This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! style="width:80px;"|Date !! style="width:170px;"|English name ! Local name/s ! Notes |- |January 1 || New Year's Day |Жаңы жыл (Jangy jyl)Новый Год (Novyy God) |style="font-size:95%;"| |- |January 7 || Orthodox Christmas | Төрөлүү майрамы (Törölüü mayramy)Рождество Христово (Rojdestvo hrıstovo / Rozhdestvo Khristovo) |style="font-size:95%;"|Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians |- |February 23 || Fatherland Defenders' Day |Мекенди коргоочунун күнү (Mekendi korgoochunun künü)День защитника Отечества (Den' zashchitnika Otechestva) |style="font-size:95%;"|Formation of the Red Army in February 1918. |- |March 8 || International Women's Day |style="white-space:nowrap;"|Эл аралык аялдар күнү (El aralyk ayaldar künü)Международный женский день (Mezhdunarodnyy zhenskiy den''') |style="font-size:95%;"| |- |March 21 || Nooruz Mairamy |Нооруз |style="font-size:95%;"|Which is originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year. |- |April 7 || Day of the People's April Revolution | style="white-space:nowrap;" | Элдик Апрель революциясы күнү (Eldik Aprelʼ revolyutsiyasy künü) | style="font-size:95%;" |Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010. |- |May 1 || International Workers' Day |Эмгек күнү (Emgek künü) |style="font-size:95%;"| |- |May 5 || Constitution Day |Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү (Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn konstitutsiya künü)День Конституции Кыргызская Республики (Den' Konstitutsii Kyrgyzskaya Respubliki) |style="font-size:95%;"| |- |May 9 || Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day |Жеңиш күнү (Jengish künü)День Победы (Den' Pobedy) |style="font-size:95%;"|A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine). |- |August 31 || Independence Day |Кыргыз Республикасынын Эгемендүүлүк күнү (Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Egemendüülük künü)День независимости Кыргызская Республики (Den' nezavisimosti Kyrgyzskaya Respubliki) |style="font-size:95%;"| |-Honors the Independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. |November 7–8 || Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors |Тарых күн жана аталардын эскерүү (Tarykh kün jana atalardyn eskerüü) | style="font-size:95%;" |Two-day holiday commemorating the national liberation uprising and the tragic events of 1916 known as Urkun.
Previously, from independence to 2017, the country celebrated the Great October Socialist Revolution. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)" |- |Defined by lunar calendar || Orozo Ait |Орозо айт |style="font-size:95%;"|End of Ramadan |- |Celebrated 70 days after the Orozo Ait || Kurman Ait |Курман айт |style="font-size:95%;"|Feast of Sacrifice
Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.
Other holidays Day of the Armed Forces - 29 May Day of Aviation - August 18
References
National holidays on Kyrgyzstan government web site. Retrieved on 8 March 2009 R. Stewart and S. Weldon, Kyrgyzstan'', Odyssey, 2002, p. 105,