2008 Calendar & Holidays
DATES WITH RED BACKGROUND ARE RENTED. DATES WITH YELLOW BACKGROUND ARE AVAILABLE
- Significant January holidays:
- 1 New Year's Day
- 6 Epiphany
- 10 1st Day of Muharram †
- 21 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday observed
- Significant February holidays:
- Black History Month
- 2 Groundhog Day
- 5 Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
- 6 Ash Wednesday
- 7 Chinese New Year
- 12 Lincoln's Birthday
- 14 Valentine's Day
- 18 Washington's Birthday observed
- 22 Washington's Birthday
- 29 Leap Year Day
- Significant March holidays:
- Women's History Month
- 9 Daylight Saving Time begins
- 15 The Ides of March
- 16 Palm Sunday
- 17 St. Patrick's Day
- 20 Spring begins (EDT) ‡
- 20 Mawlid al-Nabi †
- 21 Good Friday
- 21 Purim †
- 23 Easter Sunday (Western)
- Significant April holidays:
- Poetry Month
- 1 April Fool's Day
- 201st Day of Passover †
- 27 Easter Sunday (Orthodox)
- Significant May holidays:
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- 1 May Day
- 1 Ascension Day
- 11 Mother's Day
- 11 Pentecost
- 26 Memorial Day observed
- Significant June holidays:
- 91st Day of Shavuot †
- 14 Flag Day
- 15 Father's Day
- 20 Summer begins (EDT) ‡
- Significant July holidays:
- Significant September holidays:
- Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15)
- 1 Labor Day
- 2 Ramadan begins †
- 22 Autumn begins (EDT) ‡
- 301st Day of Rosh Hashanah †
- Significant October holidays:
- 2 Ramadan ends (Eid al-Fitr) †
- 9 Yom Kippur †
- 13Columbus Day observed
- 13Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
- 141st Day of Sukkot †
- 21 Shemini Atzeret †
- 28 Diwali
- 31 Halloween
- Significant November holidays:
- American Indian Heritage Month
- 1 All Saints' Day
- 2 Daylight Saving Time ends
- 4 Election Day
- 11Veterans Day
- 27 Thanksgiving (U.S.)
- 301st Sunday of Advent
- Significant December holidays:
- 9 Eid al-Adha
- 21Winter begins (EST)
- 221st Day of Hanukkah
- 25 Christmas
- 261st Day of Kwanzaa
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† All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at
sundown the day before they are listed here.
‡ See Seasons for the
Northern Hemisphere, for solstices and equinoxes.