Country view
17 recorded days · 13 public · 11 bank · 1 school · 6 regional
Columbus Day
Monday · 12 Oct 2026 · Regional
New Year's Day
Nationwide
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Nationwide
Lincoln's Birthday
Regional · US-CA, US-CT, US-IL, US-IN, US-KY, US-MI, US-NY, US-MO, US-OH
Washington's Birthday
Presidents Day · Nationwide
Good Friday
Regional · US-CT, US-DE, US-HI, US-IN, US-KY, US-LA, US-NC, US-ND, US-NJ, US-TN
Good Friday
Regional · US-TX
Truman Day
Regional · US-MO
Memorial Day
Nationwide
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Nationwide
Independence Day
Nationwide
Labor Day
Labour Day · Nationwide
Columbus Day
Regional · US-AL, US-AZ, US-CO, US-CT, US-GA, US-ID, US-IL, US-IN, US-IA, US-KS, US-KY, US-LA, US-ME, US-MD, US-MA, US-MS, US-MO, US-MT, US-NE, US-NH, US-NJ, US-NM, US-NY, US-NC, US-OH, US-OK, US-PA, US-RI, US-SC, US-TN, US-UT, US-VA, US-WV
Columbus Day
Nationwide
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Regional · US-AK, US-AL, US-CA, US-HI, US-IA, US-LA, US-ME, US-MI, US-MN, US-NC, US-NE, US-NM, US-OK, US-OR, US-SD, US-TX, US-VA, US-VT, US-WI
Veterans Day
Nationwide
Thanksgiving Day
Nationwide
Christmas Day
Nationwide
● Public most things closed · ● Bank banks only · ● Regional some areas · ● School term dates
One day of leave, four days off. These are the 2026 dates where the maths works.
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday · 26 Nov 2026
Falls on a Thursday. Book the Friday off and you get a four-day weekend — the classic bridge day.
Book off: 27 Nov 2026
Federal holidays bind federal employees and banks; everything else is set by state law or your employer. That makes the US calendar the least uniform of any large economy — the same date can be a paid day off, a normal working day and a retail sales event depending on who you work for.
Most federal holidays are fixed to a Monday under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, so long weekends are built in. Thanksgiving is the one week where the country genuinely stops: the Friday after is not federal but is off almost everywhere, and travel peaks nationwide.
Retail, restaurants and attractions stay open on nearly every holiday — many run their biggest sales. Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are the two days when most of that closes. Banks and post offices follow the federal list strictly.
There is no statutory paid holiday entitlement at all, so days off are a contract matter. Check whether your employer observes Juneteenth and Columbus Day, which split sharply by sector and state.
Observance, business closures and transport impact for the next few dates.
12 Oct 2026
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
12 Oct 2026
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
12 Oct 2026
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
11 Nov 2026
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
