Public holidays in Chad

Date	English name	Comments
1 January	New Year's Day
8 March	International Women's Day
March or April	Easter Monday	Day after Easter
1 May	Labour Day
11 August	Independence Day	From France, 1960.
1 November	All Saints' Day
28 November	Republic Day	Autonomy within the French Community, 1959.
1 December	Freedom and Democracy Day	Idriss Déby became the President of Chad on this day in 1990.
25 December	Christmas Day
12 Rabiʽ al-Awwal	The Prophet's Birthday	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday.
1 Shawwal	Korité	End of Ramadan; Muslim Festival of Breaking the Fast.
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Tabaski	Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice.

December 1, "Freedom and Democracy Day", remembers December 1, 1990 and celebrates the ascent of President Idriss Déby to power.
March 8 is celebrated as "International Women's Day"—La Journee Internationale de la Femme—and marks the culmination of a national week of activities celebrating women. Observations of "huit mars", as it is known locally in French, vary from town to town, ranging from small ceremonies or a day off school for girls only to a week of events that includes races, contests and expositions by women’s groups and ends with parades and community-wide celebrations.