Eleven holidays, and the rules behind them.
When each U.S. federal holiday falls, when federal offices actually close, and why those are sometimes different days. Every date here is calculated, not copied.
By year
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Every federal holiday
Each holiday has a page per year with its exact date, weekday, observed date, and whether it produces a long weekend. Dates shown here are for 2027.
New Year's Day
Always 1 January.
Friday, January 1Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The third Monday in January.
Monday, January 18Washington's Birthday
The third Monday in February.
Monday, February 15Memorial Day
The last Monday in May.
Monday, May 31Juneteenth
Always 19 June.
Saturday, June 19Independence Day
Always 4 July.
Sunday, July 4Labor Day
The first Monday in September.
Monday, September 6Columbus Day
The second Monday in October.
Monday, October 11Veterans Day
Always 11 November.
Thursday, November 11Thanksgiving
The fourth Thursday in November.
Thursday, November 25Christmas Day
Always 25 December.
Saturday, December 25Actual dates versus observed dates
5 of the eleven holidays are pinned to a fixed date, so their weekday changes every year. When one of those lands on a Saturday, federal offices close the Friday before; when it lands on a Sunday, they close the Monday after. That closing day is the observed date, and it is the one that matters for deadlines and business-day counts.
The other 6 are pinned to a weekday — the third Monday in January, the last Monday in May, and so on — so their actual and observed dates are always the same. Five of those are Mondays and always produce a three-day weekend. Thanksgiving is the exception: it is pinned to the fourth Thursday, so it sits midweek, and the Friday after is a common day off without being a federal holiday.
The complete rules are on the methodology page, and the business day calculator uses observed dates when counting working days.