When Is Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day 2026?
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day 2026
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Rule: the 2nd Monday of October. See how weekday rules are calculated
About Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2026
Columbus Day commemorates Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492, and was first observed on a large scale in the US on the 400th anniversary in 1892.
Columbus never actually reached the North American mainland on any of his four voyages; his 1492 landfall was in the Bahamas, and later voyages reached the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.
Post offices and federal courthouses close nationwide on the date by law, independent of whatever name a particular city or state uses for it.
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2026: October 12th, a Monday.
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2026 — day 285 of 2026: ISO week 42 (Q4), 80 left.
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2026: next is Monday, October 11th; prior was Monday, October 13th.
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