National Days This Week, Nov. 23-29, 2026: Thanksgiving and 11 More

Twelve observances fall between Monday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 29, 2026, and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 26 shares its date with two others. Each is set by a United Nations (UN) resolution, U.S. law or an organizer, read from that body’s own page on Nov. 9, 2026. A planner for the week follows the table.

Only days with an official setter are listed. Commercial “national food days” are left out, and so are Bahá’í Day of the Covenant and Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá (their 2026 dates are not on an official page we could read), National Day of Listening and Buy Nothing Day (no organizer date). Black Friday (Nov. 27) and Cyber Monday (Nov. 30) are retail dates, not observances; see what is open on Black Friday.

Observances by day, Nov. 23-29, 2026

Date	Weekday	Observance	Set by	Our story
Nov. 23	Monday	None found
Nov. 24	Tuesday	World Conjoined Twins Day	General Assembly resolution 78/313
Nov. 24	Tuesday	Guru Nanak Gurpurab (Guru Nanak Jayanti)	Kartik full moon (Purnima)	Guru Nanak Jayanti 2026
Nov. 25	Wednesday	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	General Assembly resolution 54/134	Nov. 25 and the 16 Days
Nov. 25	Wednesday	16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence starts (to Dec. 10)	UN Women	Nov. 25 and the 16 Days
Nov. 26	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day	Federal holiday, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)	Why Thanksgiving is Nov. 26
Nov. 26	Thursday	World Sustainable Transport Day	General Assembly resolution 77/286
Nov. 26	Thursday	National Day of Mourning	United American Indians of New England (UAINE)	National Day of Mourning 2026
Nov. 27	Friday	Native American Heritage Day	Public Law 111-33	Native American Heritage Day 2026
Nov. 27	Friday	International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage	General Assembly resolution 80/309
Nov. 28	Saturday	Small Business Saturday	U.S. Small Business Administration	Small Business Saturday 2026
Nov. 29	Sunday	First Sunday of Advent	Liturgy Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales	When Advent starts in 2026
Nov. 29	Sunday	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	General Assembly resolution 32/40B

We found no official observance for Monday, Nov. 23 on the UN list or from the bodies above.

Tuesday and Wednesday: conjoined twins and violence against women

The UN list shows World Conjoined Twins Day on 24 Nov, under General Assembly resolution 78/313. Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also called Guru Nanak Jayanti, falls on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026 and follows the Kartik full moon (Purnima), as our Guru Nanak Jayanti story explains. No official Sikh body page could be read, and local gurdwaras may mark it on a different day.

The UN lists the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November under resolution 54/134. Its page still shows the 2025 theme, so we print no 2026 theme from it. UN Women says: “From 25 November to 10 December 2026, mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence under the theme: “UNiTE to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Ensure justice, protect survivors, end impunity.”” Our 16 Days story has more.

Thursday, Nov. 26: Thanksgiving, transport and mourning

OPM’s federal holiday list shows “Thursday, November 26” as Thanksgiving Day; the Thanksgiving date story explains why. The UN lists World Sustainable Transport Day on 26 Nov under resolution 77/286.

UAINE, the organizer of the National Day of Mourning, gives “Thursday, November 26, 2026” at “12:00 Noon” at “Cole’s Hill (above Plymouth Rock), Plymouth, Massachusetts”. See National Day of Mourning 2026.

Friday to Sunday: heritage, small business and Advent

Public Law 111-33, the Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009, enacted June 26, 2009, uses the words “designation of the Friday following Thanksgiving of each year as Native American Heritage Day.” It is a designation, not a federal holiday. We computed Nov. 27 from Thanksgiving on Nov. 26; see Native American Heritage Day 2026. The same date carries a new UN day, the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage, set by resolution 80/309.

Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28; our Small Business Saturday story cites the U.S. Small Business Administration. We found nothing else official that day.

The Liturgy Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales calendar lists “29 / 1st Sunday of Advent”; its cell for the 22nd reads “Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe”. Our Advent story covers the wreath and candles. The UN also lists the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 Nov under resolution 32/40B.

Thanksgiving week planner for Nov. 23-29, 2026

The one-page planner counts down to the First Sunday of Advent on Nov. 29, and groups each day by setter in three columns: UN days, U.S. law and holidays, and organizers and churches. Each row carries the source’s own words, with a Done box and space for notes. Small Business Saturday and Guru Nanak Gurpurab are not on the sheet because we have no quoted source line for them. Pair it with the November 2026 printable calendar or a printable weekly calendar.