United States public holidays

What this value means

Eleven federal holidays, confirmed line-by-line against the OPM 2026 Holiday Schedule. SUBSTITUTION APPLIED: Independence Day, 4 July 2026, falls on a Saturday, so under 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) the preceding Friday, 3 July 2026, is treated as the holiday for pay and leave purposes - that is the date served. No other 2026 holiday falls on a weekend (New Year's Day Thursday, MLK Day Monday 19 Jan, Washington's Birthday Monday 16 Feb, Memorial Day Monday 25 May, Juneteenth Friday 19 Jun, Labor Day Monday 7 Sep, Columbus Day Monday 12 Oct, Veterans Day Wednesday 11 Nov, Thanksgiving Thursday 26 Nov, Christmas Friday 25 Dec), so no Sunday-to-Monday rollovers under EO 11582 arise. NAMING: the February holiday is 'Washington's Birthday' in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a); 'Presidents' Day' is a colloquial and state-level name with no federal statutory basis. DELIBERATE EXCLUSIONS: (1) Inauguration Day (5 U.S.C. 6103(c)) is a holiday only in the D.C. commuting area and only in years following a presidential election - it does not occur in 2026; (2) Election Day, 3 November 2026, is NOT a federal holiday although some states make it one; (3) state and territorial holidays are excluded entirely - these vary widely and include Patriots' Day (Massachusetts/Maine), Cesar Chavez Day, Emancipation Day (D.C., 16 April, which shifts the federal tax filing deadline), Mardi Gras (Louisiana parishes), and numerous others; (4) Good Friday, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not federal holidays, though a President may grant an ad hoc half- or full-day closure by executive order in a given year - none was in force for 2026 at last_confirmed. These are federal-employee holidays: the United States has no federal statute mandating that private-sector employers close or pay premium rates on these days. ACCESS QUIRK: opm.gov returns HTTP 403 to some automated clients; a browser-style user agent retrieves the page normally. 2027 EXTENSION (2026-07-30): OBSERVED dates for the standard Mon-Fri federal schedule per 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) and E.O. 11582: Juneteenth (Sat 19 Jun) observed Fri 18 Jun; Independence Day (Sun 4 Jul) observed Mon 5 Jul; Christmas Day (Sat 25 Dec) observed Fri 24 Dec. Employees whose basic workweek includes weekends observe the actual dates. No Inauguration Day in 2027. OPM's 2027 page could not be machine-read when compiled - dates are statute-derived and corroborated; re-verify against opm.gov near-year. One-off executive-order holidays cannot be predicted. SUBDIVISIONS (2026-07-30, 10 largest states): US subdivision data answers 'are STATE government offices closed', not 'is it a non-working day for the economy' - NO US state generally compels private-sector closure or premium pay (unlike Europe), and courts, universities, counties and cities may follow different calendars. The national list is the FEDERAL observed-date calendar; states diverge in both directions (Columbus Day closed in NY/IL/OH/GA/PA only; Juneteenth not a closure in CA/TX/FL/NC; day-after-Thanksgiving in 8 of 10) and in weekend mechanics (CA and NY convert Saturday holidays to leave credit with no closure; TX loses weekend holidays entirely; FL/OH/IL/NC/MI substitute weekdays). GA and PA set schedules annually by executive action - their 2027 entries are pending and flagged in the subdivision notes.

Get it programmatically

curl https://usaref.dev/v1/us/public-holidays
# Free.
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