Columbus Day, which falls on Oct. 13, is a federal holiday. Here's the US holiday calendar through the end of the year.

Columbus Day is Monday, Oct. 13. The Uniform Holiday Bill, signed by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, established Columbus Day and mandated that it would always be commemorated on the second Monday of October. Columbus Day is one of the 12 federal holidays of 2025.

Federal Holidays often fall on Monday. If a holiday is on Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Inauguration Day (Jan 20) is Monday, 2025, for DC Federal employees.

The stock market will be open on for Columbus Day, on Monday Oct. 13. The stock market will open for trading at 9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving, on Nov. 27, is the next time the NYSE markets' will close for a holiday. It will also be closed on Christmas Day.

Columbus Day, which this year falls on Monday, Oct. 13, is a federal holiday but not an official California holiday. Since 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a yearly proclamation recognizing the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but it is not on the calendar of holidays for which state employees get paid time off.

Federal holidays in the US are governed by law, ensuring public and paid leave for non-essential federal employees. But what happens when a holiday lands on a Saturday?

Columbus Day increasingly shares the calendar date with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which cities including Columbus and Akron now celebrate. President Joe Biden became the first president to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021, though it has not been designated as a federal holiday.