California Holiday Calendar

Annual calendar holidays & night skies for 2023

• cabin rentals
• holiday destinations
• meteor showers
• sledding areas
• snowboard, ski & cross country
• wildflower blooms

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

holiday dates for 2023

JANUARY

• Sunday, January 1   New Year’s Day
• Friday, January 6   (full moon)
• Quadrantid Meteor Shower
• Monday, January 16   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

FEBRUARY

• Thursday, February 2   Groundhog Day
• Sunday, February 5   (full moon)
• Friday, February 14     Valentine’s Day (full moon)
• Monday, February 20     President’s Day Weekend
• Tuesday, February 21   Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
• Wednesday, February 22  Ash Wednesday

MARCH

• Tuesday, March 7 (full moon)
• Sunday, March 12   Daylight Savings Time starts
• Friday, March 17   Saint Patrick’s Day
• Monday, March 20  Vernal Equinox (Spring)
• Tuesday, March 21 (new moon)

APRIL

• Saturday, April 1   April Fools Day
• Sunday, April 2  Palm Sunday
• Wednesday, April 5  (full moon)
• Thursday, April 6   Passover
• Friday, April 7   Good Friday
• Sunday, April 9   Easter Sunday
• Lyrid Meteor Shower
• Wednesday, April 19  (new moon)
• Saturday, April 22   Earth Day
• Friday, April 21 Arbor Day

MAY

• Thursday, May 5   Cinco de Mayo (full moon)
• Sunday, May 14   Mother’s Day
• Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
• Friday, May 19  (new moon)
• Monday, May 29   Memorial Day

JUNE

•  Saturday, June 3 (full moon)
• Wednesday, June 14 Flag Day
• Saturday, June 17 (new moon)
• Sunday, June 18  Father’s Day
• Wednesday, June 21 Summer Solstice

JULY

• Monday, July 3 (full moon)
• Tuesday, July 4   Independence Day
• Monday, July 17 (new moon)
• Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower

AUGUST

• Tuesday, August 1 (full moon)
• Perseid Meteor Shower
• Wednesday, August 16 (new moon)
• Thursday, August 31 (blue moon)

SEPTEMBER

• Monday, September 4   Labor Day
• Saturday, September 9  Native American Day
• Saturday, September 23  Autumnal Fall Equinox
• Thursday, September 14  (new moon)
• Friday, September 29  (full moon)

OCTOBER

• Monday, October 9    Columbus Day
• Orionid Meteor Shower
• Saturday, October 14 (new moon)
• Saturday, October 28  (full moon)
• Tuesday, October 31   Halloween

NOVEMBER

• Sunday, November 5   Daylight Savings Time ends
• Tuesday, November 7   Election Day
• Saturday, November 11     Veterans Day
• Leonid Meteor Shower
• Monday, November 13 (new moon)
• Thursday, November 23     Thanksgiving Day
• Monday, November 27 (full moon)

DECEMBER

• Tuesday, December 12 (new moon)
• Geminid Meteor Shower
• Thursday, December 21  Winter Solstice
• Sunday, December 24  Christmas Eve
• Monday, December 25   Christmas Day
• Tuesday, December 26   (full moon)
• Sunday, December 31  New Years Eve