Garebek Syawal at Yogyakarta Palace Scheduled for 20 March, Here's the Traffic Arrangement
Yogyakarta’s Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat will hold a Hajad Dalem ceremony marking Eid al-Fitr 2026/Hijri 1959 next week. The police have prepared traffic management measures across various roads during the celebration.
Garebek Syawal, one of the key components of the Keraton’s Eid al-Fitr Hajad Dalem observance, is scheduled for this year’s Eid celebration. This year’s Garebek Syawal is planned for Friday, 20 March 2026 at the Palace Courtyard, Grand Mosque, Kepatihan, and Pakualaman Palace.
AKP Alvian Hidayat, head of traffic management at Yogyakarta Police, stated that this year’s traffic arrangement for Garebek Syawal follows a similar pattern to previous years. “It’s more or less the same, really. For Garebek Syawal there isn’t any significant change from year to year because the activities remain the same as last year,” Alvian said when contacted by detikJogja on Friday (13 March).
Alvian explained that the gunungan (ceremonial offerings) processions from the palace to the Grand Mosque of Kauman will be divided into three routes. Regarding traffic, police will implement traffic management at several points across the city centre.
“The processions will split into three directions after leaving the palace for the Grand Mosque. Some will return into the palace, some will head to Pakualaman, and others to Kepatihan,” he explained.
“There will definitely be traffic management around the Zero Kilometre marker, around Pangurakan, the North Square, and there will also be contra-flow systems for traffic heading towards Kepatihan,” he added.
Meanwhile, access to Malioboro street will be temporarily closed. For traffic heading towards Pakualaman, police will implement an open-close system on several roads.
“So, traffic from the north near the Grand Malioboro Hotel will have the Malioboro entrance closed. For traffic heading towards Pakualaman, there will also be an open-close system around Gondomanan to Permata until reaching the Pakualaman area,” he explained.
Alvian noted that this year’s Garebek Syawal implementation is expected to experience no significant changes compared to previous years. However, there may be differences in timing due to Eid being expected to fall twice this year.
“The only difference is that this year Eid is likely to occur twice. The latest information suggests that the celebration will take place on the 20th, so that would be Eid for the Grand Mosque, and the other Eid would fall on the 21st,” he concluded.