Annual Observances
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Poverty in America Awareness Month and Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
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1st New Years Day
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4th World Braille Day
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6th Armenian Orthodox Christmas
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6th Epiphany (Christian)
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14th Old/Orthodox New Year
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15th Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
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15th Martin Luther King Day
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16th National Day of Racial Healing
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18th Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
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21st World Religion Day (Baháʼí)
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24th Tu Bishvat/Tu B’Shevat (Jewish) (Jan 24 - Jan 25)
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25th Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
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27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Black History Month
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1st National Freedom Day
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6th Isra and Mi’raj (Islamic) (Feb 6 - Feb 7)
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10th Lunar New Year
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10th Tết (Vietnamese)
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13th Mardi Gras
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14th Ash Wednesday (Christian)
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14th Saraswati Puja (Hindu)
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15th Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
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16th Magha Puja (Buddhist)
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19th Presidents Day
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20th World Day of Social Justice
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24th Makha Bucha Day (Buddhist)
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26th Ayyam-I-Ha or Intercalary Days (Baha’i) (Feb 26 - Feb 29)
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29th Rare Disease Day
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29th Nineteen Day Fast (Baha’i) (Feb 29 - Mar 19)
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National Women’s History Month, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and Irish-American History Month
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1st St. David’s Day
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1st Employee Appreciation Day
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8th International Women’s Day
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8th Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
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10th Ramadan (March 10 - April 9)
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17th St. Patrick’s Day
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18th Clean Monday (Christian)
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18th Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 18 - March 24)
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18th Ramadan (March 18 - March 24)
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19th Nowruz (Zorastrian)
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21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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21st World Down Syndrome Day
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23rd Purim (Jewish) (Mar 23 - Mar 24)
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24th Palm Sunday (Christian)
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25th Holi (Hindu)
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25th Holla Mohalla (Sikh) (March 25 - March 27)
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25th International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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28th Maundy Thursday (Christian)
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29th Good Friday (Christian)
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31st Cesar Chavez Day
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31st Easter (Christian)
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31st International Transgender Day of Visibility
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Arab American Heritage Month, Autism Acceptance Month, Celebrate Diversity Month, and National Deaf History Month
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2nd World Autism Awareness Day
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6th Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
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7th World Health Day
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10th Eid Al-Fitr (Islamic)
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13th Vaisakhi (Sikh)
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22nd Passover/Pesach (April 22 - April 30)
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21st Festival of Ridvan (Baha’i) (April 21 - May 3)
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24th Armenian Martyrs’ Day
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24th Theravada New Year (Buddhist)
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24th Administrative Professionals Day
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, Military Appreciation Month, and Older Americans Month
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3rd Orthodox Good Friday
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5th Cinco de Mayo
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5th Orthodox Easter
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5th Public Service Recognition Week (May 5- May 11)
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5th Yom Hashoah (Jewish) (April 5 - April 6)
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10th Military Spouse Appreciation Day
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12th Mother’s Day
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13th Yom HaAtzmaut (Jewish) (April 13 - April 14)
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19th Pentecost (Christian)
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21st World Day for Cultural Diversity
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22nd Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i) (April 22 - April 23)
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23rd Wesak/Buddha Day/Visakha Puja (Buddhist)
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25th Lag B’Omer (Jewish) (May 25 - May 26)
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27th Ascension of Baha’U’llah (Baha’i) (May 27 - May 28)
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27th Memorial Day
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LGBT Pride Month and Caribbean-American Heritage Month
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9th Race Unity Day (Baha’i)
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11th Shavuot/Pentecost (Jewish) (June 11 - June 13)
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12th Loving Day
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12th Anne Frank Day
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14th The Hajj (June 14 – June 19)
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16th Eid al-Adha (Islamic) (June 16 - June 19)
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16th Father's Day
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19th Juneteenth
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20th World Refugee Day
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26th Anniversary of Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.
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28th National Pride Day
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BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, Disability Pride Month, and French American Heritage Month
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4th Independence Day
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6th Muharram (Islamic) (July 6 - August 5)
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7th Hijri New Year (July 7 - July 8)
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9th Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
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14th International Non-Binary People’s Day
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16th Ashura (Islamic) (July 16 - July 17)
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21st Asala-Dharma (Buddhist)
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26th Americans with Disabilities Act Day
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28th National Parents' Day
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7th Purple Heart Day
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9th World Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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12th Tisha B’Av (Jewish) (August 12 - August 13)
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13th Obon (Buddhist) (August 13 - August 15)
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15th Assumption of Mary (Christian)
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18th Ullambana (Buddhist)
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19th Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
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22nd International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
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23rd International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
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26th Krishna Janmashtami/Jayanti (Hindu)
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26th Women’s Equality Day
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31st International Day for People of African Descent
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Hispanic Heritage Month and Suicide Prevention Month
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2nd Labor Day
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8th Suicide Prevention Week (September 8 - September 14)
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11th Enkutatash (Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year)
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15th National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
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15th Mawlid Al-Nabi (Islamic-Sunni and Shi’a) (September 15 - September 16)
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16th Mexican Independence Day
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20th HeForShe Movement Anniversary
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21st International Day of Peace
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22nd American Business Women's Day
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23rd Bi Visibility Day
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23rd International Day of Sign Languages
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27th Meskel (Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox religious holiday)
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27th Native American Day
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28th National Public Lands Day
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Filipino American History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, LGBT History Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and Polish American Heritage Month
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1st Jerry Rescue Day
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3rd Navratri (Hindu) (October 3 – October 12)
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2nd Rosh Hashanah Jewish Holiday (October 2 - October 4)
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2nd International Day of Non-Violence and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
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9th Durga Puja (Hindu) (October 9 - October 13)
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10th World Mental Health Day
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11th Yom Kippur (Jewish) (October 11 - October 12)
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11th National Coming Out Day
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12th Dussehra (Hindu)
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14th Indigenous Peoples Day
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15th White Cane Safety Day
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16th Sukkot Jewish Holiday (October 16 - October 23)
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16th International Pronouns Day
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17th Spirit Day
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23rd Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Jewish) (October 23 – October 25)
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26th Intersex Awareness Day
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31st Reformation Day
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31st Diwali (Hindu)
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31st Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (October 31 – November 2)
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National Veterans and Military Families Month and National American Indian Heritage Month
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1st All Saints’ Day
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1st Bandi-Chhor Divas (Sikh)
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2nd All Souls’ Day (Christian)
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2nd Día de los Muertos
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2nd Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
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3rd Birth of Baha’U’llah (Baha’i)
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3rd Guru Granth Sahib Gurayai (Sikh)
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6th Guru Gobind Singh Jyoti Jot (Sikh)
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11th Veterans Day
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15th Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Birthday (Sikh)
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16th International Day for Tolerance
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17th International ERG(Employee Resource Groups) Day
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20th Transgender Day of Remembrance
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25th International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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25th Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
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27th Sikh Holy Day (Birth of Guru Granth)
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27th Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
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28th Thanksgiving
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29th Native American Heritage Day
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Universal Human Rights Month
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1st World AIDS Day
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1st Advent (December 1 -December 24) (Christian)
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3rd Giving Tuesday
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3rd International Day of Disabled Persons
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6th St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
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9th Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)
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10th International Human Rights Day
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12th Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Christian)
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15th Bill of Rights Day
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16th Las Posadas (December 16 - December 24)
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24th Christmas Eve (Christian)
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25th Christmas Day (Christian)
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25th Hanukkah (Jewish) (December 25 - January 2)
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26th Kwanzaa (December 26 - January 1)
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29th Wounded Knee Day
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31st New Year’s Eve