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 2012 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 2012
Date	Occasion
Sunday 1 January	New year’s day
Saturday * 4 February	Prophet Mohammad's birthday
Thursday  8 March	Revolution day
Wednesday  21 March	Mother's day
Sunday  8 April	Easter (Gregorian)
Sunday 15 April	Easter (Julian)
Tuesday  17 April	Independence day
Tuesday  1 May	Workers day
Friday  6 May	Martyr's day
Saturday * 18- Monday20  Sep	Eid Al-Fiter (End of the Fasting month)
Saturday  6 October	October's liberalization war
Thursday * 25-Sunday 28 October	Al-Adha Holiday
Wednesday * 14 November	Hijri new year
Tuesday 25 December	Christmas