Ten years of US federal holidays — every observance from 2026 through 2035 with the actual calendar date, the day of the week, the date the holiday is observed when it falls on a weekend, and whether it is a fixed-date holiday or a floating one like the third Monday in January.
Pro tip: When a fixed-date holiday like July 4th lands on a Saturday, the federal observed date is the Friday before. When it lands on a Sunday, the observed date is the Monday after. Payroll, banking, and federal office closures follow the observed date, not the actual date.
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About the US Federal Holidays Dataset
The 11 US federal holidays are established by federal law and observed by all federal employees and most banks. Six are fixed-date (New Years Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Veterans Day, Christmas Day, and the more recent Juneteenth) and five are floating (MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving). Juneteenth became the 11th federal holiday in 2021.
Common Use Cases
Payroll calendars and pay-period scheduling, HR PTO accrual logic, business closure announcements, customer-service team scheduling, banking and financial-services systems for settlement-day calculation, scheduling apps that surface "next business day" logic, ops and on-call rotations.
Column Reference
- holiday — official holiday name.
- date — actual calendar date (YYYY-MM-DD).
- year — calendar year.
- day_of_week — the actual day the holiday falls.
- observed_date — date federal employees and banks take the day off (shifted when actual date is a weekend).
- type — Fixed (always same date) or Floating (e.g. "third Monday").
Observed Date Rules
When a fixed-date federal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the observed day. When it falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Floating holidays (those defined by ordinal-day-of-month, like "third Monday in January") cannot fall on a weekend, so observed_date equals date for those rows.
Not Included
State holidays vary widely and are not in this list. Inauguration Day (every four years for federal employees in the D.C. area) is not technically a federal holiday everywhere and is omitted. Religious observances, Election Day in non-federal years, and "Black Friday" closures are also private/employer choices and are not included.
