Public holidays in Jordan

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