2024 Major Holidays Calendar
About the Major Daily Holidays
There are many daily calendar 2024 holidays and special days, with one or more to celebrate every day of the year. Here is the major 2024 calendar with holidays and events by month that you will certainly want to include on your personal calendar, and the monthly calendar for your organization or group. Some of them are obvious selections. We’ve added a few others for a variety of reasons. Make sure to mark all of the 2024 daily holidays on your calendar, and celebrate everyone, big or small.
Major 2024 Daily Calendar with Holidays by Month
January
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 7 Feast of the Epiphany – Three Kings Day – The date varies in the U.S. Outside the U.S., it’s always on the 6th.
- 4 Trivia Day
- 5 National Bird Day
- 10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
- 15 Martin Luther King’s Birthday – celebrated third Monday
- 25 Opposite Day
- 26 Australia Day
- Daily January holidays and special days
February
- 2 Groundhog’s Day
- 3 Feed the Birds Day
- 10 Chinese New Year’s it’s the Year 4722!
- 11 Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl 58
- 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
- 14 Valentine’s Day
- 14 Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) – the date varies
- 15 Ash Wednesday – the date varies
- 15 Singles Awareness Day – Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you!
- 19 President’s Day – The third Monday of the month.
- 22 Washington’s Birthday
- 29 Leap Day – every four years
- Winter Olympics – not until 2026
- Daily February holidays and special days
March
- 7 Ides of March
- 8 International Women’s Day
- 10 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. – date varies
- 10 Oscar Night 2024 – the date varies
- 11 Ramadan begins
- 17 St. Patrick’s Day
- 19 Spring (Vernal) Equinox – the date varies
- 20 International Earth Day – also called Sun-Earth Day
- 24 Palm Sunday – the date varies
- 24 Purim begins at sundown
- 25 Feast of the Annunciation
- 29 Good Friday – the date varies
- 31 Easter Sunday – the date varies
- Daily March holidays and special days
April
- 1 April Fool’s Day
- 1 International Tatting Day
- 5 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
- 15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th)
- 15 Patriot’s Day Third Monday
- 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
- 22 Passover begins at sundown, and lasts 8 days.
- 24 Administrative Professionals Day formerly “Secretaries Day” – date varies
- 25 Take Your Daughter to Work Day – The 4th Thursday of the month.
- 26 Arbor Day – always the last Friday in April
- Daily April holidays and special days
May
- 1 May Day
- 4 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps anyone!? – date varies
- 4 Star Wars Day
- 5 Cinco de Mayo
- 7 National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of the first full week of May
- 8 VE Day, WW II
- 12 Mother’s Day – second Sunday
- 12 Lilac Sunday – second Sunday in May
- 18 Armed Forces Day – the third Saturday
- 20 Victoria Day (Canada) – the date varies
- 27 Memorial Day – last Monday
- Daily May holidays and special days
June
- 6 D Day, WWII
- 14 Flag Day
- 16 Father’s Day – the third Sunday
- 19 Juneteenth Day
- 20 Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year! date varies
- Daily June holidays and special days
July
- 2 Canada Day (Dominion Day) – observed the following day, if July 1 falls on a Sunday
- 4 Independence Day
- 5 National Bikini Day
- 17 National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday of the month
- 22 Hammock Day …relax and enjoy!
- 26 Summer Olympics – It’s happening this year in 2024.
- Daily July holidays and special days
August
September
- 2 Labor Day – first Monday
- 2 VJ Day, WWII
- 8 Grandparents Day – the first Sunday after Labor Day
- 11 911 Remembrance
- 17 Constitution Day
- 21 International Peace Day (UN)
- 21 Oktoberfest begins in Germany – the date varies
- 22 Autumnal Equinox – date varies
- 27 Native American Day – the fourth Friday of the month
- Daily September Holidays and special days
October
- 1 International Day for the Elderly
- 2 Oktoberfest ends in Germany
- 2 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
- 4 World Smile Day first Friday of the month
- 11 Yom Kippur – the date varies
- 14 Columbus Day observed on the second Monday
- 14 Indigenous People Day – the second Monday of month
- 14 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
- 16 Boss’s Day – Weekday closest to October 16
- 19 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
- 24 United Nations Day
- 26 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
- 31 Halloween
- Daily October holidays and special days
November
- 1 All Saint’s Day
- 1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- 2 All Soul’s Day – usually on the 2nd
- 3 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep – date varies
- 5 U.S. General Election Day – Please exercise your right to vote.
- 11 Veteran’s Day
- 13 Caregiver Appreciation Day
- 13 Sadie Hawkins Day
- 14 Great American Smokeout – the third Thursday in November
- 20 Universal Children’s Day
- 28 Thanksgiving Day – the fourth Thursday in November
- 29 Black Friday – day after Thanksgiving
- 30 Small Business Saturday – the Saturday after Thanksgiving
- Daily November holidays and special days
December
- 1 Advent begins – the date varies
- 2 Cyber Monday – the Monday after Thanksgiving
- 7 Pearl Harbor Day
- 12 Poinsettia Day
- 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
- 23 Festivus – for the rest of us!
- 25 Christmas
- 26 Boxing Day – date can vary
- 26 Chanukah lasts 8 days
- 26 Kwanzaa
- 27 National Fruitcake Day
- 31 New Year’s Eve
- Daily December holidays and special days
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Did You Know? There are literally thousands of daily holidays, special events, and observances. There’s more than one for every day of the year. Many of these holidays are new. More holidays are being created regularly. At Holiday Insights, we take great efforts to thoroughly research and document the details of each one, as completely and accurately as possible.
Note: If you are using the dates on our site for 2024 major daily holidays for your calendar or other publishing purposes, we recommend you double-check with other sources. Each year, we find several holidays with conflicting dates.