2023 Major Daily Holiday Calendar and Special Events
About the Major Daily Holidays
There are many daily calendar holidays and special days, with one or more to celebrate every day of the year. Here are some of the major 2023 daily 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. Make sure to mark them on your calendar, and celebrate everyone, big or small.
2023 Major Daily Holidays by Month
January
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 8 Feast of the Epiphany – Three Kings Day – date varies in U.S. Outside the U.S., it’s always on the 6th
- 4 Trivia Day
- 5 National Bird Day
- 10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
- 16 Martin Luther King’s Birthday – celebrated third Monday
- 22 Chinese New Year’s it’s the Year 4721!
- 25 Opposite Day
- 26 Australia Day
- Daily January holidays and special days
February
- 2 Groundhog’s Day
- 3 Feed the Birds Day
- 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
- 12 Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl 57
- 14 Valentine’s Day
- 15 Singles Awareness Day – Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you!
- 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
- 20 President’s Day – third Monday of month
- 21 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
- 22 Ash Wednesday
- 22 Washington’s Birthday
- Leap Day – not until 2024
- Winter Olympics – not until 2024
- Daily February holidays and special days
March
- 7 Ides of March
- 7 Purim begins at sundown
- 8 International Women’s Day
- 12 Oscar Night 2023 – date varies
- 12 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. – date varies
- 17 St. Patrick’s Day
- 20 International Earth Day – also called Sun-Earth Day
- 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox – date varies
- 23 Ramadan begins
- 25 Feast of the Annunciation
- Daily March holidays and special days
April
- 1 April Fool’s Day
- 1 International Tatting Day
- 2 Palm Sunday
- 5 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
- 7 Good Friday
- 7 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
- 9 Easter Sunday
- 15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th)
- 17 Patriot’s Day Third Monday
- 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
- 26 Administrative Professionals Day formerly “Secretaries Day” – date varies
- 27 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
- 28 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
- Daily April holidays and special days
May
- 1 May Day
- 2 National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of first full week of May
- 4 Star Wars Day
- 5 Cinco de Mayo
- 6 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps anyone!? – date varies
- 8 VE Day, WW II
- 14 Mother’s Day – second Sunday
- 14 Lilac Sunday – second Sunday in May
- 20 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
- 22 Victoria Day (Canada) – usually the 24th
- 29 Memorial Day – last Monday
- Daily May holidays and special days
June
- 6 D Day, WWII
- 14 Flag Day
- 18 Father’s Day – third Sunday
- 19 Juneteenth Day
- 21 Summer Solstice – 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
- 19 National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday of month
- 22 Hammock Day …relax and enjoy!
- Summer Olympics – not until 2024
- Daily July holidays and special days
August
September
- 2 VJ Day, WWII
- 4 Labor Day – first Monday
- 11 911 Remembrance
- 10 Grandparents Day – first Sunday after Labor Day
- 15 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
- 17 Constitution Day
- 16 Oktoberfest begins in Germany date varies
- 21 International Peace Day (UN)
- 22 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
- 23 Autumnal Equinox – date varies
- Daily September Holidays and special days
October
- 1 International Day for the Elderly
- 3 Oktoberfest ends in Germany
- 4 Yom Kippur
- 6 World Smile Day first Friday of month
- 9 Columbus Day observed on second Monday
- 9 Indigenous People Day second Monday of month
- 9 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
- 16 Boss’s Day – Weekday closest to October 16
- 21 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
- 24 United Nations Day
- 28 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
- 5 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep – date varies
- 7 U.S. General Election Day – please exercise your right to vote
- 11 Veteran’s Day
- 13 Caregiver Appreciation Day
- 13 Sadie Hawkins Day
- 16 Great American Smokeout – third Thursday
- 20 Universal Children’s Day
- 23 Thanksgiving Day – fourth Thursday
- 24 Black Friday – day after Thanksgiving
- 25 Small Business Saturday – Saturday after Thanksgiving
- 27 Cyber Monday – Monday after Thanksgiving
- Daily November holidays and special days
December
- 3 Advent begins
- 7 Chanukah lasts 8 days
- 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 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 calendar or other publishing purposes, we recommend you double-check with other sources. Each year, we find several holidays with conflicting dates.