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Egypt Business Day Calculator

Last reviewed: May 19, 2026 · Holiday data: May 19, 2026

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Calculate working days in Egypt with the Sun-Thu workweek (Fri-Sat weekend) and 16-17 public holidays preselected, including Coptic Christmas (January 7), the civil revolution commemoration days, Sham El Nessim, and the Islamic lunar holidays. Use for ETA (Egyptian Tax Authority) monthly VAT cycles, Central Bank of Egypt RTGS settlement, EGX listed-entity disclosures, and Social Insurance Authority (NOSI) monthly contributions.

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How Egypt Business Days Are Defined

In Egypt, working days are the days of the week outside the Friday and Saturday (Sunday-Thursday workweek) weekend, minus the public holidays listed below. Banks, EGX, government offices all close on the listed holidays.

Egypt Public Holidays

The major public holidays are:

  • Coptic Christmas (7 January)
  • Revolution Day / Police Day (25 January)
  • Eid al-Fitr (3 days, Islamic lunar calendar)
  • Sham El Nessim (Monday after Coptic Easter, variable)
  • Sinai Liberation Day (25 April)
  • Labour Day (1 May)
  • Arafat Day and Eid al-Adha (4 days, Islamic lunar calendar)
  • June 30 Revolution Day (30 June)
  • Islamic New Year (Islamic lunar calendar)
  • Revolution Day (23 July)
  • Prophet Muhammad's Birthday / Mawlid (Islamic lunar calendar)
  • Armed Forces Day (6 October)

Source: Egyptian Labour Law (Law 12 of 2003) and presidential decrees. How we determine holidays →

Pair these tools with Egyptian commercial workflows

Egyptian B2B invoices commonly use 30 to 90-day terms under Commercial Code 17/1999 on a Sun-Thu workweek. The Invoice Due Date Calculator stages those terms against the Egyptian holiday calendar, including the moon-sighted Eid blocks and Coptic Christmas.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which holidays are included for Egypt?
The calculator preselects public holidays for Egypt sourced from Egyptian Labour Law (Law 12 of 2003) and presidential decrees. The list and 2024-2029 dates are summarised on this page. Use the Advanced options to layer any regional or industry-specific dates that apply to a particular contract.
What is the Egypt workweek?
Egypt's working week runs with a Friday and Saturday (Sunday-Thursday workweek) weekend. The calculator excludes both weekend days and the listed public holidays from the working-day count.
Why are there so many Egyptian national holidays?
Egypt observes 16 to 17 public holidays per year, the highest in the Arab world. The calendar combines civil holidays (Revolution Day on January 25, Sinai Liberation Day, Labour Day, June 30 Revolution Day, the 1952 Revolution Day on July 23, Armed Forces Day on October 6), religious holidays from the Islamic lunar calendar (Eid al-Fitr 3 days, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha 3 days, Islamic New Year, Mawlid al-Nabawi), Coptic Christianity (Coptic Christmas on January 7), and the cultural Sham El Nessim (the Monday after Coptic Easter, dating back to pharaonic times). Many of these close banks, the EGX, and government offices fully.
How are Islamic lunar holidays handled in the calculator?
Egyptian Islamic holidays (Eid al-Fitr, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, Islamic New Year, Mawlid al-Nabawi) follow the Hijri (Islamic) lunar calendar and are gazetted by Egyptian Cabinet decree shortly before they fall, based on the official moon sighting by Dar al-Iftaa al-Misriyyah. For years where the official decree has not yet been published, this calculator's data uses astronomical calculations and tags the entries with '(approximate)'. The actual gazetted date may shift by one day from the astronomical prediction. The 2024 Egyptian Cabinet also rationalised some long-weekend bridges by adjusting working days around Sham El Nessim and Sinai Liberation Day.

Egypt working days by month

Working-day counts, calendar grids, and Egyptian national holidays for each of the next 13 months.

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