September 2026 Calendar
A little planning can make a big impact. Our September 2026 briefing includes a printable calendar of popular holidays and occasions, consumer insights, and marketing resources to get you on your way.
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September 2026 Holidays & Observances
| Baby Safety Month | #BSM #BabySafetyMonth | |||
| National Suicide Prevention Month | #SuicideIsPreventable #800273TALK #LetItOut | |||
| 1 | Tu | National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day | #NoRhymeNoReasonDay | |
| National College Colors Day | #CollegeColorsDay | |||
| 2 | W | |||
| 3 | Th | U.S. Bowling League Day | #BowlingLeagueDay | |
| 4 | F | National Wildlife Day | #WildLifeDay | |
| World Sexual Health Day | #SexualHealthDay | |||
| 5 | Sa | 🌎 | International Day of Charity | #InternationalDayofCharity |
| World Beard Day | #WorldBeardDay | |||
| 6 | Su | National Read a Book Day | #ReadABookDay | |
| Krishna Janmashtami (also known as Jayanti) - Hindu | #krishnajanmashtami #krishna #radhakrishna | |||
| 7 | M | 🌎 | International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies | #OzoneDay #Ozone #WorldOzoneDay |
| 🇺🇸 | Labor Day | #LaborDay | ||
| National Beer Lovers Day | #NationalBeerLoversDay #BeerLoversDay | |||
| 8 | Tu | 🌎 | International Literacy Day | #InternationalLiteracyDay #LiteracyDay |
| 9 | W | 🌎 | International Day to Protect Education from Attack | #Safe4Learning |
| National Sudoku Day | #Sudoku #SudokuDay | |||
| 10 | Th | World Suicide Prevention Day | #WSPSD #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #SuicidePrevention | |
| 11 | F | Patriot Day | #911Day | |
| Stand Up to Cancer Day | #StandUptoCancer | |||
| Rosh Hashanah - Jewish (Sept 11 - 13) | #RoshHashanah #RoshHashana | |||
| Navaratri - Hindu (Sept 22 - Oct 2) | #navaratri | |||
| 12 | Sa | 🌎 | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation | #SouthSouthCooperation |
| National Video Games Day | #VideoGamesDay | |||
| National Day of Encouragement | #NationalDayofEncouragement | |||
| 13 | Su | National Celiac Disease Awareness Day | #NationalCeliacAwarenessDay | |
| National Assisted Living Week (Sept 13-19) | #NALW | |||
| National Grandparents Day | #GrandparentsDay #DoSomethingGrand #TakeAGrandie | |||
| 14 | M | |||
| 15 | Tu | 🌎 | International Day of Democracy | #DemocracyDay #Democracy |
| First Day of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15) | #HispanicHeritageMonth #NHHM | |||
| 16 | W | 🌎 | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | #WorldOzoneDay |
| National Working Parents Day | #NationalWorkingParentsDay | |||
| 17 | Th | 🌎 | World Patient Safety Day | #WorldPatientSafetyDay #PatientSafetyDay |
| Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | #NewUSCitizen #ConstitutionDay #CitizenshipDay | |||
| 18 | F | 🌎 | International Equal Pay Day | #EqualPayDay |
| National Day of Civic Hacking | #NationalDayofCivicHacking | |||
| 19 | Sa | Talk Like a Pirate Day | #TalkLikeAPirateDay | |
| Oktoberfest (Sept 19 - Oct 4) | #Oktoberfest | |||
| National Dance Day | #NationalDanceDay | |||
| Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu | #GaneshChaturthi #Ganesh |
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| 20 | Su | Wife Appreciation Day | #WifeAppreciationDay | |
| 21 | M | 🌎 | International Day of Peace | #DayofPeace |
| Miniature Golf Day | #MiniatureGolfDay | |||
| 22 | Tu | Autumnal Equinox | #AutumnEquinox | |
| National Voter Registration Day | #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #RegisterToVote | |||
| Car-Free Day | #CarFreeDay #WorldCarFreeDay | |||
| Hobbit Day | #HobbitDay | |||
| 23 | W | 🌎 | International Day of Sign Languages | #SignLanguagesDay |
| Bi Visibility Day | #BisexualityDay #BiVisibilityDay #BiDay | |||
| 24 | Th | 🌎 | World Maritime Day | |
| 25 | F | National Cooking Day | #CookingDay #NationalCookingDay | |
| Sukkot- Jewish (Sept 25 - Oct 2) | #Sukkot | |||
| 26 | Sa | 🌎 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | #NuclearWeaponFree #NukesAgainstHumanity #YouthAgainstNukes #NukeFreeFuture |
| European Day of Languages | #EuropeanDayofLanguages | |||
| National Hunting and Fishing Day | #NationalHuntingAndFishingDay #HuntingAndFishingDay |
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| National Public Lands Day | #NPSVolunteer #FindYourPark #NPLD | |||
| 27 | Su | 🌎 | World Tourism Day | #WTD2020 |
| Mawlid al-Nabi (also known as Milad al-Nabi) - Islamic (Sunni) | #mawlidalnabi | |||
| 28 | M | 🌎 | International Day for Universal Access to Information | #AccessToInfoDay |
| National Good Neighbor Day | #GoodNeighborDay | |||
| World Rabies Day | #WorldRabiesDay | |||
| 29 | Tu | 🌎 | International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste | #IDAFLW |
| World Heart Day | #WorldHeartDay | |||
| 30 | W | 🌎 | International Translation Day | #InternationalTranslationDay #TranslationDay |
| International Podcast Day | #InternationalPodcastDay | |||
| National Women’s Health and Fitness Day | #WomensHealthFitnessDay | |||
| 🇺🇸 | United States Federal Holiday | |||
| 🌎 | United Nations Observance |
About September
September is the 9th month of the year and the 1st month of fall. Leaves turn color, acorns drop, the days get cooler and shorter. It’s magically sweater weather.
Top Consumer Spending Events
Back to College and Back to School shopping wind down on Labor Day weekend. These two top consumer spending events come in 2nd and 3rd on the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) list of top annual consumer spending events, right after the winter holidays.
Once September 1st rolls around, we see that plans for celebrating Halloween begin ramping steadily up. Halloween comes in 10th on NRF’s list.
View the planners below for insights and resources:
Back to College
2nd largest consumer spending event of the year //Every summer, college-bound students start preparing for their return to class. Shopping for essentials begins gaining momentum after the 4th of July and runs through Labor Day with electronics and computer related...
Back to School
3rd largest consumer spending event of the year //Ramping up in July and running through Labor Day weekend, Back to School is now nearly a 3-month season of families and students shopping for everything from pencils and three-ring binders, to new shoes, fall clothing,...
Halloween
9th largest consumer spending event of the year //Halloween brings out the kid in all of us with an opportunity to disguise ourselves in costumes and indulge in sweet treats. Each year manufacturers, retailers, and consumers find bigger and better ways to get in the...
September Symbology
Playing off September symbology is a great way to offer personalized birthday gifts.
- September’s birthstone is the sapphire.
- Its birth flowers are the forget-me-not, morning glory, and aster.
- The zodiac signs for the month of September are Virgo (maiden) until September 21 and Libra (scales) September 22 onwards.
Printable September 2026 Calendar with Holidays
Click to download and print a PDF of the September calendar with all holidays and occasions listed above.
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Regarding the Holidays and Occasions We Have Chosen
Our goal in creation of these calendars is to make marketing planning easier. So, in order to keep things simple we have chosen to focus on the top 12 consumer spending events as identified by the National Retail Federation; U.S. Federal Holidays; significant religious, ethnic, and cultural holidays that represent the diversity of the U.S. population as identified by ADL; and popular hashtag holidays that provide an opportunity for a natural business tie-in.
If you are interested in finding more occasions to commemorate here are a few resources:
- National Day Calendar tracks nearly 1500 national days, weeks, and months
- National Today has a search function to find days that align with your brand and category
Note that Bahá’í, Jewish, and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the previous day and end at sundown on the date listed.
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