California Holiday Calendar
Annual calendar holidays & night skies for 2022
This list below is published by Total Escape, so you can easily plan your weekends away and your outdoor vacations, your fishing trips, your stargazing nights, your valuable three day weekends. ” Hey DanaMite, when is the next meteor shower?” Now you know!
holidays for 2022
JANUARY
- Saturday, January 1 New Year’s Day
- Sunday, January 2 (new moon)
- Quadrantid Meteor Shower
- Monday, January 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (full moon)
FEBRUARY
- Tuesday, February 1 (new moon)
- Wednesday, February 2 Groundhog Day
- Friday, February 14 Valentine’s Day (full moon)
- Friday, February 16 (full moon)
- Monday, February 21 President’s Day Weekend
MARCH
- Tuesday, March 1 Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
- Wednesday, March 2 Ash Wednesday (new moon)
- Sunday, March 13 Daylight Savings Time starts
- Thursday, March 17 Saint Patrick’s Day
- Friday, March 18 (full moon)
- Sunday, March 20 Vernal Equinox (Spring)
APRIL
- Friday, April 1 April Fools Day (new moon)
- Wildflowers bloom begins statewide
- Lyrid Meteor Shower
- Sunday, April 10 Palm Sunday
- Tuesday, April 15 Good Friday
- Saturday, April 16 Passover (full moon)
- Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday
- Friday, April 22 Earth Day
- Friday, April 29 Arbor Day
- Saturday, April 30 (new moon)
MAY
- Thursday, May 5 Cinco de Mayo
- Sunday, April 8 Mother’s Day
- Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
- Monday, May 16 (full moon)
- Monday, May 30 Memorial Day (new moon)
JUNE
- Tuesday, June 14 Flag Day (full moon)
- Sunday, June 19 Father’s Day
- Tuesday, June 21 Summer Solstice
- Tuesday, June 28 (new moon)
JULY
- Friday, July 4 Independence Day
- Wednesday, July 13 (full moon)
- Thursday, July 28 (new moon)
- Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
AUGUST
- Thursday, August 11 (full moon)
- Perseid Meteor Shower
- Saturday, August 27 (new moon)
SEPTEMBER
- Monday, September 5 Labor Day
- Saturday, September 10 (full moon)
- Thursday, September 22 Autumnal Fall Equinox
- Sunday, September 25 (new moon)
OCTOBER
- Sunday, October 9 (full moon)
- Monday, October 10 Columbus Day
- Orionid Meteor Shower
- Tuesday, October 25 (new moon)
- Monday, October 31 Halloween
NOVEMBER
- Sunday, November 6 Daylight Savings Time ends
- Tuesday, November 8 Election Day (full moon)
- Friday, November 11 Veterans Day
- Leonid Meteor Shower
- Wednesday, November 23 (new moon)
- Thursday, November 24 Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER
- Wednesday, December 7 (full moon)
- Wednesday, December 21 Winter Solstice
- Friday, December 23 (new moon)
- Geminid Meteor Shower
- Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve
- Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day
- Saturday, December 31 New Years Eve