New Year's Day
New Year's Day marks the start of the calendar year and is a federal holiday observed on January 1.
History
New Year's Day on January 1 became uniform in the United States after the country adopted the Gregorian calendar. Public schools and federal offices close, and most academic calendars use the day as a soft anchor for the spring semester restart. When January 1 falls on a Saturday, the federal observance shifts to Friday December 31; when it falls on a Sunday, the observance shifts to Monday January 2.
On academic calendars
School districts almost universally extend winter break through the first weekday after New Year's Day. Most August-to-July academic calendars resume classes the first Monday of the new year unless that Monday is January 1 itself.
Dates by year
Below is the full schedule for New Year's Day from 2020 through 2035. The "observed" date matches the actual date in most years; it differs only when the statutory date lands on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case federal offices observe the holiday on the adjacent weekday per OPM rules.
| Year | Date | Day | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | January 1, 2020 | Wednesday | — |
| 2021 | January 1, 2021 | Friday | — |
| 2022 | January 1, 2022 | Saturday | Friday, December 31 |
| 2023 | January 1, 2023 | Sunday | Monday, January 2 |
| 2024 | January 1, 2024 | Monday | — |
| 2025 | January 1, 2025 | Wednesday | — |
| 2026 | January 1, 2026 | Thursday | — |
| 2027 | January 1, 2027 | Friday | — |
| 2028 | January 1, 2028 | Saturday | Friday, December 31 |
| 2029 | January 1, 2029 | Monday | — |
| 2030 | January 1, 2030 | Tuesday | — |
| 2031 | January 1, 2031 | Wednesday | — |
| 2032 | January 1, 2032 | Thursday | — |
| 2033 | January 1, 2033 | Saturday | Friday, December 31 |
| 2034 | January 1, 2034 | Sunday | Monday, January 2 |
| 2035 | January 1, 2035 | Monday | — |
Open the printable calendar
Each entry below opens the printable monthly grid where this holiday appears, with the day shaded in amber.
- January 2020 printable calendar
- January 2021 printable calendar
- January 2022 printable calendar
- January 2023 printable calendar
- January 2024 printable calendar
- January 2025 printable calendar
- January 2026 printable calendar
- January 2027 printable calendar
- January 2028 printable calendar
- January 2029 printable calendar
- January 2030 printable calendar
- January 2031 printable calendar
- January 2032 printable calendar
- January 2033 printable calendar
- January 2034 printable calendar
- January 2035 printable calendar