March 2026 calendar

31 days22 weekdaysStarts on SundayISO weeks 9–14

Week starts Week numbers Holidays

March 2026
Wk	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
9	23	24	25	26	27	28	1
10	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
11	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
12	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
13	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
14	30	31	1	2	3	4	5

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March 2026 in numbers

Days: 31
Weekdays (Mon–Fri): 22
Weekend days: 9
First and last day: Sunday – Tuesday
First and last working day: Mon, Mar 2 – Tue, Mar 31
Week numbers: 9–14
Day of the year: 60–90
Quarter: Q1 2026
Islamic months (computed): Ramadan – Shawwal 1447 AH

With 31 days, March 2026 has four full weeks plus 3 extra days, so Monday, Tuesday and Sunday occur five times; every other weekday occurs four times. It has 9 weekend days and 22 weekdays. The 13th is a Friday.

March 1 is day 60 of the year, so March 2026 covers day numbers 060 to 090. In the Umm al-Qura Islamic calendar, 1 Shawwal 1447 AH falls on March 20 (computed; where months begin with the sighting of the new crescent, the start can differ by a day).

Public holidays in March 2026

Date	Holiday	Where
Mon, Mar 2	Labour Day	Australia: Western Australia
Tue, Mar 17	St Patrick's Day	UK: Northern Ireland
Tue, Mar 17	Saint Patrick's Day	Ireland
Fri, Mar 20	Vernal Equinox Day	Japan
Sat, Mar 21	Human Rights Day	South Africa
Sat, Mar 21	Hari Raya Puasa	Singapore

National holidays of the 17 sets we take from official government sources; see public holidays by country for regional days and sources. Where a holiday that falls on a weekend moves to a weekday, the table shows the day off.

Other dates in March 2026

Sun, Mar 15: Mothering Sunday (UK and Ireland)three weeks before Easter Sunday
Fri, Mar 20: Eid al-Fitr1 Shawwal, Umm al-Qura (computed); announced locally
Sat, Mar 21: Nowruz 1405Persian New Year, 1 Farvardin
Sun, Mar 29: Palm Sundaythe Sunday before Easter

Days that many people keep but that are not public holidays in our 17 sets, each from its fixed rule. Jewish dates begin at sunset the evening before; Islamic dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and are announced locally.

Clock changes and seasons

Sun, Mar 8: United States and Canada (most areas)clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 a.m., EST (UTC−5) → EDT (UTC−4)
Sun, Mar 29: United Kingdom and Irelandclocks go forward one hour at 1:00 a.m., GMT (UTC+0) → BST (UTC+1)
Sun, Mar 29: European Union (Central European Time)clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 a.m., CET (UTC+1) → CEST (UTC+2)
Fri, Mar 20: March equinox14:46 UTC

Clock changes from IANA tzdata as the rules stand today. Equinox and solstice times are the US Naval Observatory’s, in UTC.

Questions

How many weekdays are in March 2026?

22 weekdays (Monday to Friday) and 9 weekend days, out of 31 days. Public holidays are not subtracted, because they depend on the country; this month has 6 holiday dates in the countries we cover (see the table on this page).

What day does March 2026 start on?

March 2026 starts on Sunday, March 1, 2026 and ends on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The first working day is Mon, Mar 2 and the last is Tue, Mar 31.

What week numbers are in March 2026?

Under ISO 8601 (weeks from Monday) March 2026 spans weeks 9–14. The week number page explains the rule.

What is the day number of March 1, 2026?

March 1 is day 60 of 2026 and March 31 is day 90. In the YYDDD format often called a Julian date, the month runs from 26060 to 26090.

What holidays are in March 2026?

Labour Day (Mon, Mar 2: Australia: Western Australia); St Patrick's Day (Tue, Mar 17: UK: Northern Ireland); Saint Patrick's Day (Tue, Mar 17: Ireland); Vernal Equinox Day (Fri, Mar 20: Japan); Human Rights Day (Sat, Mar 21: South Africa); Hari Raya Puasa (Sat, Mar 21: Singapore).