March 2025 holiday schedule: Mardi Gras, Daylight saving time, St. Patrick's Day, more

March 2025 is packed with many holidays and celebrations that will leave people wishing they had an extra day or two off to enjoy all of it.

March brings the dawn of spring and plenty of holidays and celebrations to ring in the new season.

The Christian season of Lent and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, both periods of fasting, prayer and worship, will also begin during the first week of March 2025.

But March has a lot in store, including Mardi Gras, Women's History Month, St. Patrick's Day, International Transgender Day of Visibility and more.

Here's everything you need to know.

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No. Despite how eventful the month will be, there are no federal holidays.

In total, 2025 has 12 federal holidays across 11 days, according to the Office of Personnel Management, OPM. The next one, Memorial Day, won't be until Monday, May 26.

Although there are no federal holidays in March, César Chávez Day is a federal commemorative holiday and a state holiday.

The holiday honors the life of César Chávez, a civil rights and labor movement activist, according to the White House. In 2014, former President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31, Chávez's birthday, to be a federal commemorative holiday.

Commemorative holidays are similar to federal holidays as the government acknowledges both days, according to USA.gov, However, for commemorative holidays, offices on a federal level do not close for the day nationwide.

But, since the holiday is a state holiday, it could impact if schools and federal buildings open in certain states.

The day is considered a state holiday and an optional or commemorative holiday in the following states, according to Office Holidays:

• Arizona
• Colorado
• Illinois
• Michigan
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Utah
• Wisconsin
• Rhode Island

There are multiple religious holidays in March, including the following:

• Ramadan- Saturday, March 1
• Ash Wednesday- Wednesday, March 5
• Purim- Thursday, March 13
• Eid al-Fitr- Sunday, March 30

Here are a few more significant dates that include holidays, celebrations, events, and national days.

• Women's History Month-Saturday, March 1-Monday, March 31
• National Reading Month-Saturday, March 1-Monday, March 31
• National Read Across America Day-Sunday, March 2nd
• Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday- Tuesday, March 4
• International Women's Day- Saturday, March 8
• Daylight Saving Time- Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m. local time
• Total Lunar Eclipse: The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout the US on the night of March 13-14.
• Holi- Friday, March 14
• National Pi Day- Friday, March 14
• March Madness- Selection Sunday is March 16 for men and women's basketball. Tournaments start for men's basketball on March 18 and women's basketball on March 19.
• St. Patrick's Day- Monday, March 17
• Nowruz- Wednesday, March 19
• Spring Equinox- Thursday, March 20
• International Day of Happiness- Thursday, March 20
• National Puppy Day- Sunday, March 23
• International Transgender Day of Visibility- Monday, March 31

The following are some of the more unique and odd holidays celebrated throughout the month of March, according to the National Day Calendar:

• National Peanut Butter Lover's Day (March 1)- Celebrate the crazy peanut butter lovers in your life
• National Cold Cuts Day (March 3)- Celebrate with a charcuterie board and some balognie.
• National Oreo Cookie Day (March 6)- Perfect for anyone who likes the famous black and white cookie
• National Barbie Day (March 9)- One of the world's most iconic women, though fictional, is Barbie! The day commemorates and celebrates the day the doll debuted in 1959.
• National Nap Day (March 10)- The day after daylight saving time is always National Nap Day because, let's be real, losing an hour of sleep is rough, and everyone could probably use a nap on this day.
• Mario Day (March 10)- The day recognizes Nintendo's iconic Mario, the Italian plumber who runs around stomping on turtles and trying to save Princess Peach. Why? Well, it's Mar10.
• International Goof Off Day (March 22)- Just a day to be silly and goofy
• National Joe Day (March 27)- Grab a cup of joe with your friends named Joe, Jojo, Jo, Joey, Joseph and/or Joanna to celebrate all people named Joe or some variation of it.
• National Pencil Day (March 30)- Celebrate the world's favorite writing utensil.
• National Crayon Day (March 31)- Two back-to-back days of celebrating childhood classic writing utensils that bring us art and a way to communicate with others.

Contributing: John Leuzzi, Eric Lagatta; USA TODAY

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