Please note that many religious observances begin at sundown on the first day listed and end at sundown the next day.
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Holiday | Date | Religion |
August (2025) | ||
Raksha Bandhan | Aug. 9 | Hindu |
International Youth Day | Aug. 12 | |
Senior Citizen Day | Aug. 21 | |
International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | Aug. 23 | |
Women's Equality Day (U.S.) | Aug. 26 | |
Ganesh Chaturthi | Aug. 27 | Hindu |
September (2025) | ||
National Hispanic Heritage Month | September | |
Labor Day | Sept. 1 | |
Mawlid Al-Nabi (also known as Milad Al Nabi) | Sept. 4-5 | Muslim |
Ullambana (also known as Obon) (Western Asia) | Sept. 6 | Buddhist |
Autumnal Equinox | Sept. 22 | |
Rosh Hashanah | Sept. 22–24 | Jewish |
October (2025) | ||
National Disability Employment Awareness Month | October | |
Filipino-American History Month | October | |
LGBTQIA+ History Month | October | |
Domestic Violence Awareness Month | October | |
Yom Kippur | Oct. 1–2 | Jewish |
Dussehra | Oct. 2 | Hindu |
Sukkot | Oct. 7–13 | Jewish |
Indigenous Peoples' Day | Oct. 13 | |
Shemini Atzeret | Oct. 13–15 | Jewish |
Simchat Torah | Oct. 14–15 | Jewish |
Diwali | Oct. 20-21 | Hindu |
Bandi-Chhor Diwas | Oct. 21 | Sikh Muslim |
Birth of the Báb | Oct. 22 | Bahá'í |
Gur-Gaddi Guru Granth Sahib | Oct. 23 | Sikh Muslim |
Birth of the Bahá'u'lláh | Oct. 23 | Bahá'í |
United Nations Day | Oct. 24 | |
Reformation Day | Oct. 31 | Christian (Protestant) |
All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) | Oct. 31 | |
November (2025) | ||
National Native American Heritage Month | November | |
Pitt Military Appreciation Month | November | |
All Saints' Day | Nov. 1 | Christian |
All Souls' Day | Nov. 2 | Christian |
Election Day | Nov. 4 | |
Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Birthday | Nov. 5 | Sikh Muslim |
Kristallnacht Remembrance Day | Nov. 9 | |
Veterans Day | Nov. 11 | |
International Day for Tolerance | Nov. 16 | |
Transgender Day of Remembrance | Nov. 20 | |
Day of the Covenant | Nov. 25 | Bahá'í |
Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) | Nov. 27 | |
Advent Begins | Nov. 30 | Christian (Western) |
December (2025) | ||
World AIDS Day | Dec. 1 | |
International Day of Disabled Persons | Dec. 3 | |
Bodhi Day | Dec. 8 | Buddhist |
International Human Rights Day | Dec. 10 | |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Day | Dec. 12 | Christian (Roman Catholic) |
Hanukkah (also known as Chanukah) | Dec. 14–22, 2025 | Jewish |
Bill of Rights Day | Dec. 15 | |
Winter Solstice | Dec. 21 | |
Christmas Eve | Dec. 24 | Christian (Western) |
Christmas Day | Dec. 25 | Christian (Western) |
Kwanzaa | Dec. 26 – Jan. 1, 2025 | |
January (2026) | ||
New Year's Day | Jan. 1 | |
Mahayana New Year | Jan. 3 | Buddhist |
Epiphany | Jan. 6 | Christian (Western) |
Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday | Jan. 5 | Sikh |
Christmas Eve | Jan. 6 | Christian (Eastern) |
Christmas Day | Jan. 7 | Christian (Eastern) |
Makar Sankranti | Jan. 14 | Hindu |
World Religion Day | Jan. 19 | |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Jan. 19 | |
International Holocaust Memorial Day | Jan. 27 | |
February (2026) | ||
Black History Month | February | |
National Freedom Day | Feb. 1 | |
Tu BiShvat | Feb. 1–2 | Jewish |
Valentine's Day | Feb. 14 | |
Nirvana Day | Feb. 15 | Buddhist |
Maha Shivaratri | Feb. 15–16 | Hindu |
Ramadan | Feb. 18–March 19 | Muslim |
Lunar New Year | Feb. 17 | Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist |
Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins) | Feb. 18 | Christian (Western) |
World Day of Social Justice | Feb. 20 | |
Clean Monday (also known as Pure Monday) | Feb. 23 | Christian (Eastern) |
Intercalary Days or Ayyám-i-Há | Feb. 25-March 1 | Bahá'í |
March (2026) | ||
Women's History Month | March | |
Nineteen Day Fast | March 2–20 | Bahá'í |
Purim | March 3 | Jewish |
Magha Puja | March 3 | Buddhist |
Holi | March 4 | Hindu |
Hola Mohalla | March 4–6 | Sikh |
International Women's Day | March 8 | |
Lailat Al-Qadr | March 16 | Muslim |
St. Patrick's Day | March 17 | Christian (Western) |
Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan Ends) | March 20–22 | Muslim |
Nowruz (also known as Persian New Year) | March 20 | Zoroastrian |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | March 21 | |
Khordad Sal | March 26 | Zoroastrian |
Rama Navami | March 26 | Hindu |
Palm Sunday | March 29 | Christian (Western) |
Cesar Chavez Day | March 31 | |
April (2026) | ||
Arab American Heritage Month | April | |
Passover (also known as Pesach) | April 1–9 | Jewish |
Holy Thursday | April 2 | Christian (Western) |
Theravada (Solar New Year) | April 2–5 | Buddhist |
Good Friday | April 3 | Christian (Western) |
Easter | April 5 | Christian (Western) |
Day of Silence | April 10 | |
Holy Friday | April 10 | Christian (Eastern) |
Pascha (Orthodox Easter) | April 12 | Christian (Eastern) |
Yom Hashoah | April 13–14 | Jewish |
Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi) | April 14 | Sikh |
Festival of Ridvan | April 21–May 2 | Bahá'í |
May (2026) | ||
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | May | |
Jewish American Heritage Month | May | |
National Day of Prayer (U.S.) | May 1 | Interfaith |
Visakha Puja | May 1 | Buddhist |
Lag B'Omer | May 4–5 | Jewish |
Mother's Day | May 10 | |
World Day of Cultural Diversity | May 21 | |
Shauvot | May 22–23 | Jewish |
Declaration of the Bab | May 24 | Bahá'í |
Pentecost | May 24 | Christian (Western) |
Memorial Day | May 25 | |
Eid Al-Adha | May 27-30 | Muslim |
Ascension of Baha'u'llah | May 28–29 | Bahá'í |
Pentecost | May 31 | Christian (Eastern) |
June (2026) | ||
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month | June | |
World Environment Day | June 5 | |
Anne Frank Day | June 12 | |
Race Unity Day | June 14 | |
Flag Day (U.S.) | June 14 | |
Juneteenth | June 19 | |
Father's Day | June 21 | |
Summer Solstice | Jun. 21 | |
Ashura | June 26 | Muslim |
July (2026) | ||
Independence Day | July 4 | |
Martyrdom of the Bab | July 10 | Bahá'í |
Tish'a B'av | July 22–23 | Jewish |
Americans with Disabilities Act Day | July 26 | |
Dharma Day | July 29 | Buddhist |