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