U.S. federal holidays
Choose a year to see each federal holiday, the date it falls on, and the day it is observed.
| Holiday | Date | Observed | Rule |
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How the dates are set
Federal holidays are set by law in 5 U.S.C. 6103. Five have fixed dates (New Year's Day, Juneteenth from 2021, Independence Day, Veterans Day, and Christmas Day) and the rest fall on a set weekday, such as the third Monday in January or the fourth Thursday in November.
When a fixed-date holiday lands on a Saturday, federal employees get the Friday before; on a Sunday, they get the Monday after. These are the observance rules described by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. One consequence: when January 1 is a Saturday, the observed holiday is December 31 of the year before, which is why a year can sometimes show a New Year's holiday from the following year in its notes.
Inauguration Day, which is a holiday only for some federal employees in the Washington, D.C. area every four years, is not included.