Here's 2026 at a glance: every holiday and big day we count down to, month by month, with the federal days off and the long weekends they make. Recurring dates are worked out from their rules, scheduled ones like the Super Bowl come from the organizers' published schedules, which we keep up to date by hand, and our methodology explains how each kind is set.
Federal holidays and days off
11 federal days off land in 2026. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, most federal workers get the Friday before off, and when it falls on a Sunday, the Monday after.
2026 has 8 three-day weekends, one for every federal day off on a Monday or a Friday. Holidays that land midweek, like Thanksgiving, don't count here. Counting down to an ordinary one? Here's the weekend countdown.
Saturday, September 5 to Monday, September 7Labor Day
Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12Columbus Day
Friday, December 25 to Sunday, December 27Christmas
Month by month
Fed means the Federal Reserve Banks, and NYSE the New York Stock Exchange. They're listed when they close, close early, or stay open on a federal day off.
Federal holidays come from 5 U.S.C. 6103, and the days off follow OPM's rule for most federal workers. If you work somewhere else, your employer's calendar is the one that counts. The Federal Reserve Banks close on federal holidays and on the Monday after a Sunday one, but stay open the Friday before a Saturday one. NYSE keeps its own list, which adds Good Friday and leaves out Columbus Day and Veterans Day, and its early closes are the ones it has published. Moon phases, equinoxes and solstices are dated in US Eastern time, so one may fall on a different day where you are.