Holidays in March 2027: A Family Calendar of March Holidays and Fun Days

The main holidays in March 2027 are daylight saving time (March 14), St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), the first day of spring (March 20), Purim and Holi (March 23) and Easter (March 28), plus Women’s History Month all month long.

Planning around the holidays in March? March 2027 starts quietly and ends with a rush: a time change, a midweek St. Patrick’s Day, the spring equinox, and then Purim, Holi, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter, all in the last eleven days.

We verified every 2027 date against official or reliable sources in November 2026 and calculated each day of the week. Below you will find a day by day calendar, one kid activity for each holiday, tips for the daylight saving time switch, spring break planning notes and a printable month at a glance.

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Holidays in March 2027 at a Glance

Dates checked in November 2026 against NIST, the U.S. Naval Observatory, Hebcal, the Government of India’s 2027 holiday list, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Library of Congress. Days of the week were calculated, not copied. Holidays set by the moon can shift by a day, so confirm with your community.

March 2027 begins on a Monday and ends on Wednesday, March 31. Unusually, Easter falls in March this year, so the whole Holy Week, plus Purim, Holi and the start of spring, land in the last eleven days of the month.

March 2027 Calendar, Day by Day

Here is every date we could verify for March 2027, with the type of day and one easy family idea. “Religious” and “cultural” days are not federal holidays, so school and work usually go on as normal unless your district says otherwise.

About “national days”: online lists promise a fun holiday for every date in March. Most of those “national days” are unofficial, created by companies, groups or individuals, and very few were ever proclaimed by Congress or the President. We left out any day we could not trace to a clear organizer.

Daylight Saving Time 2027: Spring Forward on March 14

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March, which in 2027 is Sunday, March 14. Clocks jump ahead one hour, so that night is an hour shorter. The current rules come from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and took effect in 2007. DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or most of Arizona (the Navajo Nation in Arizona does observe it).

For families with babies and toddlers, this is the March date that matters most, because an hour change can throw off naps and bedtime for days. Simple ways to soften it:

• Start early: about four days before March 14, move bedtime and wake time about 15 minutes earlier each day.
• Use light: open the curtains first thing in the morning, and keep evening light low as bedtime approaches, since it will be brighter outside at bedtime after the change.
• Keep the routine the same, even if the clock says something new.
• Give it a week: expect a few off days, and keep naps and meals on the new clock time.

Our full daylight saving time and baby sleep guide has sample schedules for babies and toddlers.

St. Patrick’s Day and Irish-American Heritage Month

St. Patrick’s Day is Wednesday, March 17, 2027. The U.S. Census Bureau notes that it began as a religious holiday honoring St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century, and that the world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in New York City on March 17, 1762. Congress designated March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1991, and the president issues a proclamation each year.

It is a big day in the U.S. for a reason: the Census Bureau reports that 32.4 million U.S. residents, or 9.5% of the population, claimed Irish ancestry in 2024.

• Green scavenger hunt: give kids a paper bag and five minutes to find ten green things around the house.
• Rainbow and shamrock art: make a rainbow with salt painting or stamp shamrocks with a bell pepper cut in half.
• Family roots: if you have Irish heritage, look at old photos or a map of Ireland together. Expecting a baby? Browse our Irish girl names for ideas.
• Parade at home: toddlers love a kitchen parade with pots, spoons and a green scarf.

March Holidays for Kids: One Activity for Each

These activities need few supplies and work for preschoolers through early grade school. Pick one or two per week, not all of them.

On chilly or rainy March days, our indoor activities for kids fill an afternoon, and our science experiments for kids pair perfectly with the start of spring.

First Day of Spring: The March Equinox

The U.S. Naval Observatory puts the 2027 March equinox on Saturday, March 20, at 20:25 Universal Time, which is 4:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. That moment marks the start of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and it falls on a Saturday, so it is an easy day to celebrate.

• Plant something: bean or sunflower seeds in a clear cup let kids see roots grow day by day.
• Spring walk: look for buds, birds and puddles, then draw what you found.
• Outdoor play: dust off the yard games: our outdoor games for kids and backyard games lists are ready for the first warm afternoon.
• Shadow check: compare your child’s shadow at noon on March 20 with a photo from February. Is it shorter?

Easter, Holy Week, Purim and Holi in March 2027

The last eleven days of March 2027 hold several of the year’s major religious holidays. Here is what each one is and when it falls.

• Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter: the U.S. Naval Observatory’s list of 2027 Christian observances gives Palm Sunday on March 21, Good Friday on March 26 and Easter on March 28. Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday in February (see our February holidays calendar), ends with this Holy Week.
• Purim: Hebcal lists Purim for Hebrew year 5787 as beginning at sundown on Monday, March 22, 2027, and ending at nightfall on Tuesday, March 23. Purim commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Haman’s plot, as told in the Book of Esther, and is marked with public readings of the Megillah, gifts of food, charity for the poor and a festive meal.
• Holi: the Government of India’s 2027 holiday list sets Holi on Tuesday, March 23, with Holika Dahan the evening before, on Monday, March 22. Community celebrations in the U.S. may be scheduled on a nearby weekend, so check local listings.
• Eid al-Fitr: Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan. India’s 2027 list uses Wednesday, March 10, and notes that the date can change depending on the sighting of the moon, so the day your community celebrates may differ by a day.

For an Easter week movie night, see our Easter movies for kids. For toddlers on an egg hunt, use larger plastic eggs filled with stickers instead of candy or small toys, and keep the hunt to a small, fenced area.

Women’s History Month at Home and in the Classroom

March is Women’s History Month. The official website is hosted by the Library of Congress, with the National Archives, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum joining in. It is a free place to explore photographs, letters and documents with older kids.

• Family interview: help your child ask a grandmother, aunt or family friend three questions: What was school like? What job did you dream of? What are you proud of?
• Library challenge: borrow one picture book biography of a woman each week of March.
• Classroom wall: each child adds one woman they admire, from history or their own life, with a drawing.
• Make it local: many communities have a woman who started a school, library or business. Ask your librarian.

Spring Break Planning and Around the World

Spring break dates are set by each school district, and some tie the break to Easter while others do not, so look up your district’s calendar before you book anything. With Easter on March 28, 2027, some families will find spring break in late March and others in April.

March holidays look different around the globe. A few verified highlights for 2027:

• India and Hindu communities worldwide: Maha Shivratri on March 6 and Holi on March 23 are on India’s 2027 central government holiday lists.
• Muslim communities worldwide: Eid al-Fitr, expected on or around March 10, ends the month of Ramadan, which began in February.
• Jewish communities worldwide: Purim begins at sundown on March 22.
• Ireland and Irish communities: St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, with parades in many cities.
• Christian communities worldwide: Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday, March 21, to Easter, March 28.

Traveling over spring break with a little one? Keep naps and bedtime as close to home as you can, and remember that the time change on March 14 may already have shifted your child’s schedule. On the road, a few jokes for kids make long drives go faster.

March 2027 Month at a Glance (Printable Summary)

Print this page or copy this list onto the fridge:

• All month: Women’s History Month and Irish-American Heritage Month.
• Week 1 (Mar. 1 to 7): Maha Shivratri (Sat., Mar. 6).
• Week 2 (Mar. 8 to 14): Eid al-Fitr expected (on or around Wed., Mar. 10); daylight saving time begins (Sun., Mar. 14, 2:00 a.m.).
• Week 3 (Mar. 15 to 21): St. Patrick’s Day (Wed., Mar. 17); March equinox and first day of spring (Sat., Mar. 20); Palm Sunday (Sun., Mar. 21).
• Week 4 (Mar. 22 to 28): Holika Dahan and the start of Purim at sundown (Mon., Mar. 22); Holi and Purim (Tue., Mar. 23); Good Friday (Fri., Mar. 26); Easter (Sun., Mar. 28).
• Mar. 29 to 31: no major holidays: a good time to rest after a busy week.

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The Bottom Line

March 2027 is one of the busiest months of the year for families: the clocks spring forward on March 14, St. Patrick’s Day lands midweek, spring starts on a Saturday, and Purim, Holi, Holy Week and Easter all fall in the final stretch. Start shifting your child’s sleep a few days before the time change, pick the celebrations that matter to your family, and keep the activities small and fun.

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