subjected to the daily working hours and holidays set by the government.

Central Bank of Syria's daily working hours are from 8:00 until 15:30 Sunday to Thursday, while Friday and Saturday are set to be the weekend. Time used is Damascus local time which is +2 GMT.

The Bank holydays for the years 2009 are shown below. Please notice that holidays prefixed with star (*) are Islamic holidays and they are subjected to moon visibility as they depend on the loaner calendar. Therefore, an Islamic holiday's date might by plus/minus one day and its exact date can be announced only shortly before the relevant Islamic holiday.

  

Bank Holidays in 2009

Date

Occasion

Thursday 1 January

New year’s day

Sunday 8 March

Revolution day

Tuesday * 10 March

Prophet Mohammad's birthday

Saturday 21 March

Mother's day

Sunday,  12 April

Easter (Gregorian)

Sunday, 19 April

Easter (Julian)

Friday 17 April

Independence day

Friday 1 May

Workers day

Wednesday 6 May

Martyr's day

Monday * 21-23 Sep

Eid Al-Fiter (End of the Fasting month)

Tuesday 6 October

October's liberalization war

Saturday * Nov 28-1 December

Al-Adha Holiday

Friday *18 December

Hijri new year

Friday 25 December

Christmas