Nth Weekday of the Month Calculator
Many holidays and recurring events are defined as "the Nth weekday of a given month" — US Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday of November, Labor Day is the 1st Monday of September, Memorial Day is the last Monday of May, and monthly US stock options usually expire on the 3rd Friday. Pick a year, month, weekday and occurrence (including "Last") and the tool returns the exact Gregorian date plus every same-weekday date in that month.
Enter a year between 1 and 9999.
Resolved date
Monday, 4 May 2026
1st Monday of May 2026
All Mondays this month
- #1 4
- #2 11
- #3 18
- #4 25
Common examples: US Thanksgiving = 4th Thursday of November; US Memorial Day = last Monday of May.
Formula
1st occurrence: firstDay = 1 + ((targetWd − weekdayOf(year, month, 1) + 7) mod 7) Nth occurrence: day = firstDay + 7 × (N − 1); does not exist if day > daysInMonth Last: lastDay = firstDay + 7 × ⌊(daysInMonth − firstDay) ÷ 7⌋
- · Uses the proleptic Gregorian calendar, valid years 1–9999, with full leap-year handling (e.g. 29 Feb 2024 resolves as the last Thursday of February 2024).
- · A month can have at most five of any given weekday; if it only has four, asking for the "5th" returns a no-such-date error — switch to "Last" instead.
- · Many US federal holidays follow this pattern: Labor Day = 1st Monday of September (5 USC §6103); Thanksgiving = 4th Thursday of November; Memorial Day = last Monday of May; Martin Luther King Jr. Day = 3rd Monday of January.
- · Standard equity options in the US and UK expire on the 3rd Friday of each month; the same template is widely used for recurring meetings, payroll cycles and community events.
- · Output is a plain Gregorian (ISO 8601) date — no timezone shift is applied, so it matches the local civil date directly.
Frequently asked
Why does asking for the "5th" sometimes say no such date?
A 30- or 31-day month can contain at most five of any one weekday, but only when that weekday falls on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd of the month (so the span is ≤ 28 + 3 = 31 days). February has at most four of any weekday (except in a leap year when Feb 1 is the target weekday). April, June, September and November have only 30 days, so only some weekdays appear 5 times. If you always want the final occurrence, pick "Last" — it gracefully resolves to the 4th when no 5th exists.
Can I use this to look up US or UK federal holidays?
Yes — for any holiday defined as "Nth weekday of month". US examples: Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November), Labor Day (1st Monday of September), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January), Presidents' Day (3rd Monday of February), Memorial Day (last Monday of May). Canada's Thanksgiving is the 2nd Monday of October. UK bank holidays include May Day (1st Monday of May) and Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday of May). It does not cover religious/astronomical holidays (Easter, Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn) or fixed-date ones (Christmas, New Year).
When are "4th weekday" and "Last weekday" the same date?
Whenever that weekday only occurs four times in the month — i.e. the remaining days at month-end are fewer than seven. In a 31-day month roughly 4 out of 7 weekdays appear only four times; in a 30-day month it's about 5 out of 7. US Thanksgiving 2026 is a textbook case: it's the 4th Thursday of November and simultaneously the last Thursday (Nov 26 — November 2026 has only four Thursdays: 5, 12, 19, 26). The tool flags such results with a "Last of the month" badge next to the date.
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