Dec 31 Fri, 2027New Year's Day (observed; Jan 1 Sat 2028)
2027 by the numbers
Days
365, not a leap year
Starts and ends
Friday, January 1 to Friday, December 31
Workdays
249 (1,992 hours): 261 weekdays, less 12 federal days off
Fridays
53, so a biweekly Friday payroll pays 27 times if its first payday is January 1, and 26 times otherwise
ISO week numbers
52
US federal holidays in 2027
The 11 federal holidays of 2027
as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists them, with the day federal offices close.
Holiday
Date
Day off
New Year's Day
Fri, Jan 1
same day
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mon, Jan 18
same day
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
Mon, Feb 15
same day
Memorial Day
Mon, May 31
same day
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Sat, Jun 19
Fri, Jun 18
Independence Day
Sun, Jul 4
Mon, Jul 5
Labor Day
Mon, Sep 6
same day
Columbus Day
Mon, Oct 11
same day
Veterans Day
Thu, Nov 11
same day
Thanksgiving Day
Thu, Nov 25
same day
Christmas Day
Sat, Dec 25
Fri, Dec 24
New Year's Day 2028
Sat, Jan 1, 2028
Fri, Dec 31
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.
10 three-day weekends in 2027
Federal days off that land on a Monday or a Friday, joined to a weekend:
Fri, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 3New Year's Day
Sat, Jan 16 – Mon, Jan 18MLK Jr. Day
Sat, Feb 13 – Mon, Feb 15Presidents' Day
Sat, May 29 – Mon, May 31Memorial Day
Fri, Jun 18 – Sun, Jun 20Juneteenth
Sat, Jul 3 – Mon, Jul 5Independence Day
Sat, Sep 4 – Mon, Sep 6Labor Day
Sat, Oct 9 – Mon, Oct 11Columbus Day
Fri, Dec 24 – Sun, Dec 26Christmas
Fri, Dec 31 – Sun, Jan 2New Year's Day
Thanksgiving makes a four-day weekend for anyone who also has the Friday off.
Printing the 2027 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 2027 that moves 4 holidays:
Juneteenth National Independence Day is on Saturday, Jun 19: the day off is
Fri, Jun 18.
Independence Day is on Sunday, Jul 4: the day off is
Mon, Jul 5.
Christmas Day is on Saturday, Dec 25: the day off is
Fri, Dec 24.
New Year's Day 2028 is on Saturday, Jan 1, 2028: the day off is
Fri, Dec 31. It falls in 2027, so the 2027 calendar has 12 federal days off.
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 2027
Not days off, but on most wall calendars. Pick All to mark them on the sheet.
Date
Day
How it's set
Tue, Feb 2
Groundhog Day
Fixed: Feb 2
Sun, Feb 14
Super Bowl LXI
Set by the NFL; date not yet confirmed
Sun, Feb 14
Valentine's Day
Fixed: Feb 14
Sun, Mar 14
Daylight saving time begins
Second Sunday in March, 2:00 a.m. local
Wed, Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day
Fixed: Mar 17
Fri, Mar 26
Good Friday
Two days before Western Easter
Sun, Mar 28
Easter Sunday (Western)
First Sunday after the spring full moon
Thu, Apr 22
Earth Day
Fixed: Apr 22
Sun, May 2
Orthodox Easter
Easter's rule on the Julian calendar
Sun, May 9
Mother's Day
Second Sunday in May
Sun, Jun 20
Father's Day
Third Sunday in June
Sun, Oct 31
Halloween
Fixed: Oct 31
Sun, Nov 7
Daylight saving time ends
First Sunday in November, 2:00 a.m. local
Fri, Nov 26
Black Friday
Day after Thanksgiving
Fri, Dec 24
Christmas Eve
Fixed: Dec 24
Fri, 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).