Fiscal Year 2020 Holidays and Observances Calendar
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FISCAL YEAR 2020 HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES CALENDAR Official state holidays are in bold Offices will not be closed on another day when designated holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Such holidays will not be observed. Please follow TPWD policy regarding leave for optional and skeleton crew holidays. September Muharram starts August 31 Labor Day September 2 Muharram ends September 28 Rosh Hashanah (optional) September 29 – October 1 Begin and end at sundown October Rosh Hashanah (optional) September 29 – October 1 Begin and end at sundown Yom Kippur (optional) October 8 – 9 Begin and end at sundown Sukkot October 13– 20 Begin and end at sundown Shemini Atzeret October 20 – 21 Begin and end at sundown Simchat Torah October 21 – 22 Begin and end at sundown Diwali October 27 November The Prophet’s Birthday (Mawlid al-Nabi) November 9 – 10 Begin and end at sundown Veterans Day November 11 Thanksgiving November 28 Day after Thanksgiving November 29 December Bodhi December 8 First Day of Chanukah December 22 Begin at sundown Christmas Eve Day December 24 Christmas Day December 25 Day after Christmas December 26 Last Day of Chanukah December 30 End at sundown January New Year’s Day January 1 Epiphany January 6 Eastern Orthodox Christmas January 7 Confederate Heroes Day January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 20 Chinese/Buddhist New Year January 25 FISCAL YEAR 2020 HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES CALENDAR February Magha Puja February 9 – 10 Presidents’ Day February 17 Ash Wednesday February 26 March Texas Independence Day (Skeleton) March 2 Purim March 9 - 10 Begin and end at sundown Holi March 9 - 10 Begin and end at sundown Cesar Chavez Day (Optional) March 31 April Palm Sunday April 5 Passover/Pesach (first day) April 8 Begin at sundown Good Friday (Optional) April 10 Easter Sunday April 12 Last Day of Passover/Pesach April 16 End at sundown Yom Hashoah April 20 - 21 Begin and end at sundown San Jacinto Day (Skeleton) April 21 Start of Ramadan April 23 Begin at sundown May Vesak (Buddha’s Birthday) May 7 Ascension Day May 21 Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) May 23 – 24 Begin and end at sundown Memorial Day May 25 Shavuot May 28 - 30 Begin and end at sundown Pentecost May 31 June Emancipation Day (Juneteenth -Skeleton) June 19 July Independence Day July 4 Asalha Puja July 5 Tish’a B’Av July 29 - 30 Begin and end at sundown Eid al-Adha July 30 - 31 Begin and end at sundown August LBJ Day (Skeleton) August 27 Muharram starts August 20 Begin at sundown .