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Events Calendar
 

2026

DateHolidayCountry
January 1New Year’s DayU.S.
January 2New Year’s DayU.S.
January 19Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.U.S.
February 1Abolition of SlaveryMRU
February 1Thaipoosam CavadeeMRU
February 2Observed Holiday for the Abolition of Slavery and Thaipoosam CavadeeMRU
February 15Maha ShivaratreeMRU
February 16Washington’s BirthdayU.S.
February 17Chinese Spring FestivalMRU
March 12Mauritius Independence DayMRU
March 19UgaadiMRU
March 20Observed Local Holiday Eid-Ul-FitrMRU
March 21Eid-Ul-Fitr**MRU
May 1Labor DayMRU
May 25Memorial DayU.S.
June 19Juneteenth National Independence DayU.S.
July 3Observed Holiday for U.S. Independence DayU.S.
July 4U.S. Independence DayU.S.
August 15Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryMRU
September 7Labor DayU.S.
September 16Ganesh ChaturthiMRU
October 12Columbus DayU.S.
November 2Arrival of Indentured LaborersMRU
November 8DiwaliMRU
November 11Veterans DayU.S.
November 26Thanksgiving DayU.S.
December 25Christmas DayU.S.