Holidays and Observances
Alphabetical Listing of P Holidays

Below, you can find a Holidays and Observances Alphabetical Listing US Holidays and World Holidays and Observances that start with P.  We are still adding names to the list, so more information will be coming. 

After we complete the summary pages on the site, we will start working on a detailed page(s) for each Holidays and Observance. Once a page is completed for each Holiday or Observance, it will be linked up below, as well as it's related Daily Holidays page. (that should keep us busy for the next 20 years or so!!)

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Plush Animal Lovers Day is October 28!

P Holidays and Observances

• Pack Your Mom's Lunch Day - November 15

• Paczki Day - February 17, 2026 (always Shrove Tuesday)

• PAD Awareness Month - September (PAD = Peripheral Artery Disease)

• Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day - July 25, 2026 (Last Saturday in July)

• Palm Sunday - March 29, 2026 (The Sunday one week prior to Easter)
  

• Pan American Aviation Day - December 17
  

• Pan American Day - April 14

• Pan American Week - April 12-18, 2026 (Week that includes April 14th)

• Panama's Martyr Day - January 9

• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month - November

• Pandemonium Day - July 14

• Papaya Month - August

• Paper Bag Day - July 12

• Paper Clip Day - May 29

• Paperback Book Day - July 30

• Paralegal Day - October 23

• Paralympic Summer Games - N/A until 2028

• Paralympic Winter Games - In Milano, Cortina in March 6-15, 2026

• Paranormal Day - May 3

• Paraprofessional Appreciation Day - April 1, 2026 (First Wednesday in April)

• Pardon Day - September 8

• Parental Alienation Awareness Day (PAAD) - April 25

• Parents Day - July 26, 2026 (4th Sunday in July), and November 17, 2026 (Tuesday of National Education Week)

• Parliamentary Law Month - April

• Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day - August 7

• Pascua Florida Day - April 2, 2026 (Usually on April 2)
  

• Passion Fruit Month - September

• Passion Sunday - March 22, 2026

• Passion Week - March 22-28, 2026 (Starts on the 5th Sunday in Lent, the week before Holy Week)

• Passiontide - March 22 - April 4, 2026 (The Last Two Weeks of Lent - Passion Week and Holy Week)

• Passover - (Also Known as Pesach) Evening of April 1-9, 2026 to the Evening of April 20, 2025

• Paste Up Day - May 7

• Pastoral Care Week - October 18-24, 2026 (Last Full Week in October)

• Pasty Day - March 5, 2026

• Pathologists Assistant Day - April 14

• Patient Blood Management Awareness Week - November 2-6, 2026

• Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month - October

• Patient Safety Awareness Week - March 8-14, 2026

• Patriot Day - September 11 (also 9/11 Remembrance Day)

• Patriot's Day (Massachusetts and Maine) - , 2026 (Third Monday in April

• Paul Bunyan Day - February 12 and August 10
  

• Paul Pitcher Day - January 24

• Pause for the Pledge Day - June 14

• Pause the World Day - September 21

• Pay a Compliment Day - February 6

• Pay Back a Friend Day - October 17

• Pay It Forward Day - April 28 

• Pay Your Bills Week - February 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of February)

• Peace Corps Day - March 3, 2026 (First Tuesday in March)
  

• Peace Corps Week - March 1-5, 2026

• Peace Officers Memorial Day - May 15

• Peace One Day - September 21

• Peace Rose Day - April 29

• Peach Blossom Day - March 3
  

• Peach Month - September

• Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day - July 23

• Peanut Butter Lover's Month - November
  

• Pear and Pineapple Month - October

• Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - December 7

• Peas Month - September

• Peculiar People Day - January 10
  

• Pedestrian Safety Month - August

• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day - September 8

• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week - March 16-21, 2026 (Starting the Second Sunday in March for 6 Days)

• Pediatric Nurses Week - October 5-9, 2026

• Pediculosis Prevention Month - September

• Peeps Day - April 6, 2026 (Monday after Easter)
  

• Peking Duck Day - January 18

• Pencil Day - March 30

• Penguin Awareness Day - January 20
  

• Pennsylvania Farm Show - January 10-17, 2026 (Harrisburg, PA)

• Penny Press Day - September 3

• Pentecost - May 24, 2026 (Also Known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) 
  

• Pentecost Monday - May 25, 2026 (Day after Pentecost - Also Known as Whit Monday)

• Pepper Pot Day - December 29

• Peppermint Patty Day - February 11

• Perennial Gardening Month - June

• Perfect Family Day - July 18

• Perioperative Nurse Week - November 8-14, 2026 (Second Full Week of November)

• Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week - May 3-9, 2026 (First Full Week in May)

• Perpetual Youth Day - November 30

• Perseid Meteor Showers - July 17 - August 24, 2026 (Peak Around August 12-13, 2026)

• Persimmons Month - October

• Personal History Awareness Month - May

• Pesach (also known as Passover) - Evening of April 1, 2026 to the Evening of April 9, 2026

• Pesach Sweni - Evening of April 30 to the Evening of May 1, 2026

• Pet Appreciation Week - June 7-13, 2026 (First Full Week in June)

• Pet Cancer Awareness Month - November
  

• Pet Dental Health Month - February

• Pet Diabetes Month - November

• Pet Owners Day - April 29
  

• Pet Owners Independence Day - April 18
  

• Pet Peeve Week - October 11-17, 2026 (Second Full Week of October)

• Pet Rock Day - September 6, 2026 (First Sunday in September)

• Pet Smile Month (UK) - September

• Pet Tech CPR Day - April 25, 2026 (Last Saturday in April)

• Pet Theft Awareness Day - February 14

• Petite and Proud Day - May 4

• PGA Championship - May 14-17, 2026

• Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month - June
  

• Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month - April

• Phileas Fogg Wager Day - October 2 and December 21

• Phone in Sick Day - May 1

• Photographer Appreciation Month - October
  

• Physical Wellness Month - April

• Piano Day - March 29, 2026 (88th Day of the Year)

• Pick Blueberries Day - July 10
  

• Pick Strawberries Day - May 20

• Pickle Time Week - February 8-14, 2026 (Second Full Week of February)

• Pickled Peppers Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)

• Pie in the Face Day - November 27

• Pierce Your Ears Day - September 2

• Pilates Day - May 2, 2026 (First Saturday in May)

• Pina Colada Day - July 10

• Pinata Day - April 18

• Pinhole Photography Day - April 26, 2026 (Last Sunday in April)

• Pink Cadillac Day - September 1

• Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornaments) - June 23

• Pink Flamingo Day - May 29

• Pink Shirt Day - February 25, 2026 (Last Wednesday in February)

• Pinocchio Day - February 23

• Pinot Grigio Day - May 17

• Pinot Noir Day - August 18

• Pioneer Day (State Holiday in Utah) - July 24
  

• Pioneer Day Observed - July 24, 2026

• Pirates Week - (Cayman Islands) - November 5-15, 2026

• Pizza Pie Day - February 9

• Plaidurday - October 2, 2026 (First Friday in October)

• Plain Yogurt Day - June 20

• Plan a Solo Vacation Day - March 1

• Plan Your Epitaph Day - April 6

• Planner Day - August 1

• Plant a Flower Day - March 12

• Plant a Lemon Tree Day - May 16, 2026 (Third Saturday in May)

• Plant Appreciation Day - April 13

• Plant Power Day - March 7

• Plant Something Day - May 19

• Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month - February

• Plastic Free July - July

• Play Ball Day - August 1

• Play Basketball Day - December 2

• Play Days - September 8-12, 2026 (Tuesday - Saturday after Labor Day)

• Play-doh Day - September 16

• Play God Day - January 9

• Play in the Sand Day - August 11

• Play Monopoly Day - November 19

• Play More Cards Day - February 23, 2026 (Last Monday in February)

• Play Tennis Day - February 23
  

• Play the Recorder Day - March 21, 2026 (Third Saturday in March)

• Play the Recorder Month - March

• Playmobile's National Day of Play - November 21, 2026 (Third Saturday in November)

• Please Take My Children to Work Day - June 29, 2026 (Last Monday in June)

• Pleasure Your Mate Month - September

• Pledge of Allegiance Day - December 28

• Plimsoll Day - February 10

• Plough Monday - January 12, 2026 (First Monday after January 6th)

• Plum Month - November

• Pluot & Aprium Month - June
  

• Plush Animal Lovers Day - October 28

• Pluto Day - February 18

• Pluto Demoted Day - August 2

• Pocky Day - November 11

• Poem in Your Pocket Day - April 29, 2026

• Poet in a Cupcake Day - April 10, 2026 (Friday of First Full Week in April)

• Poetic Earth Month - April

• Poetry & The Creative Mind Day - April 1
  

• Poetry Break Day - January 13
  

• Poet's Day - August 21

• Poinsettia Day - December 12

• Pokemon Day - February 27

• Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day - January 1
  

• Polar Bear Swim - June 20, 2026 (Nome, AK) (Closest Saturday to  Summer Solstice)

• Polar Bear Week - November 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of November)

• Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives in the Line of Duty Week - April 18-23

• Polish-American Heritage Month - October

• Pollution Prevention Week - September 21-27, 2026 (Begins on the Third Monday in September)

• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month - September

• Pony Express Day - April 3 and August 30, 2026 (Last Saturday in August)

• Pop Art Day - January 28

• Pop Goes the Weasel Day - June 14

• Pop Music Chart Day - January 4

• Popcorn Day - January 19 

• Popcorn Days - September 11-13, 2026 (First Weekend after Labor Day)
  

• Popcorn Lover's Day - March 12, 2026 (Second Thursday in March)

• Popeye Day - January 17

• Posadas - December 16-24

• Positive Attitude Month - October

• Positive Thinking Day - September 13

• Posture Month - May

• Potato Day - August 19

• Potato Lovers Month - February

• Potteries Bottle Oven Day - August 29

• Potty Training Awareness Month - June

• Poultry Days - June 13-14, 2026

• Powers of Ten Day - October 10

• PPSI AIDS Awareness Month - November

• Practice Being Psychic Day - November 2

• Prairie Day - September 12, 2026 (Second Saturday in September)

• Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day - May 25, 2026 (Last Monday in May / Same Day as Memorial Day)

• Preakness - May 16, 2026 (Third Saturday in May)

• Preeclampsia Awareness Month - May 

• Prematurity Awareness Month - November

• Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 10 - June 21, 2026 (From Mother's Day to Father's Day)
  

• Preschool Education Month - March

• Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week - October 24-31

• Preservation Week - April 26 - May 2, 2026

• Presidents Day - February 16, 2026 (Third Monday in February)

• Presidents Day (New Mexico) - November 27, 2026

• Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day - December 8

• Pretzel Day - October 27

• Pretzel Sunday - March 15, 2026

• Prevent Plagiarism Day - February 19

• Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month - April

• Prevention of Lyme Disease in Dogs Month - April

• Pride in Food Services Week - February 2-6, 2026 (First Full Work Week of February)

• Priesthood Sunday - September 27, 2026 (Last Sunday in September)

• Primary Care Physicians Week - October 5-10, 2026

• Primary Election Day, West Virginia - N/A

• Prime Meridian Day - November 1

• Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day - March 26

• Printing Ink Day - January 13, 2026 (Closest Tuesday to January 16)

• Pro Bono Week - October 25-31, 2026

• Professional Speakers Month - August

• Prohibition Remembrance Day - January 16

• Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity - October 20, 2026 (Third Tuesday in October)

• Pro Sports Wives Day - February 11

• Professional Pet Sitters Week- March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
  

• Professional Speakers Day - August 7

• Professional Speakers Month - August

• Professional Wellness Month - June

• Project Aces Day - May 6, 2026 (First Wednesday in May) (Aces = All Children Exercise Simultaneously)

• Promise Day - February 11

• Prophet's Birthday - Evening of August 25 to Evening of August 26, 2026

• Proposal Day - March 20, 2026, and September 22, 2026 - (First Day of Spring and First Day of Fall)
  

• Propose Day - February 8

• Prostate Cancer Awareness Week - September 13-19, 2026 (Third Week of September)

• Prune Breakfast Month - January

• Psoriasis Awareness Month - August
  

• Psychiatric Technician's Day - January 16

• PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month - November

• PTSD Awareness Day - June 27

• PTSD Awareness Month - June

• Public Domain Day - January 1

• Public Power Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)

• Public Radio Broadcasting Day - January 13

• Public Service Day - June 23

• Public Service Recognition Week - May 3-9, 2026 (First Full Week in May)

• Public Television Day - April 7

• Publicity for Profit Week - February 2-8

• Pudding Season Begins - October 1
  

• Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month - February

• Pulled Pork Day - October 12

• Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month - September

• Pumpkin Day - October 26

• Pumpkin Destruction Day - November 7, 2026 (First Saturday of November)

• Pumpkin Pie Day - November 21 and December 25

• Punch the Clock Day - January 27

• Punk for a Day Day - October 25

• Puppy Mill Action Week - May 3-9, 2026 (Begins the Monday before Mother's Day which is May 10, 2026)

• Puppy Mill Awareness Day - September 19, 2026 (Third Saturday in September)

• Purim - Eve of March 2, 2026 - Eve of March 3, 2026

• Purple Day - (Supporting Epilepsy Around the World) - March 26

• Purple Heart Day - August 7

• Purposeful Parenting Month - July

• Push-button Phone Day - November 18

• Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day - May 29

• Put on Your Own Shoes Day - December 6

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