Eid ul-Fitr 2024, 2025 and 2026
In Bangladesh, the first day of Shawwal that breaks the long fast of Ramadan is a national public holiday known as “Eid ul-Fitr”. It is a time of happiness and feasting as well as of prayer and devotion.
Year | Date | Day | Holiday |
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2024 | 9 Apr | Tue | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
10 Apr | Wed | Eid ul-Fitr | |
11 Apr | Thu | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2025 | 31 Mar | Mon | Eid ul-Fitr |
1 Apr | Tue | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2 Apr | Wed | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2026 | 20 Mar | Fri | Eid ul-Fitr |
21 Mar | Sat | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
22 Mar | Sun | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. |
In preparation for Eid, people in Bangladesh will be out busily shopping for the new clothes they will wear, for small gifts to exchange with friends and family, and food items for the Eid ul-Fitr feast.
Those living in the cities often travel back to their birth village for Eid ul-Fitr where they can spend it with family. Early on Eid morning, people attend a special mosque service for Eid prayers.
More unique Eid-ul-Fitr traditions of Bangladesh include: women making colourful designs on their hands with pigments derived from hena leaves, going to the graves of deceased relatives to pray for them, and eating Semai, a kind of “sweet coconut noodle” just after returning from Eid prayers.
Previous Years
Year | Date | Day | Holiday |
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2023 | 21 Apr | Fri | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
22 Apr | Sat | Eid ul-Fitr | |
23 Apr | Sun | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2022 | 2 May | Mon | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
3 May | Tue | Eid ul-Fitr | |
4 May | Wed | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2021 | 13 May | Thu | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
14 May | Fri | Eid ul-Fitr | |
15 May | Sat | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2020 | 24 May | Sun | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
25 May | Mon | Eid ul-Fitr | |
26 May | Tue | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2019 | 5 Jun | Wed | Eid ul-Fitr |
2018 | 15 Jun | Fri | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
16 Jun | Sat | Eid ul-Fitr | |
17 Jun | Sun | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday | |
2017 | 25 Jun | Sun | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |
26 Jun | Mon | Eid ul-Fitr | |
27 Jun | Tue | Eid ul-Fitr Holiday |