October 2025 Printable Calendar – With Holidays

Columbus Day Lands on Monday the 13th

October 2025 contains a single federal holiday: Columbus Day, observed on Monday, October 13, the second Monday of the month. It is one of five 2025 federal holidays fixed to a Monday, and its mid-month position means both the week before it and the week after it run at full strength. Federal offices, banks, and post offices close on the 13th, and because the closure opens a week rather than interrupting one, the four days that follow — Tuesday the 14th through Friday the 17th — carry that week on their own.

What the Month Contains

October 2025 runs 31 days from Wednesday the 1st to Friday the 31st. It has 23 weekdays and eight weekend days — four Saturdays (4, 11, 18, 25) and four Sundays (5, 12, 19, 26). Removing Columbus Day leaves 22 federal working days, level with December for the highest total of the fourth quarter and four more than November. Three complete Monday-to-Friday weeks — those beginning the 6th, the 20th, and the 27th — are untouched by the holiday.

Observing the Day, and Planning Around It

Columbus Day is marked differently across the country: some states and cities observe it as Indigenous Peoples' Day, and a few do not treat it as a state holiday at all. School calendars follow suit, so a local district may or may not have the day off even though federal offices do. For anyone planning a break, the Monday placement makes it the easiest long weekend of the fall — three days with no leave required and no disruption to the weeks on either side.

How the Month Closes

Halloween falls on Friday the 31st, the last working day of the month. It is followed two days later by the end of daylight saving time: clocks move back one hour on Sunday, November 2, and evenings get dark noticeably earlier from that point. Halloween is a low-coordination day for most workplaces, so anything needing a decision from another team is better handled by Wednesday the 29th. Candy, costume, and event shopping peaks in the final ten days, and school parties generally fall on the 30th or the 31st.

Why the Quarter's Real Work Happens Now

With 22 working days and only one closure, October is where fourth-quarter work actually gets done. November drops to 18 working days and December loses Christmas mid-week, so anything that must be finished before the year ends needs to be substantially complete by the end of this month. The weeks beginning the 6th and the 20th are the two best candidates for that push; the 27th closes the month but runs straight into Halloween and the time change. Budget planning for the following year also begins in October, and the two full weeks are enough to draft it before November's shortened calendar arrives.

Printing the Holiday Version

All 31 days occupy one side of letter or A4 paper, and Halloween on the 31st stays clear in monochrome. Marking Columbus Day on the 13th and Halloween on the 31st frames the month with its two fixed points before anything else is written in. Use the print button for an immediate copy, or download the PDF if you would rather print later or share the same grid with a team working toward the end of the year.