Inauguration Day
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management explains that Inauguration Day is a legal holiday for qualifying federal employees in the Washington, DC area on 20 January every fourth year after 1965, with special work-schedule rules.
Date and recurrence
20 January every fourth year following a presidential election for the federal holiday rule; next such holiday after 2025 is 20 January 2029
The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is U.S. presidential inauguration and limited Washington-area federal holiday rule. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
- Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Sources
Frequently asked questions
When is Inauguration Day?
20 January every fourth year following a presidential election for the federal holiday rule; next such holiday after 2025 is 20 January 2029 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 20 January every fourth year following a presidential election for the federal holiday rule; next such holiday after 2025 is 20 January 2029.
Does Inauguration Day fall on the same date every year?
No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.
Is Inauguration Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: U.S. presidential inauguration and limited Washington-area federal holiday rule. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Inauguration Day?
The stored designation basis is: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management explains that Inauguration Day is a legal holiday for qualifying federal employees in the Washington, DC area on 20 January every fourth year after 1965, with special work-schedule rules.. Supporting provenance includes U.S. OPM — Federal holidays and Inauguration Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Inauguration Day international or country-specific?
This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: U.S. presidential inauguration and limited Washington-area federal holiday rule.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.