September 2025 Printable Calendar – With Holidays

Labor Day: Monday, September 1, 2025

September 2025 opens with its only federal holiday. Labor Day is Monday the 1st, the first Monday of the month, and it closes federal offices, banks, and post offices on the very first weekday of the month. The date is set by rule rather than fixed, so it moves: the first Monday of September is the 1st this year, which is the earliest it can fall. When the holiday lands on the 1st, the month begins with a three-day weekend and the remaining four weeks run without interruption.

The Last Federal Holiday Until October 13

After Labor Day, the next federal date on the calendar is Columbus Day on Monday, October 13 — the second Monday of October. That creates a six-week stretch with no day off, which makes the Labor Day weekend the last real break before mid-autumn. Two consequences follow. First, anything you want to accomplish in September has to be scheduled inside a month with no interruptions, which is actually an advantage for deadline work. Second, if you want time off in late September or early October, you will be using personal leave, so decide the dates now rather than assuming a holiday will provide them.

What the Grid Contains

The month holds 30 days and begins on Monday the 1st. Four Saturdays (6, 13, 20, 27) and four Sundays (7, 14, 21, 28) produce eight weekend days. Of the 22 weekdays, one is the holiday, leaving 21 federal working days — a full complement compared with the short weeks that arrive in November and December. That is worth remembering when you allocate year-end work: September has more usable working time than any month in the fourth quarter.

Planning Around a First-Day Holiday

A holiday on the 1st is easy to forget, because most planning happens before the month begins and the first day is often treated as a soft start. Three habits help:

• Move month-end obligations earlier. Anything completed on the 1st in a normal month must be finished by Friday, August 29 instead.
• Expect the second week to carry the load. With a four-day first week, the 8th through the 12th becomes the month's first full working stretch; put the heaviest items there.
• Book the weekend deliberately. The 1st through the 3rd is a genuine three-day break, and it is the last unscheduled long weekend until Thanksgiving in November.

School, Work, and the Holiday's Dual Meaning

For schools, Labor Day marks the boundary between summer and term time, and many districts start classes in the days just before or after it. For employers, it closes out the summer schedule: reduced hours, Friday half-days, and vacation coverage all end with the 1st. If you manage a team, the practical task is to confirm which of those informal summer arrangements end on the holiday and which continue, because a coverage gap in the week of the 8th is the most common problem the first-day holiday creates.

Printing the Holidays Edition

The Labor Day date appears inside its cell in this layout, so the three-day weekend is visible without a separate list. The sheet prints on one page of A4 or US Letter paper in either color or black and white. Use the print button for an immediate copy, or download the PDF to print later, archive the month, or share it with a household or team working around the same Monday closure.