How it works
This random holiday generator deals one real holiday or observance a press: its name, its date or the rule that sets it, where it is kept and one line on where it comes from. It is not a list of every national day.
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April random holidays, or random holidays in March
After your first press, a list by the button reads Any month. Choose April for Earth Day, Arbor Day and April Fools' Day among others, or March for Pi Day, Holi and Saint Patrick's Day. Easter and Passover sit under both months, because their dates move. Choose Moves through the year for the days of the Islamic calendar.
Random popular holidays, or the odd ones
Choose More filters, the last entry in that list, and pick a kind: US public holidays, Religious and cultural, United Nations days, or Fun and unofficial. An unofficial day says so on its card or names who started it.
Questions and answers
Why does a national day I know not come up?
Most national days exist only on calendar sites or a company's own page. An unofficial day is listed here only if it has its own encyclopedia article, such as Pi Day or National Grandparents Day.
How many federal holidays does the United States have?
Eleven. Title 5, section 6103 of the United States Code names them, from New Year's Day on January 1 to Christmas Day on December 25. All eleven are here with the rule the law gives.
Why do Islamic holidays have no month?
The Islamic lunar year is eleven to twelve days shorter than the solar year, so Eid al-Fitr and the other days fall earlier each year. They sit under Moves through the year.
When is Easter?
On the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox, so in March or April. Western and Eastern churches work the date out differently.
Where do the dates come from?
US public holidays from the law, United Nations days from the UN's own list of international days, and every other day from its own Wikipedia article, all read on 30 September 2026.