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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 )
Medal of Honor Day
National Poison Prevention Week (week)
Nowruz (cultural, religious)
Ostara (religious)
Pi Day
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 )
Trans Day of Visibility (cultural)
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, week)
Easter Monday / Bright Monday (VI, religious)
Ramnavami (religious)
Chandramana Uugadi / Souramana Uugadi (religious)
AprilArab American Heritage Month Confederate History Month
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April Fools' Day
Arbor Day
Birthday of José de Diego (PR )
Confederate Memorial Day (AL, MS)
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week)
Earth Day
Emancipation Day (cultural)
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (AL )
Lag B’Omer (religious)
Last Friday of Great Lent (religious)
Pascua Florida (FL )
Patriots' Day (MA, ME)
Ridván (religious)
San Jacinto Day (TX )
Siblings Day
Walpurgis Night (religious)
Yom Ha'atzmaut (cultural, religious)
MayAsian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month Military Appreciation Month
Cinco de Mayo
JuneLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month
July
July–August
August
American Family Day (AZ )
Barack Obama Day in Illinois (IL )
Bennington Battle Day (VT )
Dormition of the Theotokos (religious)
Eid-e-Ghadeer (religious)
Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (religious)
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (religious)
Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI )
Krishna Janmashtami (religious)
Lammas (religious)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX )
Naga Panchami (religious)
National Aviation Day (36 )
Paryushana (religious)
Raksha Bandhan (religious)
Transfiguration of the Lord (religious)
Victory Day (RI )
Women's Equality Day (36 )
SeptemberProstate Cancer Awareness Month Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September–OctoberHispanic Heritage Month
Chehlum Imam Hussain (religious)
Oktoberfest
Pitri Paksha (religious)
Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets (TX, NY, religious)
Shemini Atzeret (religious)
Simchat Torah (religious)
Vijaya Dashami (religious)
Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement (TX, NY, religious)
OctoberBreast Cancer Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month
October–November
Birth of the Báb (religious)
Birth of Baháʼu'lláh (religious)
Day of the Dead (VI )
Diwali (NY, religious)
Mawlid al-Nabi (religious)
November Native 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)
Trans Day of Remembrance (cultural)
Unthanksgiving Day (cultural)
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
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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)
Eid al-Adha (NY, religious)
Eid al-Fitr (NY, religious)
Islamic New Year (religious)
Yawm al-Arafa (religious)
Hajj (religious)
Laylat al-Qadr (religious)
Navaratri (religious, four times a year)
Obon (religious)
Onam (religious)
Ramadan (religious, month)
Ghost Festival (religious)
Yawm Aashura (religious)
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
See also: Lists of holidays , Hallmark holidays , Public holidays in the United States , Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands .