
U.S. Virgin Islands's national holiday schedule, tracked live below — see which dates recently passed and which are still ahead. U.S. Virgin Islands observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Transfer Day). Not every holiday lands on the same date annually — fixed-date national days repeat exactly, while Easter-based, Islamic-calendar or lunar observances move each year, which the calendar reflects with each year's specific date rather than guessing a repeat. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in U.S. Virgin Islands directly affect office schedules, customs clearance and warehouse operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for market research teams tracking regional business cycles working with partners, offices or operations in U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Live public holiday calendar for U.S. Virgin Islands, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in U.S. Virgin Islands. These fixed dates reflect official non-working days. For dynamic, movable religious observances (e.g., Eid, Easter), refer to the live calendar embed above.
⚠ These entries are sourced from U.S. Virgin Islands's official government portal but have not yet been individually cross-checked against a specific confirming page — treat the dates below as a helpful starting point, not a final confirmed record.
| Holiday Name | Date / Observance | Category / Type | Closure Impact | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Day Commemorates the transfer of the islands from Denmark to the United States in 1917. | March 31 | Territorial Holiday | Territorial Govt Closure | www.vi.gov → |
Public holidays generally split into two kinds: fixed-date ones that land on the same calendar day every year — a founding or independence anniversary, for instance — and movable ones whose date shifts annually because they follow a different calendar system entirely. U.S. Virgin Islands's calendar can include holidays governed by an Easter-based calculation, the Hijri lunar calendar used for Islamic observances, or a lunisolar calendar — each running independently of the standard Gregorian civic calendar. U.S. Virgin Islands, like much of North America, likely carries at least one holiday from each category on its calendar — one reason the list above shows a specific date per year instead of a single recurring one.
Under U.S. Virgin Islands's labor law, fixed-date national public holidays carry mandatory non-working status for public administration, financial institutions, and commercial enterprises — 1 such holiday is documented for U.S. Virgin Islands in the table above, currently sourced from U.S. Virgin Islands's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Transfer Day on March 31. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
Worth separating, too: a true public holiday is a legally mandated non-working day — banks, schools and government offices close by law or long-standing custom. An observance is different — culturally or religiously notable, but without a mandated closure (Valentine's Day and Earth Day are common examples worldwide). This page focuses specifically on public holidays, the ones that actually affect scheduling.
U.S. Virgin Islands is also divided into states and provinces, and countries structured this way often layer a regional founding day, a local patron festival or a province-specific holiday on top of the national calendar — observed in one state but not nationwide. The calendar above covers U.S. Virgin Islands's national holidays; see the U.S. Virgin Islands states & provinces directory for population and government data on each one.
| 📊 Quick Facts | |
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| 👥 Population Rank | #204 of 249 |
| 📏 Area World Rank | #209 |
| 🏙️ Population Density | 244.8 / km² |
| 🌊 Land / Water Split | -344.3% / 444.3% |