March 2026 at a glance
March 2026 has 31 days. It starts on a Sunday and ends on a Tuesday, with 22 weekdays and 9 weekend days (4 Saturdays and 5 Sundays). It covers ISO weeks 9 to 14, and days 60 to 90 of the year. The 13th is a Friday.
Week by week
Week 9 runs from Mon, Feb 23 to Sun, Mar 1; week 10 from Mon, Mar 2 to Sun, Mar 8; week 11 from Mon, Mar 9 to Sun, Mar 15; week 12 from Mon, Mar 16 to Sun, Mar 22; week 13 from Mon, Mar 23 to Sun, Mar 29; week 14 from Mon, Mar 30 to Sun, Apr 5. By the end of March, 90 days of 2026 have gone by (25%) and 275 remain. March is part of the first quarter (Q1), which has 61 working days in all.
Holidays in March 2026
There is no federal holiday in March 2026, so all 22 weekdays are working days. The next federal holiday is Memorial Day, on Monday, May 25.
Other dates to know: St. Patrick’s Day (Tuesday, March 17), Texas Independence Day in Texas (March 2), Seward’s Day in Alaska (March 30) and Cesar Chavez Day in California (March 31).
Moon, seasons and clocks
Moon phases in Eastern Time: full moon on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:38 AM, last quarter on Wednesday, March 11 at 5:39 AM, new moon on Wednesday, March 18 at 9:24 PM and first quarter on Wednesday, March 25 at 3:18 PM. The full moon of March 3 is traditionally called the Worm Moon. The March equinox falls on Friday, March 20 at 10:45 AM Eastern Time (14:45 UTC): spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere. Daylight saving time starts on Sunday, March 8: at 2:00 AM, clocks spring forward to 3:00 AM. In Europe, clocks go forward on Sunday, March 29. Total lunar eclipse, visible across North America before dawn, on Tuesday, March 3.
| Key date | Day |
|---|---|
| Texas Independence Day (Texas) | Mon, Mar 2 |
| Full moon (Worm Moon) | Tue, Mar 3 |
| Total lunar eclipse | Tue, Mar 3 |
| Daylight saving time starts (US) | Sun, Mar 8 |
| Last quarter | Wed, Mar 11 |
| Friday the 13th | Fri, Mar 13 |
| St. Patrick’s Day | Tue, Mar 17 |
| New moon | Wed, Mar 18 |
| March equinox | Fri, Mar 20 |
| First quarter | Wed, Mar 25 |
| Clocks go forward in Europe | Sun, Mar 29 |
| Seward’s Day (Alaska) | Mon, Mar 30 |
| Cesar Chavez Day (California) | Tue, Mar 31 |
About March
March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and was the first month of the year in the oldest Roman calendar. It brings the March equinox, when day and night are close to equal everywhere on Earth, and in the US it is the month the clocks spring forward.
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