Public holidays in the Gambia

This is a list of public holidays in The Gambia.

Public holidays

Date	English name	Description
January 1	New Year's Day
February 18	Independence Day	From the United Kingdom, 1965
March or April	Good Friday	Crucifixion of Jesus
March or April	Easter Monday	Day after Easter
May 1	Labour Day	Also International Workers' Day
May 25	African Liberation Day	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
July 22	Revolution Day	From the United Kingdom, 1994
August 15	Assumption Day
December 25	Christmas Day
Muharram 10	Yawmul Ashura	Commemorates the victory of the Prophet Moses over the pharaohs.
Rabi' al-awwal 12	Mawlid Nabi	Birthday of Muhammad (c. 570 CE).
Ramadan 27	Lialat-Ul-Qadr	Revelation of the Quran<ref name="laylat" />
Shawwal 1	Koriteh	Breaking of the Ramadan fast
Dhu al-Hijjah 10	Tobaski	Feast of the Sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham

Variable dates

• 2020
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• • Easter Monday – April 13
  • Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – May 20<ref name="laylat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast) – May 24<ref name="korite">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts July 31<ref name="eidaladha">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Ashura – starts sundown, August 28<ref name="ashura-dates">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Mawlid – starts at sundown, October 28<ref name="mawlid">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2021
  • Good Friday – April 2<ref name="goodf" />
  • Easter Monday – April 5
  • Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – May 9<ref name="laylat" />
  • Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast) – May 13<ref name="korite" />
  • Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts July 20<ref name="eidaladha" />
• 2022
  • Good Friday – April 15<ref name="goodf"/>
  • Easter Monday – April 18
  • Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – April 29<ref name="laylat" />
  • Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast) – May 2<ref name="korite" />
  • Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts July 9<ref name="eidaladha" />
• 2023
  • Good Friday – April 7<ref name="goodf"/>
  • Easter Monday – April 10
  • Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – April 17<ref name="laylat" />
  • Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast)– April 21<ref name="korite" />
  • Tabaski – starts June 28<ref name="eidaladha" />
• 2024
  • Good Friday – March 29<ref name="goodf"/>
  • Easter Monday – April 1
  • Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – April 6<ref name="laylat" />
  • Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast)– April 10<ref name="korite" />
  • Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts June 16<ref name="eidaladha" />
• 2025
  • Good Friday – April 18<ref name="goodf"/>
  • Easter Monday – April 21
• 2026
  • Good Friday – April 3<ref name="goodf"/>
  • Easter Monday – April 6