Includes the local time zone, typical hours of business and a list of holidays in the country/economy.
Last Published: 8/9/2017
Mongolian Standard Time (MST) is 13 hours ahead of EST in the fall and winter months.  In the spring and summer months Mongolia does not use Daylight Savings Time and remains on MST and is 12 hours ahead of EDT.  The standard 40 hour workweek is 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with an hour for lunch.  Holidays are as follows:

U.S. Embassy Observed U.S. and Mongolian Holidays for 2017
January 2MondaySubstitute Day of New Year DayUSA Mongolia
January 16   Monday Martin Luther King, Jr.’s BirthdayUSA
February 20 Monday Washington’s BirthdayUSA
February 27  Monday Lunar New Year*    Mongolian
February 28  Tuesday      Lunar New Year*      Mongolian
March 1 Wednesday   international Women’s day   Mongolian
May 29    Monday        Memorial Day                 USA
June 1Thursday      Mother and Child Day       Mongolian
July 4    Tuesday     Independence Day     USA        
July 11    Tuesday    National Holiday/Naadam       Mongolian
July 12     Wednesday National Holiday/Naadam      Mongolian
July 13  Thursday  National Holiday/Naadam   Mongolian
July 14    Friday National Holiday/Naadam      Mongolian
September 4  Monday   Labor Day     USA
October 9   Monday     Columbus Day  USA
November 10Friday  Veterans Day          USA
November 23  ThursdayThanksgiving Day            USA
December 25 Monday   Christmas Day USA
December 29   Friday   National Independence Day   Mongolian
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