Month at a Glance
August is the month summer won't let go of. Schools start reopening toward the end, the Perseid meteor shower puts on its annual light show around the 12th, and the phrase 'dog days' actually refers to this stretch of the calendar because of Sirius, not the heat. It's also the quietest month on the US federal calendar — no major national holidays, which is part of what makes it feel so long.
2026 Calendar
Every day in August
Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
Coast Guard Day (United States)
Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)
Christian Feast Day: Athracht
Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.
Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
Engineer's Day (Colombia)
Arbor Day (Pakistan)
Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21)
Christian Feast Day: Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
Flag Day (Liberia)
Day of Songun (North Korea)
Herero Day (Namibia)
Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)