Day Guide for Monday March 3rd 2025 What are the holidays on March 3rd 2025?

This is our day guide for Monday March 3rd 2025 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on March 3rd 2025

International: First Day of Ramadhan (in lieu)

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It is during this month that Muslims fast

International: Carnival Monday

The Carnival is an annual festival held in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the days before Ash Wednesday

International: Fasching

Carnivals are held in some German cities to celebrate and party before the start of Lent

International: Clean Monday

Also known as Ash Monday. Clean Monday begins the season of Great Lent in Eastern Orthodox Churches

Anguilla: James Ronald Webster Day (in lieu)

James Ronald Webster, known in Anguilla as the Father of the Nation, was born on 2 March 1926

Argentina: Carnival Monday

The Carnival is an annual festival in Argentina held on the days before Ash Wednesday.

Regional

Australia (regional): Labour Day

Western Australia. A public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day

Brazil: Carnival

The streets of Rio de Janeiro erupt with colour and noise as Carnival ushers in the Easter period.

British Virgin Islands: Hamilton Lavity Stoutt's Birthday

Honours Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, the first and longest serving Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands

Bulgaria: Liberation Day

March 3rd is Bulgaria's National Day. It honours the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the assistance of Russian and Romania.

East Timor: Veterans' Day

A day to honour those who took part in the resistance against Indonesian occupation and fought for independence

Georgia: Mother's Day

Mother's Day in Georgia has been a public holiday since 1991.

Guam: History and Chamorro Heritage Day

Celebrates the heritage of Guam on a date that commemorates Ferdinand Magellan's landing on Guam in 1521

Not a Public Holiday

International: Orthodox Lent

Great Lent marks the start of the Easter cycle in the Orthodox Christian Church

Malawi: Martyrs Day

Honors the political heroes who gave their lives in the struggle against British colonialism

Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar Holiday

Mongol New Year is celebrated over the first three days of the lunar year

Puerto Rico: American Citizenship day (in lieu)

On March 2nd 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting U.S. citizenship to residents of Puerto Rico

Not a Public Holiday

Trinidad and Tobago: Carnival Monday

Carnival takes place in Trinidad and Tobago on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday

Observances on March 3rd 2025

Germany: Fasching

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Fasching.

USA: National Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day)

Celebrated on the birthday of the beloved children's author, Dr Seuss. If March 2nd falls on a weekend, the day is observed on the nearest school day.

USA: Casimir Pulaski Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Casimir Pulaski Day

International: Mulled Wine Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Mulled Wine Day

USA: National Anthem Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Anthem Day

USA: National Cold Cuts Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Cold Cuts Day

USA: National I Want You to be Happy Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National I Want You to be Happy Day

United Nations: World Wildlife Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Wildlife Day

USA: Simplify-Your-Life Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Simplify-Your-Life Day.

International: World Hearing Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Hearing Day.

United Kingdom: British Pie Week

Be ‘pie-curious’! Find out the dates, history and traditions of British Pie Week.

International: Orthodox Lent

Great Lent marks the start of the Easter cycle in the Orthodox Christian Church

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General Information for March 3rd 2025
There are 18 public holidays today.
Day 62 of 2025
303 days left in 2025
Week 10 of the year
On this Day in History
1943 - Over 170 people die in a terrifying crush as panic spreads through the crowds of people trying to enter Bethnal Green Station's bomb shelter in the East End of London. It was the deadliest civilian incident of World War II.
1875 - The first organised indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada, as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
1461 - The Duke of York is officially proclaimed King Edward IV as a result of The First War of the Roses.
Every year - The Japanese festival of Hina-Matsuri is held.