February 2023 Calendar
Plan down to the petal. Our February 2023 briefing includes a printable calendar of popular holidays and occasions, consumer insights, and marketing resources.
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February 2023 Holidays & Observances
| Black History Month | #blackhistorymonth | |||
| American Heart Month | #americanheartmonth | |||
| National Embroidery Month | #nationalembroiderymonth | |||
| 1 | W | 🌎 | World Interfaith Harmony Week (Feb. 1 - 7) | #interfaithharmonyweek |
| Chinese New Year (Feb. 1 - 11) | #chinesenewyear | |||
| First Day of Black History Month | #blackhistorymonth | |||
| National Freedom Day | #nationalfreedomday | |||
| 2 | Th | Groundhog Day | #groundhogday | |
| World Wetlands Day | #worldwetlandsday | |||
| 3 | F | |||
| 4 | Sa | 🌎 | International Day of Human Fraternity | #HumanFraternity |
| World Cancer Day | #worldcancerday | |||
| 5 | Su | National Weatherperson's Day | #nationalweatherpersonsday | |
| World Nutella Day | #worldnutelladay | |||
| 6 | M | 🌎 | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation | #zerotolerance4fgm |
| 7 | Tu | National Send a Card to a Friend Day | #sendacardtoafriendday | |
| Safer Internet Day | #safeinternetday | |||
| 8 | W | National Boy Scouts Day | #boyscoutsday | |
| 9 | Th | National Pizza Day | #nationalpizzaday | |
| 10 | F | 🌎 | World Pulses Day | #worldpulsesday |
| 11 | Sa | 🌎 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science | #womeninscience |
| Inventors Day | #inventorsday | |||
| 12 | Su | Superbowl LVII | #superbowllvii | |
| 13 | M | 🌎 | World Radio Day | #worldradioday |
| Galentine's Day | #galentinesday | |||
| 14 | Tu | Valentine's Day | #valentinesday | |
| National Organ Donor Day | #nationalorgandonorday | |||
| 15 | W | Nirvana Day - Buddhist | #nirvanaday | |
| Susan B Anthony Day | #susanbanthonyday | |||
| 16 | Th | Magha Puja - Buddhist | #MaghaPuja | |
| 17 | F | Random Acts of Kindness Day | #randomactsofkindnessday | |
| 18 | Sa | National Battery Day | #nationalbatteryday | |
| 19 | Su | |||
| 20 | M | us | Presidents' Day | #presidentsday |
| 🌎 | World Day of Social Justice | #socialjusticeday | ||
| Love Your Pet Day | #loveyourpetday | |||
| 21 | Tu | 🌎 | International Mother Language Day | #imld |
| Shrove Tuesday - Western Christian | #shrovetuesday | |||
| Mardi Gras - Christian | #MardiGras | |||
| 22 | W | National Margarita Day | #nationalmargaritaday | |
| Ash Wednesday - Western Christian | #ashwednesday | |||
| 23 | Th | |||
| 24 | F | |||
| 25 | Sa | |||
| 26 | Su | Ayyám-i-Há or Intercalary Days - Bahá’í (Feb. 26 - March 1) | #intercalarydays | |
| 27 | M | National Retro Day | #nationalretroday | |
| Clean Monday - Eastern Christian | #cleanmonday | |||
| 28 | Tu | Maha Shivaratri - Hindu | #mahashivaratri | |
| 🇺🇸 | United States Federal Holiday | |||
| 🌎 | United Nations Observance |
About February
February is the 2nd month of the year and the last month of winter. It has 28 days in common years, such as 2023, and 29 in leap years.
Top Consumer Spending Events
According to the National Retail Federation planned spending on both Super Bowl parties and Valentine’s Day has continued to accelerate over the years.
View the planner below for insights and resources:
Super Bowl
8th largest consumer spending event of the year //The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) and has been played on the first Sunday in February since 2004. It is the second largest day for US food consumption, after...
Valentine’s Day
5th largest consumer spending event of the year //Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day, began as a Western Christian feast day honoring an early Christian martyr named Saint Valentine. It became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th...
February Symbology
Promote personalized birthday gifts by featuring February symbology.
- February’s birthstone is the amethyst.
- Its birth flowers are the violet, common primrose and the iris.
- The zodiac signs for the month of February are Aquarious (water bearer) until February 17 and Pisces (fish) February 18 onwards.
Printable February 2023 Calendar
Click to download and print a PDF of the February calendar with all holidays and occasions listed above.
If you embed on your site, we simply ask for credit and a link back → February Calendar by Annum.
Regarding the Holidays and Occasions We Have Chosen
Our goal in creation of these calendars is to make marketing planning easier. So, in order to keep things simple we have chosen to focus on the top 12 consumer spending events as identified by the National Retail Federation; U.S. Federal Holidays; significant religious, ethnic, and cultural holidays that represent the diversity of the U.S. population as identified by ADL; and popular hashtag holidays that provide an opportunity for a natural business tie-in.
If you are interested in finding more occasions to commemorate here are a few resources:
- National Day Calendar tracks nearly 1500 national days, weeks, and months
- National Today has a search function to find days that align with your brand and category
Note that Bahá’í, Jewish, and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the previous day and end at sundown on the date listed.
Stay focused and on schedule with your marketing efforts.
