Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 17, 2028Is January 17, 2028 a federal holiday?
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Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. is observed on Monday, January 17, 2028. The day is a weekday, and it does not count as a federal business day. The previous federal holiday was New Year's Day on Friday, December 31, 2027, and the next is Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day) on Monday, February 21, 2028. Federal holidays are set by 5 U.S.C. 6103. A holiday that falls on a Saturday is observed on the Friday before, and one that falls on a Sunday on the Monday after. That means an observed holiday can sit in the previous calendar year: New Year's Day on Saturday, January 1, 2028 is observed on Friday, December 31, 2027. Federal offices close on observed federal holidays. The United States Postal Service, the Federal Reserve, stock exchanges, courts, states, schools and private employers follow their own calendars, which are close to the federal one but not identical. For a holiday that lands on a Saturday, banks and the Federal Reserve generally stay open the Friday before, for example. Always check the organization you are dealing with. Election Day, Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Halloween, Mother's Day and Father's Day are not federal holidays. Inauguration Day is a holiday only for federal employees in the Washington, D.C. area. The President can also close agencies on other days by executive order, which this calculator does not include. Today is Thursday, October 1, 2026. That is day 274 of 365 in 2026, in ISO week 40, with 91 days to go before the year ends. The next dates people plan around are Diwali on Saturday, October 10; Columbus Day on Monday, October 12; Halloween on Saturday, October 31. The moon is a Waning Gibbous tonight, with about 75% of its face lit. All of these figures are recalculated when the page loads, so they always describe the day you open it, not the day the page was published. The Gregorian calendar has twelve months of 28 to 31 days. A normal year has 365 days and a leap year has 366, with the extra day added to February in every year divisible by four except century years that are not divisible by 400. Because 365 is one more than 52 weeks, most dates move forward one weekday each year and two after a leap day. Weeks are numbered under ISO 8601, which starts weeks on Monday and gives week 1 to the week containing the first Thursday of January.The answer
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Yes, Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Monday. No. New Year's Day, Friday, December 31, 2027. Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day), Monday, February 21, 2028. Yes, on observed federal holidays. USPS follows its own holiday schedule, which generally matches the federal calendar; check usps.com. The Federal Reserve and most banks close on federal holidays, but not on a Friday observed for a Saturday holiday. Exchanges publish their own calendar, which differs from the federal one. Saturday holidays are observed on the Friday before, and Sunday holidays on the Monday after. Yes, from 2021 onward. No. Yes, use the form at the top of the page.Frequently asked questions
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