Business Day Calendar 2026

Holidays in 2026

How the numbering works

Each business day carries its position in the year: January’s first business day is 1, and the count runs to 250 on the last business day of December. Weekends and holidays are skipped, so they have no number. New Year’s Day is a holiday, so business day 1 of 2026 is Friday, January 2, 2026.

Switch the holiday set to see the Federal Reserve or NYSE numbering. Banks, for example, have 251 business days in 2026 because they do not close on a Friday when a holiday falls on Saturday.

Business days per month

The count next to each month’s name is its number of business days. In 2026, March, April, July and December have the most, 22, and February and November have the fewest, 19. Months with a holiday on a weekday lose one, and the way weekends fall decides the rest.

Reading a date’s number

Find the date and read the small number in its corner. In 2026, the last business day of June is number 124, so the year’s working days are split almost evenly between the two halves; the last business day of the year is number 250. Subtract two numbers to count the business days between those dates.

Business days per quarter

In 2026, Q1 has 61, Q2 has 63, Q3 has 64, Q4 has 62 business days, 250 in all. Quarters differ because their lengths differ (the first quarter has 90 or 91 days, the others 91 or 92) and because the federal holidays are spread unevenly: three fall in the first quarter, two each in the second and third, and four in the fourth.

What the numbers are used for

Business-day numbers make schedules that repeat by working day easy to read: a month-end close that runs on business days 1 to 5, a report due on the 10th business day, or a project plan written in working days. They also answer “how far through the year are we?” in working terms, not calendar terms.

Printing

Print the page from your browser to get the full year on two pages, six months to a page. The printout keeps the numbers, holidays and month counts and drops the menus and text. Pick the year and holiday set first; the printout uses what is on screen.