Month at a Glance
March is the month that finally admits winter is losing. Spring shows up on the 20th or 21st, Women's History Month runs the full 31 days, and St. Patrick's Day turns entire city blocks green for a Tuesday afternoon. It's also the start of the NCAA basketball tournament, the real US sporting holiday nobody put on the calendar but everyone treats like they did.
2026 Calendar
Every day in March
Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)
Hinamatsuri or "Girl's Day" (Japan)
St Casimir's Day (Poland and Lithuania)
Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)
European Day of the Righteous, commemorates those who have stood up against crimes against humanity and totalitarianism with their own moral responsibility. (Europe)
Maritime Day in Slovenia
International Women's Day, and its related observances: International Women's Collaboration Brew Day
Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)
Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America)
Day of Restoration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)
Arbor Day (China)
Kasuga Matsuri (Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan)
Constitution Day (Andorra)
Ancient Roman religious observance: Ides of March
Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)
Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
Christian Observances: Alkmund of Derby
Great American MeatOut (United States)
Arbor Day (Lesotho)
Bihar Day (Bihar, India)
Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland)
Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina)
Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)
Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh), celebrates the declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
Land Day (Palestine)
Cesar Chavez Day (California, Washington (state))