The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan has published a production calendar for 2026, containing information on working days, weekends, and holidays. This calendar serves as the official basis for calculating wages, issuing work permits, and planning business operations.

Working hours standards are calculated according to the calendar of a five-day, 40-hour work week, based on an 8-hour work day, a six-day, 40-hour work week, based on a 7-hour work day, and a six-day, 36-hour work week, based on a 6-hour work day.

According to Article 62 of the Labor Code of Turkmenistan, when preparing work schedules, it is necessary to take into account that the duration of work at night is reduced by one hour. Therefore, for employees working three shifts during a five-day workweek with two days off, their annual working hours are reduced by one hour for each night shift. Night work hours are equalized with daytime hours when required by production conditions, particularly in continuous production, as well as in shift work with a six-day workweek with one day off. Therefore, for the purpose of converting hourly wage rates into monthly ones, the average monthly working hours (in hours) in 2026 will be:

For a 40-hour workweek – 166,9

For a 36-hour workweek – 150,5.

In 2026, the following holidays have been declared non-working days:

January 1 – New Year's Day;

March 8 – International Women's Day;

March 20 – Oraza-bayram;

March 21-22 – National Spring Day;

May 18 – Constitution and National Flag Day;

May 27, 28, and 29 – Gurban-bayram;

September 27 – Independence Day;

October 6 – Remembrance Day;

December 12 – International Neutrality Day;