Holiday guide
Global holiday guide rooted in United States's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
November 26, 2026
Thursday · Pacific/Honolulu
Next occurrence
November 26, 2026
Thursday
Observed in
3 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
United States
Public
Planning timezone
Pacific/Honolulu
UTC-10:00
Next: November 26, 2026 (Thursday)
Thanksgiving remains one of the clearest examples of a holiday whose cultural weight now reaches far beyond the original harvest theme. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 3 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in America (2), Pacific (1).
The holiday grew out of regional harvest traditions and later became a national civic observance centered on gratitude, shared meals, and a fixed place in the late-year calendar.
Because travel, family gatherings, retail timing, and school schedules all cluster around it, Thanksgiving has an outsized effect on how people plan the final stretch of the year.
Thanksgiving Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current United States holiday data.
Thanksgiving Day follows a weekday-based placement rule instead of a fixed day of month, so the date shifts within the same general part of the calendar. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: November 27, 2026: November 26, 2027: November 25.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | November 27, 2025 | Thursday |
| 2026 | November 26, 2026 | Thursday |
| 2027 | November 25, 2027 | Thursday |
In United States, Thanksgiving Day appears in the calendar as a public holiday. People usually search this page to confirm whether the day changes working hours, whether it creates a long weekend, and how it fits with the broader holiday season in the country.
Country-specific view
United States treats this as a nationwide observance.
Operational note
If you are planning travel, payroll, or customer support around Thanksgiving Day, use the next-occurrence date and the local timezone block together.
Thanksgiving Day works as more than a date check in United States; it is a public marker that affects staffing, support coverage, school calendars, and travel timing. The next tracked occurrence is November 26, 2026, so this page acts as a quick planning note as well as a historical explainer.
Thanksgiving Day also appears in other country calendars such as Grenada, Puerto Rico, and United States. The next recorded dates across that wider footprint include Grenada on October 25, 2026, Puerto Rico on November 26, 2026, and United States on November 26, 2026, which helps explain why airline schedules, payroll calendars, and global customer-support shifts often treat the holiday as a regional wave rather than a single-country event.
United States spans 8 timezones for planning: Pacific/Honolulu (UTC-10:00), America/Adak (UTC-09:00), America/Anchorage (UTC-08:00), America/Phoenix (UTC-07:00). Thanksgiving Day also tends to be planned alongside Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Labour Day, because people rarely make calendar decisions about one public holiday in isolation.
Thanksgiving Day appears in 3 country calendars in the current dataset.
America
2 countries
Pacific
1 country
These country rows help explain why the same holiday can matter differently across regions even when the holiday name looks familiar. The next-date column is especially useful for travel, payroll, and support teams that plan across multiple jurisdictions.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Grenada | October 25, 2026 | Public |
| Puerto Rico | November 26, 2026 | Public |
| United States | November 26, 2026 | Public |
Thanksgiving Day falls on November 26, 2026 (Thursday) in 2026.
Thanksgiving Day follows a weekday-based placement rule instead of a fixed day of month, so the date shifts within the same general part of the calendar. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: November 27, 2026: November 26, 2027: November 25.
Thanksgiving Day is listed as a public holiday in United States and is marked as nationwide.
Thanksgiving Day appears in 3 country calendars in the current dataset, including Grenada, Puerto Rico, United States.
United States uses Pacific/Honolulu (UTC-10:00), America/Adak (UTC-09:00), America/Anchorage (UTC-08:00), America/Phoenix (UTC-07:00), America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00), America/Denver (UTC-06:00), America/Chicago (UTC-05:00), America/New_York (UTC-04:00) for local planning.
Thanksgiving Day is often compared with Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Labour Day on the United States calendar.
