Public holidays in Jordan
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| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks | |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day | - | ||
| January 30 | King Abdullah's Birthday | - | ||
| May 25 | Independence Day | - | - | |
| June 9 | King Abdullah's accession to the throne | - | - | |
| May 1 | Labour Day | - | - | |
| November 14 | Birthday of King Hussein | After King Hussein's death, the day is called "Loyalty to Hussein"'s Day | ||
| December 25 | Christmas Day | - | ||
| date varies | Feast of the Sacrifice or the Big Feast | Eid ul-Adha | Commemorates Abrahams 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 | Prophet Muhammads birthday | Mawlid al-Nabi | - |