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Next public holiday in District of Columbia

Counted from 19 October 2026, the next public holiday in District of Columbia is Veterans Day on , in 23 days. This page counts down live in your browser; the numbers below were last recalculated when the site was built, on 19 October 2026, and the site is rebuilt at least every week.

23days until the next holiday
3holiday dates left in 2026
3of them on weekdays
51working days left in 2026

The District of Columbia is the federal district of the United States: see also the next public holiday in the United States.

The dates listed are the holidays observed by the government of the District of Columbia: the federal holidays it observes plus its own, such as Emancipation Day on 16 April. Private employers are not obliged to close.

Upcoming public holidays in District of Columbia

Every public holiday from today to the end of 2027. Past dates disappear as the year goes by; the full lists stay on the year pages.

DateDayHolidayIn
Wednesday Veterans Day 23 days
Thursday Thanksgiving Day 38 days
Friday Christmas Day 67 days
Friday New Year's Day 74 days
Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day 91 days
Monday Washington's Birthday 119 days
Friday Emancipation Day 179 days
Monday Memorial Day 224 days
Friday Juneteenth National Independence Day observed 242 days
Saturday weekend Juneteenth National Independence Day 243 days
Sunday weekend Independence Day 258 days
Monday Independence Day observed 259 days
Monday Labor Day 322 days
Monday Indigenous Peoples' Day 357 days
Thursday Veterans Day 388 days
Thursday Thanksgiving Day 402 days
Friday Christmas Day observed 431 days
Saturday weekend Christmas Day 432 days
Friday New Year's Day observed 438 days

A holiday on a weekend day is a day off only where a substitute day is granted (marked observed). Dates marked estimated follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.

Next long weekend in District of Columbia

Next bridge day: take one day of leave and turn a holiday into a longer break.

Questions about the next holiday in District of Columbia

When is the next public holiday in District of Columbia?
Veterans Day, on Wednesday 11 November 2026, 23 days after 19 October 2026. The banner at the top of this page recounts from today's date.
How many public holidays are left in 2026?
3 holiday dates from 19 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, 3 of them on a weekday.
How many working days are left in 2026 in District of Columbia?
51 working days from 19 October 2026 to the end of the year, out of 74 calendar days, counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend. For any other range, use the working days calculator.
Is there a bank holiday or public holiday this month?
The table above lists every upcoming date with the days until each one. For the whole year at a glance, see public holidays in District of Columbia 2026.
Can I get this in my calendar?
Yes: subscribe to https://openworkdays.com/api/v1/us-dc.ics in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar. It holds every year from 2024 to 2030 and refreshes by itself.

Cite or reuse this data

The next public holiday in District of Columbia after 19 October 2026 is Veterans Day on 11 November 2026. Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/united-states/district-of-columbia/next-public-holiday/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0). Machine readable: JSON, with the reference date, all years as JSON.

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