Holidays in Azerbaijan were regulated in the Constitution of Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921 by the Azeri leader Nariman Narimanov. Through the history non-working days have changed.
Public holidays in Azerbaijan include the following:
National days in Azerbaijan that are working days follows:
January 30 – Day of Azerbaijani customs
February 2 – Day of Youth in Azerbaijan
February 11 – Day of Revenue Service
February 26 – Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly massacre
March 5 – Day of Physical Culture and Sport
March 28 – Day of National Security
March 31 – Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis (March Days)
March 23 – Day of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
April 10 – Day of the builder
May 10 – Flower Festival
June 2 – Day of Civil Aviation
June 5 – Day of Reclamation
June 18 Human Rights Day
June 20 – Day of the gas sector
July 2 – Day of Azerbaijani police
July 9 – Day of the employees of the diplomatic service
July 22 – National Press Day in Azerbaijan
August 1 – Day of Azerbaijani language and alphabet.
August 2 – National Day of Azerbaijani cinema
September 15 – Day of Knowledge
September 18 – Day of National Music
September 20 – Day of Azerbaijani Oil / Oil Workers' Day
October 1 – Day of prosecutors in Azerbaijan
October 13 – Day of Azerbaijani Railway
October 18 – Independence Day (from Soviet Union)
November 8 – Day of Baku Metro Employees
November 12 – Constitution Day
November 22 – Day of Justice of Azerbaijan
December 6 – Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan
December 16 – Day of Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations
Only the holidays of Ramadan and Qurban remains as non-working religious days in Azerbaijan as the country is highly secular and irreligious. The religious population of the country, mainly in Nardaran and number of other villages, regions do celebrate the Day of Ashura, a Shia mourning day in the Islamic calendar. Religious minorities of the country – mainly Orthodox Christians and Jews do also celebrate the notable religious days of their faith. Despite of the holiday Novruz takes its roots from the religion of Zoroastranism, almost all Azerbaijanians celebrates it as a holiday of spring.
