What are the UN official holidays for 2026?

The official holidays for 2026 at United Nations Headquarters have been designated as follows:

• 1 January              New Year’s Day
• 20 March              Eid al-Fitr            
• 3 April                    Good Friday        
• 25 May                  Memorial Day
• 27 May                  Eid al-Adha
• 3 July                     Independence Day* (observed)
• 7 September         Labour Day
• 26 November       Thanksgiving Day
• 25 December        Christmas Day

Floating holidays for 2026: 

• 7 January - Orthodox Christmas
• 17 February - Lunar New Year
• 23 March - Nowruz** (observed)
• 10 April - Orthodox Good Friday        
• 1 May - Day of Vesak
• 19 June - Juneteenth
• 21 September - Yom Kippur
• 9 November - Diwali*** (observed)
• 24 November - Gurpurab

* Independence Day falls on Saturday, 4 July, but will be observed on Friday, 3 July.

** Nowruz day falls on Saturday, 21 March, but will be observed on Monday, 23 March.

*** Diwali day falls on Sunday, 8 November, but will be observed on Monday, 9 November.

NOTE: ST/IC/-- documents on official holidays stopped being issued in 2022.