About the Embassy
2009 Holiday Schedule
The U.S. Mission will observe the following U.S. and Mauritian holidays in 2009.
New Year | Thursday January 1 | Mauritian/U.S. |
New Year (observed) | Friday January 2 | Mauritian |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Monday January 19 | U.S. |
| Chinese Spring Festival | Monday January 26 | Mauritian |
Abolition of Slavery | Sunday February 1 | Mauritian |
| Thaipoosam Cavadee | Sunday February 8 | Mauritian |
Washington's Birthday | Monday February 16 | U.S. |
Maha Shivaratree | Monday February 23 | Mauritian |
National Day | Thursday March 12 | Mauritian |
Ougadi | Friday March 27 | Mauritian |
Labor Day | Friday May 1 | Mauritian |
Memorial Day | Monday May 25 | U.S. |
Independence Day | Friday July 3 | U.S. |
Ganesh Chaturthi | Monday August 24 | Mauritian |
Labor Day | Monday September 7 | U.S. |
Eid-Ul-Fitr* | Sunday September 20 | Mauritian |
Columbus Day | Monday October 12 | U.S. |
Divali | Saturday October 17 | Mauritian |
| All Saints Day | Sunday November 1 | Mauritian |
Arrival of Indentured Laborers | Monday November 2 | Mauritian |
Veterans Day | Wednesday November 11
| U.S. |
Thanksgiving Day | Thursday November 26 | U.S |
Christmas | Friday December 25 | Mauritian/U.S |
*The exact date of this festival will depend on the visibility of the moon.
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