About this holiday calendar
This page lists the next twelve months of public holidays, bank holidays and popular observances for four countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Every date is calculated live in your browser — including moving holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Labor Day — so the list is always correct for today's date and automatically rolls over into the new year without needing to be updated by hand.
How the dates are worked out
Fixed-date holidays such as New Year's Day (Jan 1) or Christmas (Dec 25) fall on the same date every year. Many holidays, however, are defined by a rule rather than a fixed date — for example, Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday in November, and Labor Day is always the first Monday in September. Easter and everything anchored to it (Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Pentecost) is calculated using the standard Gregorian Easter algorithm, so it lands on the correct Sunday every year.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The calendar always shows the next occurrence of each holiday relative to today. Once a holiday has passed, it automatically shows next year's date instead — no manual updates needed.
Easter is a "moveable feast" tied to the lunar calendar — it falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, which is why it can land anywhere between late March and late April.
This list mixes official public/bank holidays (like Christmas or Independence Day) with widely recognized but non-statutory observances (like Valentine's Day or Halloween), since both are useful for planning purposes. Regional and state/provincial holidays are not included.
Yes — Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) falls on the same calendar date worldwide each year, since it's based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar rather than a country-specific rule.