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 2020. Below is a list of commonly observed national and religious holidays, and the dates they are commonly observed. If I missed an important holiday, or got the date wrong, please leave a comment below so I can make corrections. 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 Wednesday 1/1/2020 Martin Luther King’s Birthday (US) Monday 1/20/2020 Lunar New Year Saturday 1/25/2020 Republic Day (India) Sunday 1/26/2020 President’s Day (US) Monday 2/17/2020 Ash Wednesday Wednesday 2/26/2020 Holi (India) Tuesday 3/10/2020 St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland) Tuesday 3/17/2020 Good Friday Friday 4/10/2020 Easter Monday (UK) Monday 4/13/2020 Beginning of Passover Sunday 4/19/2020 First day of Ramadan Friday 4/24/2020 May Day (Labor Day in most countries) Friday 5/1/2020 Early May Bank Holiday (UK) Friday 5/8/2020 Victoria Day (Canada) Monday 5/18/2020 Ascension Day Thursday 5/21/2020 Eid al-Fitr Monday 5/25/2020 Memorial Day (US) Monday 5/25/2020 Spring Bank Holiday (UK) Monday 5/25/2020 Shauvot Friday 5/29/2020 King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) Thursday 6/11/2020 Canada Day Wednesday 7/1/2020 Independence Day (US) Friday 7/3/2020 Pioneer Day (Utah, US) Friday 7/24/2020 Eid al-Adha / Festival of Sacrifice Friday 7/31/2020 National Day (Switzerland) Saturday 8/1/2020 Independence Day (India) Saturday 8/15/2020 Summer Bank Holiday (UK) Monday 8/31/2020 Labor Day (US and Canada) Monday 9/7/2020 Rosh Hashanah Saturday 9/19/2020 Yom Kippur Monday 9/28/2020 National Day (China) Thursday 10/1/2020 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (India) Friday 10/2/2020 Sukkot Saturday 10/3/2020 Thanksgiving (Canada) Monday 10/12/2020 Columbus Day / Indigenous People’s Day (US) Monday 10/12/2020 Day after Thanksgiving (US) Tuesday 10/13/2020 Dussehra (India) Sunday 10/25/2020 Veteran’s Day (US) / Remembrance Day (Canada) Wednesday 11/11/2020 Diwali (India) Saturday 11/14/2020 Thanksgiving Day (US) Thursday 11/26/2020 First day of Chanukah Friday 12/11/2020 Christmas Eve Thursday 12/24/2020 Christmas Day Friday 12/25/2020 Boxing Day (UK, Canada) Saturday 12/26/2020 Kwanzaa Saturday 12/26/2020 New Year’s Eve Thursday 12/31/2020

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