Date of March Equinox announced for Azerbaijan

  06 January 2016    Read: 1787
Date of March Equinox announced for Azerbaijan
March Equinox in Baku, Azerbaijan is on Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 08:31 AZT, AzVision.az reports.
So, on March 20, 2016 will be celebrated as Novruz holiday, Deputy Director of Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory named after Nasreddin Tusi of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Khidir Mikayilov told.

Azerbaijani will have 8 non-working days during Novruz Holiday in 2016. According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, 20-24 March will be marked as an official holiday.

According to the Labor Code, as 20 March falls on Sunday, non-working and working day will be replaced, so 25 March will also be non-working day. As March 26 and 27 fall on Saturday and Sunday, March 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 will be non-working days.

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