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See how many days until the next US federal holiday, and the full list of this year's 11 federal holidays.
The 11 official US federal holidays (5 U.S.C. 6103) -- no input needed, just your current date.
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This tool computes all 11 official US federal holidays (under 5 U.S.C. 6103) for the current year directly from their defined rules -- fixed calendar dates and "nth weekday of the month" rules (e.g. Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday of November) -- and shows a live countdown to the next one.
No input needed -- the tool reads your device's current date automatically and shows the countdown plus the full year's holiday list.
The tool has no list of dates stored for each year. It builds each year's holidays from the rules in the law. Five are fixed on a calendar day: New Year's Day (January 1), Juneteenth (June 19), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). The rest fall on a particular weekday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday of January, Washington's Birthday the third Monday of February, Memorial Day the last Monday of May, Labor Day the first Monday of September, Columbus Day the second Monday of October, and Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of November. Because the rules are computed, the list stays correct for any year without updates.
The large number is the count of whole calendar days from today, as measured by your device's clock, to the next holiday. If the holiday is today, it displays Today. After the last holiday of the year passes, the tool looks ahead to next year's New Year's Day, so it never shows an empty result. The list below the countdown shows every holiday for the current year with its weekday, which is useful for spotting long weekends: a holiday on a Monday creates a three-day weekend, while one on a Wednesday might tempt you to take vacation days around it.
An important nuance: the tool lists the actual calendar date of each holiday. When a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend, the federal government observes it on a nearby weekday, generally the preceding Friday for a Saturday holiday and the following Monday for a Sunday holiday. The tool does not shift dates in this way, so if July 4 falls on a Saturday, it will still show Saturday even though the observed day off for many federal workers is Friday. Check the Office of Personnel Management's published holiday schedule if you need the exact observed day, and check your own employer's calendar for what applies to you.
The list covers the 11 statutory federal holidays only. It does not include state holidays, religious observances, or days such as Inauguration Day (which applies only in the Washington, DC area every fourth year) or Election Day, and it does not include private employer holidays. If the countdown looks off by a day, check that your device date and time zone are set correctly, because the calculation uses your local date.
No -- federal holidays are mandatory paid holidays for federal government employees; private employers set their own holiday policies, which often overlap with but don't always exactly match this list.
It displays the actual date defined by law. When a holiday falls on a weekend, federal offices observe it on a nearby weekday, which the tool does not adjust for. Check your employer's schedule.
The countdown moves on to New Year's Day of the next year, so there is always a next holiday to count toward.
It uses your device's local date, so an incorrect device clock or time zone will shift the number of days shown.
No. Only the 11 federal holidays are shown. State and local holidays differ and must be checked with your state or employer.