As I remind everyone each year: if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to update your project schedules with non-working days for 2018. Below is a list of commonly observed national and religious holidays, and the dates they are commonly observed. Naturally, you’ll need to confirm which holidays apply to your project team.
And here are instructions for updating the working calendar in MS Project.
| Holiday | Weekday | Celebrated |
| New Year’s Day | Monday | 1/1/2018 |
| Martin Luther King’s Birthday (US) | Monday | 1/15/2018 |
| Republic Day (India) | Friday | 1/26/2018 |
| Ash Wednesday | Wednesday | 2/14/2018 |
| Chinese / Vietnamese New Year | Friday | 2/16/2018 |
| President’s Day (US) | Monday | 2/19/2018 |
| Holi (India) | Friday | 3/2/2018 |
| Good Friday | Friday | 3/30/2018 |
| Beginning of Passover | Saturday | 3/31/2018 |
| Easter Monday (UK) | Monday | 4/2/2018 |
| May Day (China: Labor Day) | Tuesday | 5/1/2018 |
| Early May Bank Holiday (UK) | Monday | 5/7/2018 |
| First day of Ramadan | Wednesday | 5/16/2018 |
| Shauvot | Sunday | 5/20/2018 |
| Victoria Day (Canada) | Monday | 5/21/2018 |
| Spring Bank Holiday (UK) | Monday | 5/28/2018 |
| Memorial Day (US) | Monday | 5/28/2018 |
| Eid al-Fitr | Friday | 6/15/2018 |
| Canada Day | Sunday | 7/1/2018 |
| Independence Day (US) | Wednesday | 7/4/2018 |
| Pioneer Day (Utah, US) | Tuesday | 7/24/2018 |
| Independence Day (India) | Wednesday | 8/15/2018 |
| Eid al-Adha / Festival of Sacrifice | Wednesday | 8/22/2018 |
| Summer Bank Holiday (UK) | Monday | 8/27/2018 |
| Labor Day (US and Canada) | Monday | 9/3/2018 |
| Rosh Hashanah | Monday | 9/10/2018 |
| Yom Kippur | Wednesday | 9/19/2018 |
| Sukkot | Monday | 9/24/2018 |
| National Day (China) | Monday | 10/1/2018 |
| Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (India) | Tuesday | 10/2/2018 |
| Columbus Day / Indigenous People’s Day (US) | Monday | 10/8/2018 |
| Thanksgiving (Canada) | Monday | 10/8/2018 |
| Dussehra (India) | Friday | 10/19/2018 |
| Veteran’s Day (US) / Remembrance Day (Canada) | Sunday | 11/11/2018 |
| Diwali (India) | Saturday | 11/17/2018 |
| Thanksgiving Day (US) | Thursday | 11/22/2018 |
| Day after Thanksgiving (US) | Friday | 11/23/2018 |
| First day of Chanukah | Monday | 12/3/2018 |
| Christmas Eve | Monday | 12/24/2018 |
| Christmas Day | Tuesday | 12/25/2018 |
| Boxing Day (UK, Canada) | Wednesday | 12/26/2018 |
| Kwanzaa | Wednesday | 12/26/2018 |
| New Year’s Eve | Monday | 12/31/2018 |
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Commonly Observed National and Religious Holidays 2018
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Commonly observed national and religious holidays 2018
Author
Dave Gordon
The Practicing IT Project Manager LLC
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Hey Dave, you might like to clarify the scope of what is and isn’t included here. For example St Patrick’s day is a big party day in much of American for the Irish-Americans but is a full national holiday in the country of Ireland. There are of course local holidays in most countries and even state holidays not mentioned such as Hawaii’s King Kamehameha I Day, although this only effects government and public service.
As always it depends on your audience and doing your homework, thanks for this great tool
Good point, Rob – thanks! I try to include as many as possible in the list each year, and I’ll be sure to add these for 2019.