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Printable calendar · October 2026

October 2026 calendar

October 2026 fills five week rows, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Saturday. This page prints the month at the honest size of your paper — Letter or A4 — with Columbus Day marked in its cell on Monday the 12th. Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, which the sheet lists below the grid rather than marking inside it.

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Holidays in October 2026

Every date in the list below is computed against October 2026's real weekdays from the federal holiday rules — nothing is carried over from a previous year's table. Entries flagged federal are also marked inside their grid cell; observances, Halloween among them, appear in this list only, leaving the printed cells uncluttered. October keeps the rules simple this year: one federal date, landing on a Monday, so no observed-day substitution applies.

How this October 2026 page works

October is the month the year's second half becomes real. Thirty-one days, a Thursday opening, and a Halloween that falls on a Saturday — which is the detail most households want settled early, because a weekend Halloween changes what the last week of the month looks like. The grid runs five week rows, so the sheet stays the same height as September's despite the extra day. The coloring-top layout compresses the grid into the lower part of the page and opens a blank framed panel above it, which in October tends to get used for exactly what you would expect.

The sheet in the preview is the sheet that leaves the printer. It is drawn as SVG whose units are real millimeters, and when the print dialog opens, the page declares the exact dimensions of Letter or A4 stock — the browser then acts as its own PDF generator, laying the grid onto a surface whose size it knows precisely. Nothing here is transcribed. The code asks which weekday opens the month — a Thursday — counts out 31 days, and places each in turn, wrapping five week rows deep. Columbus Day appears in its cell because the second-Monday rule resolved to the 12th.

Know what the sheet leaves out. There are no week numbers along the edge and no lunar phases in the corners — additions that suit some planners and clutter others. Non-federal observances, Halloween among them, are listed below the sheet for reference but never marked inside the cells; the grid reserves its ink for the federal set, and a marked cell on the 31st would say something about the day that the federal list does not. If your week runs Monday to Sunday, the Monday-start option rebuilds the grid — still five rows for this month either way.

Frequently asked questions

What day of the week is Halloween in 2026?
Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday, October 31, the last day of the month. It is not a federal holiday, so it is listed below the sheet rather than marked inside its cell — the grid reserves its marks for the federal set. A Saturday Halloween also means the date sits in the final column of the last week row on a Sunday-start grid, which is worth knowing if you are pencilling plans into the surrounding cells.
What day of the week is Columbus Day in 2026?
Columbus Day 2026 falls on Monday, October 12, and it is the only federal holiday in the month. The rule is the second Monday in October, so the date moves each year and is computed here rather than looked up. Because it already lands on a Monday, the observed date is the same day and no substitution applies. Some states and employers observe the day under a different name or not at all; the sheet marks the federal date.
What day does October 2026 start on?
October 1, 2026 is a Thursday, and the month ends on Saturday, October 31. That shape gives five week rows whether the week begins on Sunday or Monday, so the grid is the same height under either layout. Thirty-one days across five rows means the final row is fully populated on a Sunday-start grid, which leaves less trailing white space at the foot of the sheet than a shorter month.
Is there an October 2026 calendar kids can color?
Yes. The coloring-top layout moves the date grid into the lower portion of the page and leaves a blank framed panel above it, sized for a drawing rather than a photograph. The same computed dates fill the cells, so the sheet remains usable as a calendar once it has been coloured. It prints in outline only, which keeps ink use low and leaves the panel genuinely blank rather than tinted.
Will the October 2026 calendar print at the right size on A4?
It is drawn in real millimeters and the page declares the stock size to the print dialog, so choosing A4 lays the grid onto A4 rather than scaling a Letter-shaped drawing down to fit. The one setting that matters is scale: leave it at 100 percent, and turn off any fit-to-page option your printer driver adds. The optional millimeter rules along the edge give you a way to check the result against a ruler.

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