The UAE Cabinet has approved a week-long Eid al-Fitr holiday for all federal government entities operating across the country.
The Eid al-Fitr holidays for the public sector will start from Saturday, 30 April through Friday, 6 May, 2022.
Federal employees will resume duties after the Saturday-Sunday weekend on Monday, 9 May, 2022, in line with the Monday-Friday working week.
For all private sector workers, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced that the period from 29th Ramadan through 3rd Shawwal 1443 will be a paid Eid holiday for all private sector workers. Those dates are anticipated to translate to the period between Saturday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 4.
Meanwhile, the International Astronomical Centre said that 2 May will be the first day of Eid al-Fitr in most countries, as the crescent of Shawwal 1443 AH is likely to be seen on Saturday, 30 April, corresponding to 29 Ramadan.
The director of the centre, Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, noted that in countries that began Ramadan on Sunday, 3 April, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Jordan, Morocco and Ghana, the crescent of Shawwal will be seen on Sunday, 1st May.
He added that in countries that will witness the crescent on Saturday, 30 April, seeing the crescent on that day will be impossible because the moon will set before the sun and, therefore, these countries will have completed 30 days of Ramadan, so Eid al-Fitr will start on 2nd May, 2022.
In countries that will witness the crescent on 1st May, sighting the moon that day will not be possible in Australia and neighbouring regions, but will be possible via telescope in Central and West Asia, most of Europe and Southern Africa.
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