{"id":54147,"date":"2026-05-18T06:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=54147"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:42:38","slug":"eid-al-adha-start-date-officially-announced-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/eid-al-adha-start-date-officially-announced-in-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid Al Adha 2026 Start Date Officially Announced in the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents in the UAE can now start planning for <strong>Eid Al Adha 2026<\/strong>. The holiday\u2019s <strong>start date has been confirmed<\/strong> after the crescent moon was sighted on Sunday evening, May 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are all the dates for the upcoming holiday period:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dhu Al Hijjah<\/strong> (the final month in the Islamic calendar): Monday, May 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arafat Day<\/strong>: Tuesday, May 26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eid Al Adha 2026 in the UAE<\/strong>: Wednesday, May 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Public sector employees already have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/eid-al-adha-holidays-in-uae-official-dates-confirmed\/\">holidays confirmed for the Eid break<\/a><\/strong>, with a total of nine days off. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/eid-al-adha-school-holidays-in-the-uae\/\">School holiday dates<\/a><\/strong> in the UAE have also already been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to spend this Eid in the country, check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-on-eid-al-adha-in-uae\/\">things to do during Eid Al Adha break in UAE 2026<\/a><\/strong> for ideas on top activities and events happening <strong>in <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-during-eid-al-adha-in-dubai\/\">Dubai<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-during-eid-al-adha-break-in-abu-dhabi-top-activities-and-events\/\">Abu Dhabi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in the UAE can now start planning for Eid Al Adha 2026. The holiday\u2019s start date has been confirmed after the crescent moon was sighted on Sunday evening, May 17. Here are all the dates for the upcoming holiday period: Public sector employees already have holidays confirmed for the Eid break, with a total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":54148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}},{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}},{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}},{"id":15504,"slug":"ajman","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/ajman\/","api_id":4,"title":{"rendered":"Ajman"}},{"id":15502,"slug":"fujairah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/fujairah\/","api_id":279,"title":{"rendered":"Fujairah"}},{"id":15505,"slug":"rak","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/rak\/","api_id":6,"title":{"rendered":"RAK"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}