{"id":35892,"date":"2025-06-20T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=35892"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:07:16","slug":"islamic-new-year-in-oman-public-and-private-sector-holiday-announced-for-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/islamic-new-year-in-oman-public-and-private-sector-holiday-announced-for-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic New Year in Oman: Public and Private Sector Holiday Announced for June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Oman has officially declared Sunday, June 29, 2025, as a public holiday for both public and private sector employees<\/strong> in observance of the Holy Prophet\u2019s Hijra Anniversary and the beginning of the Hijri year 1447 AH.<\/p>\n<p>This decision means a <strong>three-day weekend for residents across the Sultanate<\/strong>, aligning their time off with neighbouring countries like the UAE, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/islamic-new-year-2025-in-uae-predicted-date-public-holiday-details\/\">Islamic New Year will be marked slightly earlier <\/a>\u00a0on Friday, June 27.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25068\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_2087084410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_2087084410.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_2087084410-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_2087084410-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shutterstock_2087084410-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The timing of the holiday is especially notable because <strong>Oman\u2019s official work week runs from Sunday to Thursday<\/strong>. With the Islamic New Year falling on a Sunday, employees will enjoy an extended weekend \u2014 Friday and Saturday being the regular days off, followed by the Sunday holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic New Year, also known as the Hijri New Year, commemorates the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s migration (Hijra) from Mecca to Medina. It marks the beginning of the Islamic lunar calendar and is traditionally observed with prayers, reflection, and family gatherings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oman has officially declared Sunday, June 29, 2025, as a public holiday for both public and private sector employees in observance of the Holy Prophet\u2019s Hijra Anniversary and the beginning of the Hijri year 1447 AH. This decision means a three-day weekend for residents across the Sultanate, aligning their time off with neighbouring countries like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631"}}],"countries":[{"id":15519,"slug":"oman","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/oman\/","api_id":186,"title":{"rendered":"Oman"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}