| Winter holiday (beginning) - Thursday June 3, 2021 School holidays :
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| Civil Servants holiday - Thursday July 15, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Civil Servants holiday - Friday July 16, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Civil Servants holiday - Saturday July 17, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Civil Servants holiday - Sunday July 18, 2021 Secular holiday : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday July 19, 2021 Muslim, Sufi :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday July 20, 2021 Muslim, Sufi :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday July 22, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday July 23, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Saturday July 24, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : By Saudi rules, celebration lasts 10 days. However, most businesses observe 3 days only.
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| Summer holiday (end) - Sunday August 29, 2021 School holidays :
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| National Day - Thursday September 23, 2021 Secular holiday : In 1747 the ruler of the central Arabian Peninsula, Muhammad Bin Saud, formed an alliance with Muslim scholar Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab, which led to the founding of the modern state. The Al-Saud family ruled throughout the XIX century. In 1902, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud recaptured Riyadh from the Al-Rashid and united the numerous tribes into one nation. The foundation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place on September 23, 1932.
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