Special Holiday Calendar
In case you needed help finding a holiday,
we’ve provided this helpful calendar.
2021 Holiday Calendar | ||||
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| Date | Dow | Name | Type | Details |
| 1-Jan | Friday | New Year’s Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 6-Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany | Christian | |
| 7-Jan | Thursday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| 13-Jan | Wednesday | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| 14-Jan | Thursday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| 18-Jan | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 18-Jan | Monday | Robert E. Lee’s Birthday | State holiday | Alabama, Mississippi |
| 18-Jan | Monday | Idaho Human Rights Day | State holiday | Idaho |
| 18-Jan | Monday | Civil Rights Day | State holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| 19-Jan | Tuesday | Robert E. Lee’s Birthday | State holiday | Florida |
| 19-Jan | Tuesday | Confederate Heroes’ Day | State holiday | Texas |
| 20-Jan | Wednesday | Inauguration Day | State holiday | DC |
| 20-Jan | Wednesday | Inauguration Day | Federal Holiday | DC, MD*, VA* |
| 28-Jan | Thursday | Tu Bishvat/Tu B’Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| 29-Jan | Friday | Kansas Day | Observance | |
| 1-Feb | Monday | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| 1-Feb | Monday | First Day of Black History Month | Annual monthly observance | |
| 2-Feb | Tuesday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| 4-Feb | Thursday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | California, Missouri |
| 5-Feb | Friday | National Wear Red Day | Observance | |
| 7-Feb | Sunday | Super Bowl | Sporting event | |
| 12-Feb | Friday | Lincoln’s Birthday | State holiday | CT, IL, MO, NY |
| 12-Feb | Friday | Lincoln’s Birthday | Local observance | Florida |
| 12-Feb | Friday | Chinese New Year | Observance | |
| 14-Feb | Sunday | Valentine’s Day | Observance | |
| 14-Feb | Sunday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Arizona |
| 15-Feb | Monday | Presidents’ Day | Federal Holiday | All except DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, NC, NM, RI, WI |
| 15-Feb | Monday | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State holiday | Arkansas |
| 15-Feb | Monday | Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday | Local observance | CA, FL, NY, WI |
| 16-Feb | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State holiday | AL*, FL**, LA, MS** |
| 16-Feb | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance, Christian | |
| 16-Feb | Tuesday | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | Local observance | Alaska |
| 17-Feb | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| 26-Feb | Friday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| 28-Feb | Sunday | Linus Pauling Day | Local observance | Oregon |
| 1-Mar | Monday | St. David’s Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 1-Mar | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | Local observance | Illinois** |
| 1-Mar | Monday | First Day of Women’s History Month | Annual monthly observance | |
| 2-Mar | Tuesday | Texas Independence Day | State holiday | Texas |
| 2-Mar | Tuesday | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| 2-Mar | Tuesday | Town Meeting Day | State holiday | Vermont |
| 5-Mar | Friday | Employee Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| 11-Mar | Thursday | Isra and Mi’raj | Muslim | |
| 14-Mar | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 17-Mar | Wednesday | St. Patrick’s Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 17-Mar | Wednesday | Evacuation Day | State holiday | Massachusetts* |
| 20-Mar | Saturday | March Equinox | Season | |
| 25-Mar | Thursday | Maryland Day | Local observance | Maryland |
| 26-Mar | Friday | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State holiday | Hawaii |
| 28-Mar | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| 28-Mar | Sunday | Passover (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| 29-Mar | Monday | Seward’s Day | State holiday | Alaska |
| 29-Mar | Monday | National Vietnam War Veterans Day | Observance | |
| 31-Mar | Wednesday | César Chávez Day | State holiday | AZ*, CA*, CO***, MI*, NM*, NV*, TX***, UT*, WA*, WI* |
| 1-Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| 2-Apr | Friday | Good Friday | State holiday | CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX*** |
| 2-Apr | Friday | Pascua Florida Day | Local observance | Florida |
| 3-Apr | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| 4-Apr | Sunday | Last Day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| 4-Apr | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 5-Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| 6-Apr | Tuesday | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| 6-Apr | Tuesday | National Library Workers’ Day | Observance | |
| 8-Apr | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Ramadan Starts | Muslim | |
| 13-Apr | Tuesday | Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday | Observance | |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Yom Ha’atzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Tax Day | Observance | |
| 15-Apr | Thursday | Father Damien Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| 16-Apr | Friday | Emancipation Day | State holiday | DC |
| 19-Apr | Monday | Patriot’s Day | State holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| 19-Apr | Monday | Boston Marathon | Sporting event | |
| 21-Apr | Wednesday | San Jacinto Day | State holiday | Texas |
| 21-Apr | Wednesday | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| 22-Apr | Thursday | Oklahoma Day | Local observance | Oklahoma |
| 22-Apr | Thursday | Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | Observance | |
| 26-Apr | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | Mississippi |
| 26-Apr | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | Alabama |
| 26-Apr | Monday | Confederate Heroes’ Day | Local observance | Florida |
| 26-Apr | Monday | State Holiday | State holiday | Georgia |
| 30-Apr | Friday | Lag BaOmer | Jewish holiday | |
| 30-Apr | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| 30-Apr | Friday | Arbor Day | State holiday | Nebraska |
| 30-Apr | Friday | Kentucky Oaks | Sporting event | |
| 1-May | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| 1-May | Saturday | Kentucky Derby | Sporting event | |
| 1-May | Saturday | Law Day | Observance | |
| 1-May | Saturday | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| 1-May | Saturday | National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day | Observance | |
| 1-May | Saturday | Lei Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| 2-May | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| 3-May | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| 4-May | Tuesday | Kent State Shootings Remembrance | Local observance | Ohio |
| 4-May | Tuesday | Rhode Island Independence Day | Local observance | Rhode Island |
| 5-May | Wednesday | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| 6-May | Thursday | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| 6-May | Thursday | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| 7-May | Friday | Truman Day observed | State holiday | Missouri |
| 7-May | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| 8-May | Saturday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| 8-May | Saturday | Truman Day | State holiday | Missouri |
| 8-May | Saturday | Victory in Europe Day | Observance | |
| 9-May | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| 10-May | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | South Carolina |
| 10-May | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | Local observance | North Carolina |
| 13-May | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| 13-May | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr | Muslim | |
| 14-May | Friday | Native American Day | State Observation | Wyoming |
| 15-May | Saturday | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| 15-May | Saturday | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| 15-May | Saturday | Preakness Stakes | Sporting event | |
| 17-May | Monday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| 19-May | Wednesday | Emergency Medical Services for Children Day | Observance | |
| 21-May | Friday | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| 22-May | Saturday | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| 22-May | Saturday | Harvey Milk Day | Local observance | California |
| 23-May | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| 24-May | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| 25-May | Tuesday | National Missing Children’s Day | Observance | |
| 30-May | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| 31-May | Monday | Memorial Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 31-May | Monday | Jefferson Davis’ Birthday | Local observance | Mississippi |
| 1-Jun | Tuesday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| 2-Jun | Wednesday | Native American Day | State Observation | Arizona |
| 3-Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| 3-Jun | Thursday | Jefferson Davis’ Birthday | Local observance | Florida |
| 5-Jun | Saturday | Belmont Stakes | Sporting event | |
| 6-Jun | Sunday | D-Day | Observance | |
| 7-Jun | Monday | Jefferson Davis’ Birthday | State holiday | Alabama |
| 11-Jun | Friday | Kamehameha Day | State holiday | Hawaii |
| 13-Jun | Sunday | Bunker Hill Day | Local observance | Massachusetts |
| 14-Jun | Monday | Army Birthday | Observance | |
| 14-Jun | Monday | Flag Day | Observance | |
| 19-Jun | Saturday | Juneteenth | Observance | |
| 19-Jun | Saturday | Juneteenth | State holiday | New Jersey, New York |
| 19-Jun | Saturday | Juneteenth Independence Day | State holiday | Massachusetts |
| 19-Jun | Saturday | Emancipation Day | State holiday | Texas |
| 20-Jun | Sunday | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| 20-Jun | Sunday | West Virginia Day | State holiday | West Virginia |
| 20-Jun | Sunday | American Eagle Day | Observance | |
| 20-Jun | Sunday | June Solstice | Season | |
| 21-Jun | Monday | West Virginia Day observed | State holiday | West Virginia |
| 4-Jul | Sunday | Independence Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 5-Jul | Monday | Independence Day observed | Federal Holiday | |
| 13-Jul | Tuesday | Nathan Bedford Forrest Day | Local observance | Tennessee |
| 14-Jul | Wednesday | Bastille Day | Observance | |
| 16-Jul | Friday | Rural Transit Day | Observance | |
| 18-Jul | Sunday | Tisha B’Av | Jewish holiday | |
| 20-Jul | Tuesday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| 23-Jul | Friday | Pioneer Day observed | State holiday | Utah |
| 24-Jul | Saturday | Pioneer Day | State holiday | Utah |
| 25-Jul | Sunday | Parents’ Day | Observance | |
| 27-Jul | Tuesday | National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | Observance | |
| 1-Aug | Sunday | Colorado Day | Local observance | Colorado |
| 4-Aug | Wednesday | Coast Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| 7-Aug | Saturday | Purple Heart Day | Observance | |
| 9-Aug | Monday | Victory Day | State holiday | Rhode Island |
| 10-Aug | Tuesday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| 15-Aug | Sunday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| 16-Aug | Monday | Bennington Battle Day | State holiday | Vermont |
| 19-Aug | Thursday | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| 20-Aug | Friday | Hawaii Statehood Day | State holiday | Hawaii |
| 21-Aug | Saturday | Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| 26-Aug | Thursday | Women’s Equality Day | Observance | |
| 27-Aug | Friday | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State holiday | Texas |
| 6-Sep | Monday | Labor Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 7-Sep | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana | State holiday | Texas*** |
| 7-Sep | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| 9-Sep | Thursday | California Admission Day | Local observance | California |
| 11-Sep | Saturday | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| 11-Sep | Saturday | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| 12-Sep | Sunday | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| 16-Sep | Thursday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| 16-Sep | Thursday | Yom Kippur | State holiday | Texas*** |
| 17-Sep | Friday | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| 17-Sep | Friday | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| 18-Sep | Saturday | Air Force Birthday | Observance | |
| 18-Sep | Saturday | National CleanUp Day | Observance | |
| 21-Sep | Tuesday | First Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| 22-Sep | Wednesday | September Equinox | Season | |
| 22-Sep | Wednesday | Emancipation Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| 24-Sep | Friday | Native American Day | State Observation | California, Nevada |
| 24-Sep | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Observation | Montana, Texas |
| 24-Sep | Friday | Michigan Indian Day | State Observation | Michigan |
| 26-Sep | Sunday | Gold Star Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| 27-Sep | Monday | Last Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| 27-Sep | Monday | American Indian Day | State Observation | Tennessee |
| 28-Sep | Tuesday | Shmini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| 29-Sep | Wednesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| 4-Oct | Monday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| 4-Oct | Monday | Frances Xavier Cabrini | State holiday | Colorado |
| 4-Oct | Monday | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| 9-Oct | Saturday | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Columbus Day | State holiday | 22 states |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Columbus Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Columbus Day | State Legal Holiday | Tennessee |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Fraternal Day | State holiday | Alabama |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Yorktown Victory Day | State holiday | Virginia |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Discoverers’ Day | State Observation | Hawaii |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Native American Day | State holiday | South Dakota |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Native American Day | State Observation | Oklahoma |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Indigenous People’s Day (Tentative Date) | State Observation | CA, ID, LA, MI, MN, OR |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Indigenous People’s Day | State holiday | DC, ME, NM |
| 11-Oct | Monday | Indigenous People’s Day | State Observation | 28 states |
| 11-Oct | Monday | American Indian Heritage Day | State holiday | Alabama |
| 13-Oct | Wednesday | Navy Birthday | Observance | |
| 15-Oct | Friday | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| 15-Oct | Friday | Boss’s Day | Observance | |
| 16-Oct | Saturday | Sweetest Day | Observance | 13 states |
| 18-Oct | Monday | Alaska Day | State holiday | Alaska |
| 19-Oct | Tuesday | The Prophet’s Birthday | Muslim | |
| 29-Oct | Friday | Nevada Day | State holiday | Nevada |
| 31-Oct | Sunday | Halloween | Observance | |
| 1-Nov | Monday | All Saints’ Day | Christian | |
| 2-Nov | Tuesday | All Souls’ Day | Christian | |
| 2-Nov | Tuesday | Election Day | Observance | |
| 2-Nov | Tuesday | Election Day | State holiday | Virginia |
| 4-Nov | Thursday | Diwali/Deepavali | Observance, Hinduism | |
| 7-Nov | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 7-Nov | Sunday | New York City Marathon | Sporting event | |
| 10-Nov | Wednesday | Marine Corps Birthday | Observance | |
| 11-Nov | Thursday | Veterans Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 25-Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 26-Nov | Friday | State Holiday | State holiday | Georgia |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Presidents’ Day | State holiday | New Mexico |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Lincoln’s Birthday/Lincoln’s Day | State holiday | Indiana |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Day After Thanksgiving | State holiday | 20 states |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Family Day | State holiday | Nevada |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Acadian Day | State holiday | Louisiana |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Black Friday | Observance | |
| 26-Nov | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State holiday | Maryland |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | State holiday | Washington |
| 26-Nov | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | Observance | |
| 28-Nov | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Christian | |
| 29-Nov | Monday | Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| 29-Nov | Monday | Cyber Monday | Observance | |
| 1-Dec | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | Ohio, Oregon |
| 1-Dec | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | State Observation | Alabama |
| 6-Dec | Monday | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| 6-Dec | Monday | St Nicholas Day | Observance | |
| 7-Dec | Tuesday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| 8-Dec | Wednesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| 12-Dec | Sunday | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Christian | |
| 13-Dec | Monday | National Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| 15-Dec | Wednesday | Bill of Rights Day | Observance | |
| 17-Dec | Friday | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| 17-Dec | Friday | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| 21-Dec | Tuesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| 24-Dec | Friday | Day off for Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 24-Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| 24-Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve | State holiday | KS*, KY, MI, NC, ND, OK, SC, TX, VA*, WI |
| 25-Dec | Saturday | Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 26-Dec | Sunday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| 26-Dec | Sunday | Day After Christmas Day | State holiday | KS, NC, SC, TX |
| 31-Dec | Friday | Day off for New Year’s Day | Federal Holiday | |
| 31-Dec | Friday | New Year’s Eve | Observance | |
| 31-Dec | Friday | New Year’s Eve | State holiday | LA, MI, WI |
* Observed only in some communities of this state. ** Observed only in part of this state. *** Optional holiday in this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. |
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