List Of March Movable Observances

2018 / Movable observances: 

A movable holiday means the date changes every year!

.......................................................................................................................................

• National Corndog Day (United States): March 17

First Thursday: March 1

• World Book Day (UK and Ireland)
• World Maths Day

School day closest to March 2: March 2

• Read Across America Day

First Friday: March 2

• Employee Appreciation Day (United States, Canada)

Second Saturday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 3

• Saturday of Souls

Fifth Sunday before Pascha and Second Sunday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 4

• Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

First Sunday: March 4

• Children's Day (New Zealand)

Second week: March 4–10

• Global Money Week

Week of March 8: March 4–10

• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week

First Monday: March 5

• Casimir Pulaski Day (United States)

First Tuesday: March 6

• Grandmother's Day (France)

Second Thursday: March 8

• World Kidney Day

Third Saturday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 10

• Saturday of Souls

Fourth Sunday before Pascha and third Sunday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 11

• Sunday of the Holy Cross

Fourth Sunday of Lent, 21 days before Easter Sunday in Western Christianity: March 11

• Laetare Sunday
• Mothering Sunday
• Pretzel Sunday (Luxembourg)

Monday closest to March 9, unless March 9 falls on a Saturday: March 12

• Baron Bliss Day (Belize)

Second Monday: March 12

• Canberra Day (Australia)
• Commonwealth Day (Commonwealth of Nations)

Second Wednesday: March 14

• Decoration Day (Liberia)
• No Smoking Day (United Kingdom)

Friday of the second full week of March: March 16

• World Sleep Day

Fourth Saturday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 17

• Saturday of Souls

Firth Sunday of Lent in Western Christianity: March 18

• Passion Sunday: March 18 (no longer officially celebrated by Roman Catholic church, still celebrated by other denominations)

Third Sunday before Pascha and Fourth Sunday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 18

• Sunday of St. John Climacus

Third week in March: 18–24

• National Poison Prevention Week (United States)

Third Monday: March 19

• Birthday of Benito Juarez (Mexico)

March equinox: March 20

• Chunfen (East Asia)
• Dísablót (some Asatru groups)
• Earth Equinox Day
• Equinox of the Gods/New Year (Thelema)
• Higan (Japan)
• International Astrology Day
• Mabon (Southern Hemisphere) (Neo-paganism)
• Ostara (Northern hemisphere) (Neo-paganism)
• Shunbun no Hi (Japan)
• Sigrblót (The Troth)
• Summer Finding (Asatru Free Assembly)
• Sun-Earth Day (United States)
• Vernal Equinox Day / Kōreisai (Japan)
• World Storytelling Day

Third Wednesday: March 21

• National Festival of Trees (Netherlands)

Fifth Saturday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 24

• Saturday of the Akathist

Last Saturday: March 24

• Earth Hour (International observance)

Fifth Sunday of Lent in Eastern Christianity: March 25

• Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Week before Easter in Western Christianity: March 25-31

• Holy Week
  • Palm Sunday: March 25
  • Holy Monday: March 26
  • Holy Tuesday: March 27
  • Holy Wednesday: March 28
  • Maundy Thursday: March 29
  • Good Friday: March 30
  • Holy Saturday: March 31

Fourth Monday: March 26

• Labour Day (Christmas Island, Australia)

Last Monday: March 26

• Seward's Day (Alaska, United States)

Fourth Tuesday: March 27

• American Diabetes Alert Day (United States)

Friday preceding Good Friday in Eastern Christianity: March 30

• Nabi Musa

Day before Palm Sunday in Eastern Christianity: March 31

• Lazarus Saturday
  • Lazareva Subota (Serbia)