Holidays and Observances in the United States in 2015
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thursday | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 3 | Saturday | The Prophet's Birthday | Muslim | |
| Jan 4 | Sunday | World Braille Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 6 | Tuesday | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Wednesday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 7 | Wednesday | International Programmers' Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 8 | Thursday | Battle of New Orleans | State Legal Holiday | Louisiana |
| Jan 13 | Tuesday | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| Jan 14 | Wednesday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 16 | Friday | Lee-Jackson Day | State Holiday | Virginia |
| Jan 18 | Sunday | World Religion Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Holiday | AL, AR, MS |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Confederate Heroes' Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Idaho Human Rights Day | State Holiday | Idaho |
| Jan 19 | Monday | Civil Rights Day | State Holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| Jan 25 | Sunday | World Leprosy Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 26 | Monday | International Customs Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 27 | Tuesday | International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust | United Nations observance | |
| Jan 29 | Thursday | Kansas Day | State Observance | Kansas |
| Feb 1 | Sunday | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| Feb 1 | Sunday | Super Bowl | Sporting event | |
| Feb 1 | Sunday | First Day of Black History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Feb 2 | Monday | World Wetlands Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 2 | Monday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | World Cancer Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | California, Missouri |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | State Observance | New York |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | National Girls and Women in Sports Day | Observance | |
| Feb 6 | Friday | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 6 | Friday | Ronald Reagan Day | State Observance | California |
| Feb 6 | Friday | National Wear Red Day | Observance | |
| Feb 11 | Wednesday | World Day of the Sick | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 12 | Thursday | Lincoln's Birthday | State Holiday | CT, IL, MO, NY |
| Feb 12 | Thursday | Lincoln's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Feb 12 | Thursday | Georgia Day | State Observance | Georgia |
| Feb 13 | Friday | World Radio Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 14 | Saturday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Saturday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Arizona |
| Feb 15 | Sunday | Susan B. Anthony's Birthday | State Observance | FL, NY, WI |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Presidents' Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | All except DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, NC, NM, RI, WI |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Legal Holiday | KS, KY, LA, WI |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State Holiday | Arkansas |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| Feb 17 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State Holiday | AL*, FL**, LA, MS** |
| Feb 17 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 18 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Feb 19 | Thursday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 20 | Friday | World Day of Social Justice | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 21 | Saturday | International Mother Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 25 | Wednesday | African-American Scientist and Inventor Day | State Observance | Virginia |
| Feb 25 | Wednesday | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Indiana |
| Feb 28 | Saturday | Linus Pauling Day | Local observance | Oregon |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | Zero Discrimination Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | Self-Injury Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | St. David's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | First Day of Women's History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 1 | Sunday | First Day of Irish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Texas Independence Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Illinois, Indiana |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| Mar 3 | Tuesday | World Wildlife Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 3 | Tuesday | Town Meeting Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Mar 4 | Wednesday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Wisconsin |
| Mar 5 | Thursday | Holi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Mar 5 | Thursday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 6 | Friday | Employee Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 12 | Thursday | World Kidney Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | Evacuation Day | State Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Mar 20 | Friday | French Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 20 | Friday | International Day of Happiness | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | World Poetry Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | International Day of Nowruz | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | World Down Syndrome Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | International Day of Forests | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 22 | Sunday | World Water Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 23 | Monday | World Meteorological Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 24 | Tuesday | World Tuberculosis Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 24 | Tuesday | International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Wednesday | International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Wednesday | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Wednesday | Maryland Day | Local observance | Maryland |
| Mar 26 | Thursday | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Mar 28 | Saturday | Earth Hour | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 29 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Mar 30 | Monday | Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Mar 30 | Monday | Doctors' Day | Observance | |
| Mar 30 | Monday | Seward's Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Mar 30 | Monday | Vietnam Veterans Day | State Observance | Delaware, West Virginia |
| Mar 31 | Tuesday | International Transgender Day of Visibility | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 31 | Tuesday | César Chávez Day | State Holiday | AZ*, CA, CO***, MI*, NM*, NV*, TX***, UT*, WA*, WI* |
| Apr 1 | Wednesday | April Fool's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | World Autism Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Pascua Florida Day | Local observance | Florida |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Passover Eve | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday | State Holiday | CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX*** |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | Passover (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | United Nations' Mine Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 6 | Monday | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 6 | Monday | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 7 | Tuesday | United Nations' World Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 7 | Tuesday | Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 10 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 11 | Saturday | Last Day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 11 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 12 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| Apr 12 | Sunday | International Day of Human Space Flight | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 13 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 13 | Monday | Thomas Jefferson's Birthday | Observance | |
| Apr 14 | Tuesday | National Library Workers' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 15 | Wednesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 15 | Wednesday | World Art Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 15 | Wednesday | Tax Day | Observance | |
| Apr 15 | Wednesday | Father Damien Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| Apr 16 | Thursday | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | DC |
| Apr 17 | Friday | Global Youth Service Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 18 | Saturday | International Day for Monuments and Sites | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 20 | Monday | Chinese Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 20 | Monday | Patriots' Day | State Holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| Apr 20 | Monday | Boston Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Apr 21 | Tuesday | San Jacinto Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Apr 22 | Wednesday | Earth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 22 | Wednesday | Oklahoma Day | Local observance | Oklahoma |
| Apr 22 | Wednesday | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | Yom Ha'atzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | World Book and Copyright Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | International Girls in ICT Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | World Spanish Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | English Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | Observance | |
| Apr 24 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Holiday | Nebraska |
| Apr 24 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Apr 25 | Saturday | World Malaria Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Sunday | World Intellectual Property Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Sunday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Apr 27 | Monday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Apr 27 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Mississippi |
| Apr 27 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Alabama, Georgia |
| Apr 27 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day observed | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Apr 28 | Tuesday | World Day for Safety and Health at Work | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 29 | Wednesday | Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 30 | Thursday | International Jazz Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | Kentucky Oaks | Sporting event | |
| May 1 | Friday | Law Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | Lei Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| May 1 | Friday | First Day of Military Appreciation Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | First Day of Jewish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 2 | Saturday | Kentucky Derby | Sporting event | |
| May 2 | Saturday | National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day | Observance | |
| May 3 | Sunday | World Press Freedom Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 3 | Sunday | International Family Equality Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 4 | Monday | Kent State Shootings Remembrance | Local observance | Ohio |
| May 4 | Monday | Rhode Island Independence Day | Local observance | Rhode Island |
| May 5 | Tuesday | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| May 5 | Tuesday | Primary Election Day | State Holiday | Indiana |
| May 5 | Tuesday | National Teacher Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| May 6 | Wednesday | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| May 7 | Thursday | Lag BaOmer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 7 | Thursday | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| May 7 | Thursday | West Virginia Day of Prayer | State Observance | West Virginia |
| May 8 | Friday | Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War | United Nations observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | World Ovarian Cancer Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | Truman Day | State Holiday | Missouri |
| May 8 | Friday | Victory in Europe Day | Observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | Native American Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| May 8 | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| May 9 | Saturday | World Migratory Bird Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| May 10 | Sunday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | South Carolina |
| May 10 | Sunday | Confederate Memorial Day | Local observance | North Carolina |
| May 11 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day observed | State Holiday | South Carolina |
| May 12 | Tuesday | International Nurses Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 14 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| May 15 | Friday | International Day of Families | United Nations observance | |
| May 15 | Friday | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| May 15 | Friday | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| May 16 | Saturday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| May 16 | Saturday | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| May 16 | Saturday | Preakness Stakes | Sporting event | |
| May 17 | Sunday | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 20 | Wednesday | World Autoimmune Arthritis Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 20 | Wednesday | Emergency Medical Services for Children Day | Observance | |
| May 21 | Thursday | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development | United Nations observance | |
| May 22 | Friday | International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations observance | |
| May 22 | Friday | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| May 22 | Friday | Harvey Milk Day | Local observance | California |
| May 23 | Saturday | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula | United Nations observance | |
| May 24 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| May 24 | Sunday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| May 25 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| May 25 | Monday | African Liberation Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 25 | Monday | Memorial Day | Federal Holiday | |
| May 25 | Monday | Decoration Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA |
| May 25 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Mississippi |
| May 25 | Monday | National Missing Children's Day | Observance | |
| May 29 | Friday | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers | United Nations observance | |
| May 31 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| May 31 | Sunday | World No Tobacco Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 1 | Monday | Global Day of Parents | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 1 | Monday | Day of Vesak | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 1 | Monday | First Day of Pride Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Monday | First Day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Monday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Jun 1 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Jun 3 | Wednesday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Florida |
| Jun 4 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Jun 4 | Thursday | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 5 | Friday | World Environment Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 6 | Saturday | Day of the Russian Language | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 6 | Saturday | D-Day | Observance | |
| Jun 6 | Saturday | Belmont Stakes | Sporting event | |
| Jun 8 | Monday | World Oceans Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 11 | Thursday | Kamehameha Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Jun 12 | Friday | World Day Against Child Labour | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 12 | Friday | Loving Day | Observance | |
| Jun 13 | Saturday | International Albinism Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 14 | Sunday | World Blood Donor Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 14 | Sunday | Army Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 14 | Sunday | Flag Day | Observance | |
| Jun 15 | Monday | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 16 | Tuesday | International Day of Family Remittances | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 17 | Wednesday | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 17 | Wednesday | Bunker Hill Day | Local holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Jun 18 | Thursday | Ramadan Starts | Muslim | |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Juneteenth | Observance | |
| Jun 19 | Friday | International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Juneteenth | State Observance | 22 states |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Juneteenth Freedom Day | State Holiday | New York |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Juneteenth Independence Day | Observance | Rhode Island |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Juneteenth | State Observance | West Virginia |
| Jun 19 | Friday | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jun 20 | Saturday | World Refugee Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 20 | Saturday | Juneteenth Day | State Observance | AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, ME, MI, MT, OK, VA, VT |
| Jun 20 | Saturday | Juneteenth | State Observance | Minnesota |
| Jun 20 | Saturday | West Virginia Day | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| Jun 20 | Saturday | American Eagle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | International Day of Yoga | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Father's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Juneteenth Independence Day | State Observance | Massachusetts |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 23 | Tuesday | Public Service Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 23 | Tuesday | International Widows' Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 25 | Thursday | Day of the Seafarer | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 26 | Friday | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 26 | Friday | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 28 | Sunday | Carolina Day | State Observance | South Carolina |
| Jul 3 | Friday | Independence Day (substitute) | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, OK |
| Jul 3 | Friday | Independence Day (substitute) | Federal Holiday | |
| Jul 4 | Saturday | International Day of Cooperatives | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 4 | Saturday | Independence Day | State Holiday | California |
| Jul 4 | Saturday | Independence Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jul 4 | Saturday | Independence Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, OK |
| Jul 11 | Saturday | World Population Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 13 | Monday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Jul 13 | Monday | Nathan Bedford Forrest Day | Local observance | Tennessee |
| Jul 14 | Tuesday | Bastille Day | Observance | |
| Jul 15 | Wednesday | World Youth Skills Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 18 | Saturday | Nelson Mandela Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 24 | Friday | Pioneer Day | State Holiday | Utah |
| Jul 26 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Jul 26 | Sunday | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| Jul 27 | Monday | Korean War Veteran Recognition Day | State Observance | West Virginia |
| Jul 27 | Monday | National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | Observance | |
| Jul 28 | Tuesday | World Hepatitis Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 30 | Thursday | International Day of Friendship | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 30 | Thursday | World Day Against Trafficking in Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 1 | Saturday | Colorado Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| Aug 2 | Sunday | American Family Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Aug 4 | Tuesday | Coast Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Aug 7 | Friday | Purple Heart Day | State Observance | West Virginia |
| Aug 7 | Friday | Purple Heart Day | Observance | |
| Aug 9 | Sunday | International Day of the World's Indigenous People | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 10 | Monday | Victory Day | State Holiday | Rhode Island |
| Aug 12 | Wednesday | International Youth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 16 | Sunday | National Navajo Code Talkers Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Aug 16 | Sunday | Bennington Battle Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Aug 16 | Sunday | National Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| Aug 17 | Monday | Bennington Battle Day observed | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Aug 19 | Wednesday | World Humanitarian Day | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 19 | Wednesday | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Aug 21 | Friday | Hawaii Statehood Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Aug 23 | Sunday | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 26 | Wednesday | Women's Equality Day | Observance | |
| Aug 27 | Thursday | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Aug 29 | Saturday | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 29 | Saturday | International Day against Nuclear Tests | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 30 | Sunday | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 31 | Monday | International Overdose Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 4 | Friday | Janmashtami | Hindu Holiday | |
| Sep 4 | Friday | World Sexual Health Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 5 | Saturday | International Day of Charity | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 7 | Monday | Labor Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Sep 8 | Tuesday | International Literacy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 9 | Wednesday | California Admission Day | State Holiday | California* |
| Sep 10 | Thursday | World Suicide Prevention Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 11 | Friday | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | International Day for South-South Cooperation | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | Native American Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | International Programmers' Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | Constitution Commemoration Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Sep 14 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 14 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| Sep 15 | Tuesday | International Day of Democracy | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 15 | Tuesday | First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Sep 16 | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Sep 16 | Wednesday | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 17 | Thursday | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| Sep 18 | Friday | Air Force Birthday | Observance | |
| Sep 18 | Friday | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| Sep 21 | Monday | International Day of Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 22 | Tuesday | Emancipation Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | International Celebrate Bisexuality Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 24 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Sep 24 | Thursday | World Maritime Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 25 | Friday | Native American Day | State Observance | California, Nevada |
| Sep 25 | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Observance | Montana, Texas |
| Sep 25 | Friday | Michigan Indian Day | State Observance | Michigan |
| Sep 26 | Saturday | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 26 | Saturday | National Public Lands Day | Observance | |
| Sep 27 | Sunday | World Tourism Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 27 | Sunday | Gold Star Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 28 | Monday | First Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 28 | Monday | World Rabies Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 28 | Monday | American Indian Day | State Observance | Tennessee |
| Sep 29 | Tuesday | World Heart Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 1 | Thursday | International Day of Older Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 1 | Thursday | World Vegetarian Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 2 | Friday | International Day of Non-Violence | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Last Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 5 | Monday | Shmini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 5 | Monday | World Teachers' Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 5 | Monday | World Habitat Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 5 | Monday | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| Oct 6 | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 6 | Tuesday | German American Day | Observance | |
| Oct 7 | Wednesday | World Cerebral Palsy Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 8 | Thursday | World Sight Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 9 | Friday | World Post Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 9 | Friday | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| Oct 10 | Saturday | World Mental Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 11 | Sunday | International Day of the Girl Child | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 11 | Sunday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Michigan, Rhode Island |
| Oct 11 | Sunday | Chicago Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Oct 12 | Monday | Columbus Day | State Holiday | All except AK, AR, CA, DE, FL, HI, MI, MN, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, VT, WA, WY |
| Oct 12 | Monday | Columbus Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Oct 12 | Monday | Fraternal Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 12 | Monday | Native American Day | State Holiday | South Dakota |
| Oct 12 | Monday | Indigenous People's Day | State Observance | 13 states |
| Oct 12 | Monday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 13 | Tuesday | Navratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 13 | Tuesday | Navy Birthday | Observance | |
| Oct 14 | Wednesday | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 15 | Thursday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| Oct 15 | Thursday | International Day of Rural Women | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 15 | Thursday | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| Oct 16 | Friday | World Food Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 16 | Friday | Boss's Day | Observance | |
| Oct 17 | Saturday | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 17 | Saturday | Sweetest Day | Observance | 13 states |
| Oct 18 | Sunday | Alaska Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Oct 19 | Monday | Alaska Day observed | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Oct 20 | Tuesday | World Statistics Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 22 | Thursday | Dussehra | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 24 | Saturday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Oct 24 | Saturday | United Nations Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 24 | Saturday | World Development Information Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 27 | Tuesday | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 29 | Thursday | World Stroke Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 30 | Friday | Nevada Day | State Holiday | Nevada |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | World Cities Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | World Vegan Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | First Day of Native American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | New York City Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 2 | Monday | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Monday | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 3 | Tuesday | Election Day | Observance | |
| Nov 3 | Tuesday | Election Day | State Holiday | Indiana, New York |
| Nov 3 | Tuesday | Election Day | State Holiday | New Jersey |
| Nov 6 | Friday | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 9 | Monday | Barack Obama Day | Local observance | Alabama** |
| Nov 10 | Tuesday | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
| Nov 10 | Tuesday | World Science Day for Peace and Development | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 10 | Tuesday | Marine Corps Birthday | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Wednesday | Veterans Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 12 | Thursday | World Pneumonia Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 14 | Saturday | World Diabetes Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 15 | Sunday | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 16 | Monday | International Day for Tolerance | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 17 | Tuesday | World Prematurity Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 19 | Thursday | World Philosophy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 19 | Thursday | World Toilet Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 19 | Thursday | International Men's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 19 | Thursday | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Ohio |
| Nov 20 | Friday | Universal Children's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Friday | Africa Industrialization Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Friday | Transgender Day of Remembrance | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 21 | Saturday | World Television Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 25 | Wednesday | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 26 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Holiday | Georgia |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | New Mexico |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day | State Holiday | Indiana |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Day After Thanksgiving | State Holiday | 22 states |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Black Friday | Observance | |
| Nov 27 | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Maryland |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | State Holiday | Washington |
| Nov 27 | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | Observance | |
| Nov 29 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Christian | |
| Nov 29 | Sunday | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 29 | Sunday | Nellie Tayloe Ross's Birthday | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Nov 30 | Monday | Cyber Monday | Observance | |
| Dec 1 | Tuesday | World AIDS Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 1 | Tuesday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| Dec 1 | Tuesday | Giving Tuesday | Observance | |
| Dec 2 | Wednesday | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 3 | Thursday | International Day of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 5 | Saturday | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 5 | Saturday | World Soil Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 6 | Sunday | St Nicholas Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Monday | Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 7 | Monday | International Civil Aviation Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 7 | Monday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | State Observance | Alaska, Wyoming |
| Dec 7 | Monday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Monday | Delaware Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Dec 8 | Tuesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 9 | Wednesday | International Anti-Corruption Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 9 | Wednesday | World Genocide Commemoration Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 10 | Thursday | Human Rights Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 10 | Thursday | Wyoming Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Dec 11 | Friday | International Mountain Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 12 | Saturday | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Christian | |
| Dec 13 | Sunday | National Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Dec 14 | Monday | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 15 | Tuesday | Bill of Rights Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Thursday | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Thursday | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| Dec 18 | Friday | International Migrants Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 18 | Friday | Arabic Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 20 | Sunday | International Human Solidarity Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 21 | Monday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 22 | Tuesday | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | The Prophet's Birthday | Muslim | |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | State Holiday | AR, KS*, KY, MI, NC, ND, OK, SC, TX, VA*, WI |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Washington's Birthday | State Holiday | Georgia, Indiana |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | State Holiday | All |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Day After Christmas Day | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Day After Christmas Day | State Holiday | KS, KY, NC, SC, TX |
| Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve | Observance | |
| Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve | State Holiday | LA, MI, WI |
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