Diversity Calendar 2026

January 2026

Month-long observances

• National Mentoring Month
• Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Daily observances

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• January 1 – Gantan-Sai (Shinto)
• January 3 – Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
• January 4 – World Braille Day
• January 7 – Coptic Orthodox Christmas
• January 13 – Maghi (Sikh)
• January 14 – Makar Sankranti (Pongal) - Hindu
• January 18 – World Religion Day (Baha'i)
• January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• January 24 – International Day of Education
• January 26 – International Customs Day
• January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 2026

Month-long observances

• American Heart Month
• Black History Month
• Ethnic Equality Month

Daily observances

• February 1 – National Freedom Day
• February 2 – Imbolc - Wicca/Paganism
• February 4 – Rosa Parks Day
• February 7 – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• February 8 – International Epilepsy Day
• February 10 – Safer Internet Day
• February 11 – International Day of Women & Girls in Science
• February 14 – Valentine's Day
• February 15 – Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
• February 15 – International Childhood Cancer Day
• February 15 – Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
• February 16 – Family Day (Canada)
• February 17 – Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) - Year of the Horse
• February 17 – Mardi Gras
• February 17 – Ramadan begins in the evening (Islam) - Expected to begin
• February 18 – Ash Wednesday
• February 20 – World Day of Social Justice

March 2026

Month-long observances

• Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• Gender Equality Month
• Greek-American Heritage Month
• Irish-American Heritage Month
• National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and Education Month
• National Women's History Month

Daily observances

• March 2 – Purim begins at sundown (Jewish)
• March 3 – Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)
• March 4 – Holi (Hindu)
• March 6 – Employee Appreciation Day
• March 8 – International Women's Day
• March 14 – Pi Day
• March 16 – Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
• March 17 – St. Patrick's Day
• March 19 – Chaitra Navratri begins (Hindu)
• March 20 – Ostara (Wicca/Paganism)
• March 20 – Eid-al-Fitr/End of Ramadan (Islamic)
• March 20 – Ostara - (Southern Hemisphere) Wicca/Paganism
• March 21 – Naw Ruz (Baha'i)
• March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
• March 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• March 27 – Chaitra Navratri ends (Hindu)
• March 29 – Palm Sunday
• March 31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility
• March 31 – Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)

April 2026

Month-long observances

• Arab-American Heritage Month
• Autism Awareness Month
• Celebrate Diversity Month
• Earth Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Volunteer Month

Daily observances

• April 1 – Passover begins (Jewish)
• April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
• April 3 – Good Friday
• April 5 – Easter
• April 9 – Passover ends (Jewish)
• April 10 – National Day of Silence (LGBTQ+)
• April 13 – Vaisakhi (Sikh)
• April 19 – Patriot Day
• April 20 – Start of Ridvan (Baha'i)
• April 22 – Earth Day
• April 13 – Yom Hashoah begins at sunset (Jewish)
• April 30 – Beltane - (Northern Hemisphere) begins at sunset - Wicca/Paganism

May 2026

Month-long observances

• ALS Awareness Month
• Haitian Heritage Month
• Indian Heritage Month
• Jewish-American Heritage Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Older Americans Month

Daily observances

• May 1 – Visakha Puja Day (Buddhism)
• May 1 – Beltane (Wicca/Paganism)
• May 5 – Samhain - (Southern Hemisphere) Wicca/Paganism
• May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
• May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
• May 18 – Victoria Day (Canada)
• May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• May 21-23 – Shavuot (Jewish)
• May 23 – Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
• May 24 – Pentecost (Orthodox Christian)
• May 25 – Memorial Day
• May 26 – Eid al-Adha (Islamic)
• May 29 – Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

June 2026

Month-long observances

• Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
• Black Music Month
• National Caribbean American Heritage Month
• Men's Health Month
• Pride Month (LGBTQ+)

Daily observances

• June 5 – World Environment Day
• June 14 – Race Unity Day
• June 12 – Loving Day
• June 12 – World Day Against Child Labor
• June 16 – Muharram Islamic New Year (Islamic) - Still estimated according to sources - based on moon
• June 19 – Juneteenth
• June 20 – World Refugee Day
• June 21 – Litha, Summer Solstice (Pagan)
• June 21 – National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
• June 24 – St-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
• June 28 – Pride Day (LGBTQ+) - Varies by city

July 2026

Month-long observances

• French-American Heritage Month

Daily observances

• July 1 – Canada Day (Canada)
• July 4 – Independence Day (USA)
• July 10 – Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)
• July 11 – World Population Day
• July 14 – Bastille Day (French)
• July 14 – Non-Binary People's Day
• July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
• July 22-23 – Tisha B'Av (Jewish)
• July 24 – Pioneer Day (Mormon)
• July 26 – National Disability Independence Day
• July 29 – Asalha Puja Day (Buddhism)

August 2026

Month-long observances

• National Civility Month

Daily observances

• August 1 – Lughnasadh (Wicca/Paganism)
• August 2 – International Day of Friendship
• August 7 – Purple Heart Day
• August 9 – International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• August 13 – Left-Handers Day
• August 17 – Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaican)
• August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
• August 21 – Senior Citizens Day
• August 27 – Obon (Buddhism)
• August 26 – Women's Equality Day

September 2026

Month-long observances

• Hispanic Heritage Month
• National Guide Dog Month
• Suicide Prevention Month

Daily observances

• September 4 – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
• September 5 – International Day of Charity
• September 7 – Labor Day
• September 8 – Paryushan Parv (Jainism)
• September 11 – Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish)
• September 15 – International Day of Democracy
• September 16 – Mexican Independence Day
• September 18 – International Equal Pay Day
• September 20-21 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)
• September 21 – International Day of Peace
• September 21 – World Gratitude Day
• September 22 – Mabon - (Northern Hemisphere) Wicca/Paganism
• September 22 – American Business Women's Day
• September 23 – Bi Visibility Day
• September 25 – Sukkot begins (Jewish)
• September 30 – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (Canada)

October 2026

Month-long observances

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Bullying Prevention Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Filipino-American Heritage Month
• German-American Heritage Month
• Italian-American Heritage Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• National Work and Family Month
• Polish-American Heritage Month
• Family History Month

Daily observances

• October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence
• October 2 – Sukkot ends (Jewish)
• October 2-3 – Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
• October 2-3 – Simchat Torah (Jewish)
• October 10 – World Mental Health Day
• October 11-20 – Sharad Navratri (Hindu)
• October 11 – National Coming Out Day (LGBTQ+)
• October 12 – National Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)
• October 12 – Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
• October 15 – Spirit Day (LGBTQ+ anti-bullying)
• October 16 – Bosses' Day
• October 20 – Dussehra (Hindu)
• October 22 – International Stuttering Awareness Day
• October 26 – Intersex Awareness Day
• October 31 – Halloween
• October 31 – Samhain (Wicca/Paganism)

November 2026

Month-long observances

• Diabetes Awareness Month
• National Native American Heritage Month

Daily observances

• November 1-2 – Dia de los Muertos (Mexican/Latino)
• November 1 – All Saints' Day (Roman Catholic)
• November 2 – All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic)
• November 4 – National Stress Awareness Day
• November 8 – Diwali (Hindu)
• November 8 – Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikhism)
• November 9 – World Freedom Day
• November 9 – World Adoption Day
• November 10 – Birth of the Bab (Baha'i)
• November 11 – Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
• November 11 – Remembrance/Veterans Day
• November 13 – World Kindness Day
• November 16 – International Day for Tolerance
• November 19 – International Men's Day
• November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
• November 20 – Universal Children's Day (Human Rights, U.N.)
• November 24 – Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh)
• November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• November 26 – Day of the Covenant (Baha'i)
• November 26 – Thanksgiving (USA)
• November 28 – Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i)

December 2026

Month-long observances

• HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
• Universal Human Rights Month

Daily observances

• December 1 – World AIDS Day
• December 3 – International Day for People with Disabilities
• December 4 – Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)
• December 5 – International Volunteer Day
• December 9 – International Genocide Prevention Day
• December 10 – International Human Rights Day
• December 12 – Hanukkah ends at sunset (Jewish)
• December 21 – Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)
• December 21 – Litha - (Southern Hemisphere) Wicca/Paganism
• December 25 – Christmas (Christian)
• December 26-January 1 – Kwanzaa week (Celebration of African Customs & Cultures)
• December 26 – Boxing Day
• December 31 – New Year's Eve