 Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States |
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| January | |
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| January–February | |
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February
American Heart Month
Black History Month |
- Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín (PR)
- Candlemas (NJ, religious)
- Charles Darwin Day / Darwin Day (CA, DE)
- Day of Remembrance (CA, OR, WA, cultural)
- Georgia Day (GA)
- Groundhog Day
- Imbolc (NJ, religious)
- Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV)
- National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- National Freedom Day (36)
- Nirvana Day (NJ, religious)
- Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple (NJ, religious)
- Promised Reformer Day (religious)
- Ronald Reagan Day (CA)
- Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO)
- Saviours' Day (religious)
- Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)
- Tu B’shvat (NJ, religious)
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| February–March | |
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March
Irish-American Heritage Month
National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Women's History Month |
- Annunciation of the Virgin Mary / Annunciation of the Theotokos (NJ, religious)
- Casimir Pulaski Day (IL)
- Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal)
- Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico (PR, cultural)
- Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, MA)
- Harriet Tubman Day (NY)
- Hola Mohalla (NJ, religious)
- Holi (NY, NJ, religious)
- L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday (NJ, religious)
- Lailat al-Mi'raj (NJ, religious)
- Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, VA, cultural)
- Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA)
- Maryland Day (MD)
- National Poison Prevention Week (week)
- Nowruz (NJ, cultural, religious)
- Ostara (NJ, religious)
- Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day (HI)
- Promised Messiah Day (religious)
- Saint Joseph's Day (religious)
- Seward's Day (AK)
- Texas Independence Day (TX)
- Town Meeting Day (VT)
- Transfer Day (VI)
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| March–April |
- Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, NJ, VI, religious)
- Hanuman Jayanti (NJ, religious)
- Holy Thursday (NJ, PR, VI, religious)
- Holy Week (PR, religious, week)
- Lazarus Saturday (NJ, religious)
- Mahavir Janma Kalyanak (NJ, religious)
- Mesha Sankranti / Hindu New Year (religious)
- Palm Sunday (NJ, PR, religious)
- Passover (NJ, religious)
- Easter Monday / Bright Monday (NJ, VI religious)
- Ramnavami (NJ, religious)
- Chandramana Yugadi / Souramana Yugadi (NJ, religious)
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April
Confederate History Month | |
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May
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month |
- Ascension of Baháʼu'lláh (NJ, religious)
- Ascension of Our Lord (NJ, religious)
- Caliphate Day (religious)
- Declaration of the Bab (NJ, religious)
- Harvey Milk Day (CA)
- International Workers' Day / May Day (CA, unofficial, proposed state)
- Law Day (36)
- Loyalty Day (36)
- Malcolm X Day (CA, IL, proposed federal)
- Military Spouse Day
- National Day of Prayer (36)
- National Day of Reason
- National Defense Transportation Day (36)
- National Maritime Day (36)
- Milad Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (NJ, religious)
- Peace Officers Memorial Day (36)
- Pentecost (NJ, religious)
- Shavuot (NJ, religious)
- Truman Day (MO)
- Vesak / Buddha's Birthday (NJ, religious)
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June
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Pride Month |
- Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, MA)
- Carolina Day (SC)
- Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth (TX, cultural)
- Fast of the Holy Apostles (NJ, religious)
- Flag Day (36, proposed federal)
- Helen Keller Day (PA)
- Honor America Days (3 weeks)
- Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL)
- Kamehameha Day (HI)
- Litha (NJ, religious)
- Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (NJ, religious)
- Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA, cultural)
- Senior Week (week)
- Saint John's Day (PR, religious)
- West Virginia Day (WV)
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| July | |
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| July–August | |
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| August |
American Family Day (AZ)
Barack Obama Day in Illinois (IL)
Bennington Battle Day (VT)
Dormition of the Theotokos (NJ, religious)
Eid-e-Ghadeer (NJ, religious)
Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (NJ, religious)
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (NJ, religious)
Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI)
Krishna Janmashtami (NJ, religious)
Lammas (NJ, religious)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX)
Naga Panchami (NJ, religious)
National Aviation Day (36)
Paryushana (NJ, religious)
Raksha Bandhan (NJ, religious)
Transfiguration of the Lord (NJ, religious)
Victory Day (RI)
Women's Equality Day (36)
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September
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | |
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September–October
Hispanic Heritage Month | |
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October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Disability Employment Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
Filipino American History Month
LGBT History Month | |
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| October–November | |
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November
Native American Indian Heritage Month |
- Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha (NJ, religious)
- All Saints' Day (NJ, religious)
- Beginning of the Nativity Fast (NJ, religious)
- Beltane / Samhain (NJ, religious)
- Barack Obama Day in Alabama (Perry County, AL)
- D. Hamilton Jackson Day (VI)
- Day after Thanksgiving (24)
- Day of the Covenant (NJ, religious)
- Discovery of Puerto Rico Day (PR)
- Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, VA, WV, proposed federal)
- Family Day (NV)
- Guru Nanak Gurpurab (NJ, religious)
- Hanukkah (NJ, religious)
- Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial, cultural)
- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (NJ, religious)
- Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA, cultural)
- Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple (NJ, religious)
- Unthanksgiving Day (cultural)
- Urus Mubarak of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (NJ, religious)
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| December |
- Advent Sunday (NJ, religious)
- Alabama Day (AL)
- Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (NJ, religious)
- Bodhi Day (NJ, religious)
- Chalica (religious)
- Christmas Eve (KY, NC, SC, PR, VI)
- Day after Christmas (KY, NC, SC, TX, VI)
- Festivus
- HumanLight
- Hanukkah (religious, week)
- Immaculate Conception (NJ, religious)
- Indiana Day (IN)
- Kwanzaa (cultural, week)
- Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (NJ, religious)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36)
- Nativity of Jesus (NJ, religious)
- Old Year's Night (VI)
- Pan American Aviation Day (36)
- Pancha Ganapati (religious, week)
- Rosa Parks Day (OH, OR)
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (NJ, religious)
- Wright Brothers Day (36)
- Yule (NJ, religious)
- Zartosht No-Diso (NJ, religious)
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| Varies (year round) |
Eid al-Adha (NJ, NY, religious)
Eid al-Fitr (NJ, NY, religious)
Islamic New Year (NJ, religious)
Navaratri (NJ, religious, four times a year)
Obon (NJ, religious)
Onam (NJ, religious)
Ramadan (religious, month)
Ghost Festival (NJ, religious)
Yawm Aashura (NJ, religious)
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Legend:
(federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific racial/ethnic group or sexual minority, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies
Bold indicates major holidays commonly celebrated in the United States, which often represent the major celebrations of the month.
See also: Lists of holidays, Hallmark holidays, public holidays in the United States, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. |
