Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States
January January–February FebruaryAmerican Heart Month Black History Month
Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín (PR)Candlemas (religious)Charles Darwin Day / Darwin Day (CA, DE)Day of Remembrance (CA, OR, WA, cultural)Georgia Day (GA)Groundhog Day Imbolc (religious)Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NY, WV)National Girls and Women in Sports Day National Freedom Day (36)Nirvana Day (religious)Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple (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 (religious) February–March MarchIrish-American Heritage Month Colon Cancer Awareness Month Women's History Month
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary / Annunciation of the Theotokos (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 (religious)Holi (NY, religious)L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday (religious)Lailat al-Mi'raj (religious)Liberation and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, VA, cultural)Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA)Maryland Day (MD)National Poison Prevention Week (week)Nowruz (cultural, religious)Ostara (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) March–April
Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, NJ, VI, religious)Hanuman Jayanti (religious)Holy Thursday (PR, VI, religious)Holy Week (PR, religious, week)Lazarus Saturday (religious)Mahavir Janma Kalyanak (religious)Mesha Sankranti / Hindu New Year (religious)Palm Sunday (PR, religious)Passover (religious)Easter Monday / Bright Monday (VI religious)Ramnavami (religious)Chandramana Yugadi / Souramana Yugadi (religious) AprilConfederate History Month MayAsian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month JuneLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and July July–August August SeptemberProstate Cancer Awareness Month Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September–OctoberHispanic Heritage Month OctoberBreast Cancer Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month October–November NovemberNative American Indian Heritage Month
Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha (religious)All Saints' Day (religious)Beginning of the Nativity Fast (religious)Beltane / Samhain (religious)Barack Obama Day in Alabama (Perry County, AL)D. Hamilton Jackson Day (VI)Day after Thanksgiving (24)Day of the Covenant (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 (religious)Hanukkah (religious)Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial, cultural)Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (religious)Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA, cultural)Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple (religious)Unthanksgiving Day (cultural)Urus Mubarak of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (religious) December
Advent Sunday (religious)Alabama Day (AL)Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (religious)Bodhi Day (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 (religious)Indiana Day (IN)Kwanzaa (cultural, week)Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (religious)National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36)Nativity of Jesus (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 (religious)Wright Brothers Day (36)Yule (religious)Zartosht No-Diso (religious) Varies (year round) 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 .
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