 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. |
