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 (2026) | ||
| Raksha Bandhan | Aug. 28 | Hindu |
| International Youth Day | Aug. 12 | |
| Senior Citizen Day | Aug. 21 | |
| International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | Aug. 23 | |
| Mawlid Al-Nabi (also known as Milad Al Nabi) | Aug. 25–26 | Muslim |
| Women's Equality Day (U.S.) | Aug. 26 | |
| Ullambana (also known as Obon) (Western Asia) | Aug. 27 | Buddhist |
| September (2026) | ||
| National Hispanic Heritage Month | September | |
| Labor Day | Sept. 7 | |
| Rosh Hashanah | Sept. 11–13 | Jewish |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | Sept. 14 | Hindu |
| Yom Kippur | Sept. 20–21 | Jewish |
| Sukkot | Sept. 25–Oct. 2 | Jewish |
| Autumnal Equinox | Sept. 22 | |
| October (2026) | ||
| National Disability Employment Awareness Month | October | |
| Filipino-American History Month | October | |
| LGBTQIA+ History Month | October | |
| Domestic Violence Awareness Month | October | |
| Shemini Atzeret | Oct. 2–3 | Jewish |
| Simchat Torah | Oct. 3–4 | Jewish |
| Indigenous Peoples' Day | Oct. 12 | |
| Dussehra | Oct. 20 | Hindu |
| United Nations Day | Oct. 24 | |
| Reformation Day | Oct. 31 | Christian (Protestant) |
| All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) | Oct. 31 | |
| November (2026) | ||
| 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. 3 | |
| Diwali | Nov. 8 | Hindu |
| Bandi-Chhor Diwas | Nov. 8 | Sikh |
| Kristallnacht Remembrance Day | Nov. 9 | |
| Birth of the Báb | Nov. 10 | Bahá'í |
| Veterans Day | Nov. 11 | |
| Birth of the Bahá'u'lláh | Nov. 11 | Bahá'í |
| International Day for Tolerance | Nov. 16 | |
| Transgender Day of Remembrance | Nov. 20 | |
| Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day | Nov. 24 | Sikh |
| Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Birthday | Nov. 24 | Sikh |
| Day of the Covenant | Nov. 26 | Bahá'í |
| Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) | Nov. 26 | |
| Advent Begins | Nov. 29 | Christian (Western) |
| December (2026) | ||
| World AIDS Day | Dec. 1 | |
| International Day of Disabled Persons | Dec. 3 | |
| Hanukkah (also known as Chanukah) | Dec. 4–12 | Jewish |
| Bodhi Day | Dec. 8 | Buddhist |
| International Human Rights Day | Dec. 10 | |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Day | Dec. 12 | Christian (Roman Catholic) |
| 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, 2026 – Jan. 1, 2027 | |
| January (2027) | ||
| New Year's Day | Jan. 1 | |
| Epiphany | Jan. 6 | Christian (Western) |
| Christmas Eve | Jan. 6 | Christian (Eastern) |
| Christmas Day | Jan. 7 | Christian (Eastern) |
| Makar Sankranti | Jan. 14 | Hindu |
| Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday | Jan. 15 | Sikh |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Jan. 18 (observed) | |
| World Religion Day | Jan. 19 | |
| Mahayana New Year | Jan. 22 | Buddhist |
| Tu BiShvat | Jan. 22–23 | Jewish |
| International Holocaust Memorial Day | Jan. 27 | |
| February (2027) | ||
| Black History Month | February | |
| National Freedom Day | Feb. 1 | |
| Lunar New Year | Feb. 6 | Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist |
| Ramadan | Feb. 7–March 8 | Muslim |
| Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins) | Feb. 10 | Christian (Western) |
| Valentine's Day | Feb. 14 | |
| Nirvana Day | Feb. 15 | Buddhist |
| World Day of Social Justice | Feb. 20 | |
| Magha Puja | Feb. 21 | Buddhist |
| Intercalary Days or Ayyám-i-Há | Feb. 26-March 1 | Bahá'í |
| March (2027) | ||
| Women's History Month | March | |
| Nineteen Day Fast | March 2–20 | Bahá'í |
| Lailat Al-Qadr | March 5–6 | Muslim |
| Maha Shivaratri | March 6 | Hindu |
| International Women's Day | March 8 | |
| Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan Ends) | March 8–9 | Muslim |
| Clean Monday (also known as Pure Monday) | March 15 | Christian (Eastern) |
| St. Patrick's Day | March 17 | Christian (Western) |
| Nowruz (also known as Persian New Year) | March 20 | Zoroastrian |
| International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | March 21 | |
| Palm Sunday | March 21 | Christian (Western) |
| Purim | March 22–23 | Jewish |
| Holi | March 22 | Hindu |
| Hola Mohalla | March 23–25 | Sikh |
| Holy (Maundy) Thursday | March 25 | Christian (Western) |
| Khordad Sal | March 26 | Zoroastrian |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Christian (Western) |
| Easter | March 28 | Christian (Western) |
| April (2027) | ||
| Arab American Heritage Month | April | |
| Day of Silence | April 10 | |
| Theravada (Solar New Year) | April 12 | Buddhist |
| Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi) | April 14 | Sikh |
| Rama Navami | April 15 | Hindu |
| Festival of Ridvan | April 21–May 2 | Bahá'í |
| Passover (also known as Pesach) | April 21–29 | Jewish |
| Palm Sunday | April 25 | Christian (Eastern) |
| Holy Friday | April 30 | Christian (Eastern) |
| May (2027) | ||
| Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | May | |
| Jewish American Heritage Month | May | |
| National Day of Prayer (U.S.) | May 1 | Interfaith |
| Pascha (Orthodox Easter) | May 2 | Christian (Eastern) |
| Yom Hashoah | May 3–4 | Jewish |
| Mother's Day | May 9 | |
| Pentecost | May 16 | Christian (Western) |
| Eid Al-Adha | May 16–18 | Muslim |
| Visakha Puja | May 20 | Buddhist |
| World Day of Cultural Diversity | May 21 | |
| Lag B'Omer | May 24–25 | Jewish |
| Declaration of the Bab | May 24 | Bahá'í |
| Ascension of Baha'u'llah | May 29 | Bahá'í |
| Memorial Day | May 31 | |
| June (2027) | ||
| LGBTQIA+ Pride Month | June | |
| World Environment Day | June 5 | |
| Shauvot | June 10–12 | Jewish |
| Anne Frank Day | June 12 | |
| Race Unity Day | June 14 | |
| Flag Day (U.S.) | June 14 | |
| Ashura | June 15 | Muslim |
| Juneteenth | June 19 | |
| Pentecost | June 20 | Christian (Eastern) |
| Father's Day | June 20 | |
| Summer Solstice | June 21 | |
| July (2027) | ||
| Asala (Dharma Day) | July 1 | Buddhist |
| Independence Day | July 4 | |
| Martyrdom of the Bab | July 10 | Bahá'í |
| Americans with Disabilities Act Day | July 26 | |
| August (2027) | ||
| Tish'a B'av | Aug. 11–12 | Jewish |