Islam · 2026
Eid al-Adha 2026 is on Tuesday, May 26, 2026
In 2026, Eid al-Adha falls on a Tuesday, running through Friday, May 29, 2026.
The exact date of Eid al-Adha 2026
Eid al-Adha 2026 falls on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. That is a Tuesday, a regular working weekday in most countries. It is the 146th day of 2026 and sits in ISO week 22. If you are planning around it, the day of the week matters as much as the date itself, because it decides whether the observance creates a long weekend, a midweek pause, or a day that has to be moved under local substitute-holiday rules.
With Eid al-Adha on a Tuesday, a single day of leave on the Monday turns it into a four-day weekend, the classic "bridge day" pattern.
Eid al-Adha around 2026
How the date moves in the years either side of 2026. Each year links to its own page with a countdown and the full day-of-week detail.
About Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha, often translated as the Festival of Sacrifice, is one of the two major Islamic festivals. It falls on the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah, the final month of the Hijri calendar, and coincides with the closing rites of the Hajj pilgrimage. The holiday recalls Ibrahim's devotion and is observed with communal prayer, family gatherings, charitable sharing, and, where practiced, the ritual sacrifice with meat distributed among relatives and people in need. Since the Hijri calendar is lunar, the Gregorian date changes every year. timekit uses its shipped religious holidays data for the listed date; official local announcements and moon-sighting practice may differ by a day.
Calendar note: Computed with the local Hijri Umm al-Qura-aligned engine.
Eid al-Adha 2026, common questions
- When is Eid al-Adha 2026?
- Eid al-Adha 2026 falls on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, running through Friday, May 29, 2026.
- What day of the week is Eid al-Adha 2026?
- In 2026, Eid al-Adha falls on a Tuesday, a weekday.
- When is Eid al-Adha the year after 2026?
- In 2027, Eid al-Adha falls on Saturday, May 15.
- Why does the date of Eid al-Adha change each year?
- Since the Hijri calendar is lunar, the Gregorian date changes every year. timekit uses its shipped religious holidays data for the listed date; official local announcements and moon-sighting practice may differ by a day.