Holidays of 2026
US federal, KY state, religious, civic + cultural dates. Moveable feasts (Easter, Thanksgiving, etc.) are computed.
The first day of the Gregorian calendar year.
3rd Monday of January.
Start of Lent (Western Christian). 46 days before Easter.
Feast day of Ireland's patron saint.
Kentucky Arbor Day is the first Friday in April — historically Apr 1 is the proxy.
Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Computed via the Gauss-Butcher algorithm.
2nd Sunday of May.
49 days after Easter.
Last Monday of May. Honors U.S. military dead.
Kentucky became the 15th state on June 1, 1792.
Commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. (Galveston, TX, 1865).
3rd Sunday of June.
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
1st Monday of September.
All Hallows' Eve. Originally Samhain, the Celtic harvest festival.
Honors all U.S. military veterans. Originally Armistice Day.
4th Thursday of November.
Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus + secular winter holiday.