250 (2,000 hours): 261 weekdays, less 11 federal days off
Fridays
52: 26 biweekly Friday paydays, whichever Friday your cycle starts on
ISO week numbers
53 (week 53 ends the year)
US federal holidays in 2026
The 11 federal holidays of 2026
as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists them, with the day federal offices close.
Holiday
Date
Day off
New Year's Day
Thu, Jan 1
same day
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mon, Jan 19
same day
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
Mon, Feb 16
same day
Memorial Day
Mon, May 25
same day
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Fri, Jun 19
same day
Independence Day
Sat, Jul 4
Fri, Jul 3
Labor Day
Mon, Sep 7
same day
Columbus Day
Mon, Oct 12
same day
Veterans Day
Wed, Nov 11
same day
Thanksgiving Day
Thu, Nov 26
same day
Christmas Day
Fri, Dec 25
same day
Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Federal Holidays, checked October 12, 2026.
“Presidents' Day” is the common name for Washington's Birthday, the legal one. Many states and
cities mark Indigenous Peoples' Day on Columbus Day.
8 three-day weekends in 2026
Federal days off that land on a Monday or a Friday, joined to a weekend:
Sat, Jan 17 – Mon, Jan 19MLK Jr. Day
Sat, Feb 14 – Mon, Feb 16Presidents' Day
Sat, May 23 – Mon, May 25Memorial Day
Fri, Jun 19 – Sun, Jun 21Juneteenth
Fri, Jul 3 – Sun, Jul 5Independence Day
Sat, Sep 5 – Mon, Sep 7Labor Day
Sat, Oct 10 – Mon, Oct 12Columbus Day
Fri, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 27Christmas
Thanksgiving makes a four-day weekend for anyone who also has the Friday off.
Printing the 2026 calendar
The sheet fits one page of US Letter or A4, in black ink only. Choose Print, or
download the PDF (weeks from Sunday, federal holidays). Start the week on Monday, or show every
date or none, and the printout follows. If the browser adds the address and date in the
margins, turn off “Headers and footers” in its print dialog.
For federal employees on a Monday-to-Friday schedule, a holiday on a Saturday is observed the Friday
before, and one on a Sunday the Monday after (5 U.S.C. 6103(b) and Executive Order 11582). In 2026 that moves one holiday:
Independence Day is on Saturday, Jul 4: the day off is
Fri, Jul 3.
Private employers, schools and banks set their own days off. The Federal Reserve, which settles
direct deposits, stays open on the Friday before a Saturday holiday
(its holiday schedule).
Other dates in 2026
Not days off, but on most wall calendars. Pick All to mark them on the sheet.
Date
Day
How it's set
Mon, Feb 2
Groundhog Day
Fixed: Feb 2
Sat, Feb 14
Valentine's Day
Fixed: Feb 14
Sun, Mar 8
Daylight saving time begins
Second Sunday in March, 2:00 a.m. local
Tue, Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day
Fixed: Mar 17
Sun, Apr 5
Easter Sunday (Western)
First Sunday after the spring full moon
Sun, Apr 12
Orthodox Easter
Easter's rule on the Julian calendar
Wed, Apr 22
Earth Day
Fixed: Apr 22
Sun, May 10
Mother's Day
Second Sunday in May
Sun, Jun 21
Father's Day
Third Sunday in June
Sat, Oct 31
Halloween
Fixed: Oct 31
Sun, Nov 1
Daylight saving time ends
First Sunday in November, 2:00 a.m. local
Fri, Nov 27
Black Friday
Day after Thanksgiving
Thu, Dec 24
Christmas Eve
Fixed: Dec 24
Thu, Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Fixed: Dec 31
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the spring full moon, by the churches' tables;
daylight saving time follows the rule NIST states (Hawaii and most of Arizona don't change clocks).
