KushiFree Printable May 2027 Calendar - Holidays, Moon phase, Week number
Build a May 2027 page around the way your month really runs: Saturday, May 1 through Monday, May 31, with Mother’s Day, long weekends and exam season all in view. Choose your country to mark bank holidays and observances, set an accent colour, switch on the new and full moon, and watch the preview redraw as you go before exporting a PDF or image to stick on the fridge, slot into a binder or pin up at work. Want it plain? Switch on Blank Calendar under Customise to get an empty May grid, then bring back only the extras you need.
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📊 May at a glance
🎉 May holidays & observances
🧮 Days between dates
🔎 Week number finder
May 2027 at a Glance
The details people check before they print: what weekday May opens on, how many working days it offers, which ISO weeks it touches and where the long weekends are.
| Detail | May 2027 |
|---|---|
| First and last day | Saturday, May 1 to Monday, May 31, 2027 |
| Length | 31 days, made up of 21 weekdays and 10 weekend days. Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays each occur five times |
| Grid size | 6 rows whichever day your week starts on, because the 1st lands on a Saturday and pushes the last days onto a sixth row |
| ISO weeks | May 1–2 sit in week 17; week 18 begins Monday, May 3; week 21 ends Sunday, May 30; and Monday, May 31 opens week 22 |
| Moon phases (UTC) | New moon on May 6 and full moon on May 20 (in India both fall around 4:30 pm IST on the same dates) |
| Long weekends | May 1–3 (Ireland, UK, Queensland, Northern Territory); May 22–24 (Canada, Victoria Day); May 29–31 (US Memorial Day, UK Spring Bank Holiday) |
| Other public holidays | Labor Day, Saturday, May 1 (Philippines); Eid al-Adha, expected May 16–17 (UAE, Philippines, India); Whit Monday, May 17 (St Helena); Buddha Purnima, Thursday, May 20 (India); St Helena Day, Friday, May 21 |
| Mother’s Day | Sunday, May 9 in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and India |
| Church calendar | Orthodox Easter Sunday, May 2; Ascension Day, Thursday, May 6; Pentecost, Sunday, May 16 (Western Easter fell on March 28) |
| Previous and next month | April 2027 closes on Friday, April 30; June 2027 opens on Tuesday, June 1 and has 30 days |
Jump to a Section
Every section beneath the builder is listed below in page order. Tap a card to go straight there; the sparkling ones are the most entertaining to browse.
Start From a Ready-Made May Layout
Choose from four single-page May designs (landscape, portrait, with week numbers, or minimal). One tap loads it into the builder, where you can still change the country, colours and paper.
From Blank Screen to Printed May Page in Three Moves
Nothing to install and no account to create.
Choose Your Options
Start from a preset or the defaults, then set your country, paper size, first day of the week and an accent colour that suits the spot where your May page will hang.
Check the Live Preview
The May grid redraws with every tweak, so you can confirm that bank holidays, Mother’s Day, moon icons and colours sit on the right dates before you save anything.
Save or Print
Download a print-ready PDF at your paper size, save a PNG or JPG to share on a phone or chat group, or hit Print now and send it to your printer from this tab.
Blank May 2027 Calendar for Your Own Plans
If you would rather write everything in yourself, the blank option keeps only the May 2027 dates (Saturday, May 1 to Monday, May 31) in a six-row grid and leaves every box empty for you.
🗒️ Turn it into a blank page
- Go back to the builder and switch on Blank Calendar, the toggle beneath the calendar title box.
- Holidays, moon phases, week numbers, weekend shading and notes lines are all cleared in one go.
- Choose A4, US Letter or A3, then landscape or portrait, and decide whether the week starts on Monday or Sunday.
- Save it as a PDF, PNG or JPG, or use Print now.
- Miss a feature? Flip on just that one, for instance notes lines, and everything else stays blank.
✏️ Good uses for an empty May grid
- Exam and revision timetables: spread study blocks across the weeks before June papers begin.
- Garden and allotment logs: jot down sowing, planting-out and watering days as the soil warms.
- Wedding and event schedules: May is a busy month for venues, so note fittings, tastings and rehearsals by hand.
- Local holidays: add a school half-term, a regional day off or a festival that the built-in lists leave out.
Helpful Extras Beside Your May Preview
Alongside the printable grid, the panels around the preview give you a few quick planning aids.
Ten Countries’ Holidays
Switch between the US, Canada, Australia, Ireland, the Philippines, the UK, the UAE, St Helena, New Zealand and India. Official days off and widely marked observances are separate layers, each with its own colour and on/off switch.
Your Own Colours
Choose from 14 built-in accent themes or use the colour picker to enter any shade, so the May page can match a planner, a classroom wall or a company palette.
May’s Two Moon Phases
Show the new moon on May 6 and the full moon on May 20, each with its own switch. The new moon arrives around the peak of the Eta Aquariids meteor shower, which makes it handy for stargazers.
PDF, PNG or JPG
Pick the file type you need and the page is generated on your device, sized to the paper you chose. Nothing is uploaded.
Week Numbers
Turn on the ISO week column to line May up with payroll periods, sprint boards or timetables. On this page it runs from week 17 through week 22.
Date and Week Finders
Count the days between two 2027 dates, such as the gap from Mother’s Day to a June deadline, or look up the ISO week for any day of the year.
May 2027 Holidays, Country by Country
All the May 2027 dates the builder can highlight for its ten countries. Select a country under Customise and just that country's entries are drawn on your calendar. Eid al-Adha and Buddha Purnima depend on the moon, and regional holidays differ, so double-check anything important with your employer, school or an official source.
| Date | Day | Country | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2027 | Saturday | Philippines | Labor Day | Public | Regular holiday; falls on a Saturday in 2027 |
| May 1, 2027 | Saturday | India | Maharashtra Day / Gujarat Day | Observance | State holidays; also marked as Labour Day |
| May 3, 2027 | Monday | Australia | Labour Day (Queensland) / May Day (Northern Territory) | Public | Regional public holiday; first Monday of May |
| May 3, 2027 | Monday | Ireland | May Bank Holiday | Public | First Monday of May |
| May 3, 2027 | Monday | United Kingdom | Early May Bank Holiday | Public | First Monday of May |
| May 5, 2027 | Wednesday | United States | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | Widely marked; not a federal holiday |
| May 8, 2027 | Saturday | United Kingdom | VE Day anniversary | Observance | Widely marked; not a bank holiday |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | United States | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; not a day off |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | Canada | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; not a day off |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | Australia | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; not a day off |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | Philippines | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; not a day off |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | New Zealand | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; not a day off |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | India | Akshaya Tritiya | Observance | Tithi-based; date can differ by region and panchang |
| May 9, 2027 | Sunday | India | Mother's Day | Observance | Second Sunday of May; widely marked |
| May 16, 2027 | Sunday | United Arab Emirates | Arafat Day | Public | Expected date; follows the Dhu al-Hijjah moon sighting |
| May 17, 2027 | Monday | Philippines | Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) | Public | Date is proclaimed each year; expected about May 17, depending on moon sighting |
| May 17, 2027 | Monday | United Arab Emirates | Eid al-Adha (first day) | Public | Expected date; the UAE normally announces a multi-day break |
| May 17, 2027 | Monday | St Helena | Whit Monday | Public | Government holiday; Monday after Pentecost |
| May 17, 2027 | Monday | India | Bakrid (Eid al-Adha) | Public | Expected date; depends on local moon sighting |
| May 20, 2027 | Thursday | India | Buddha Purnima | Public | Vaishakha full moon; gazetted holiday |
| May 21, 2027 | Friday | St Helena | St Helena Day | Public | Government holiday; marks the island's traditional discovery date |
| May 24, 2027 | Monday | Canada | Victoria Day | Public | Monday before May 25; most provinces and territories (National Patriots' Day in Quebec) |
| May 31, 2027 | Monday | United States | Memorial Day | Public | Last Monday of May; federal holiday |
| May 31, 2027 | Monday | United Kingdom | Spring Bank Holiday | Public | Last Monday of May |
How May Got Its Name and Its Place in the Year
May has been a 31-day month for as long as Rome kept records, but its position in the year, its folklore and even its modern meaning as a day of labour all changed along the way.
Maius: named for a goddess, or for the elders?
The Latin name Maius was tied by Roman writers to Maia, a goddess connected with growth and the swelling of spring. Ovid, however, noted a rival explanation: that the month honoured the maiores, the elders of the community, just as the next month, Junius, was said to honour the young (iuniores). Both theories were in circulation, and neither was ever settled.
May starts life as the third month
In the traditional ten-month Roman calendar, the year began in March, so Maius came third, after Martius and Aprilis, and already had 31 days. Winter was left as an unnamed gap. The spring placement matched May’s farming role, when crops were up and livestock were moving to fresh pasture.
Two reforms shuffle its position, not its length
When January and February were added at the front, May slid to fifth place. In 45 BCE the Julian reform reshaped many months but left May at 31 days. Pope Gregory XIII’s 1582 correction removed ten days from October that year, so May was untouched then, too. It has been 31 days ever since.
Flowers, ghosts and an unlucky month for weddings
The Floralia honoured the flower goddess Flora from late April into early May. On May 9, 11 and 13 Romans held the Lemuria, a household ritual meant to settle restless spirits. Because of the Lemuria, Ovid tells us, marrying in May was considered ill-omened, a superstition that lingered in English folklore for centuries.
May 1 becomes International Workers’ Day
Strikes for an eight-hour working day in Chicago in early May 1886 ended in the Haymarket tragedy. In 1889 an international socialist congress in Paris called for a worldwide demonstration on May 1 the following year. That first observance in 1890 turned an old spring festival date into the labour holiday now marked across much of the world.
What May 2027 Looks Like in Other Calendars
The Gregorian grid above is just one way of counting days. Here is where the same weeks fall in six other systems still used today.
Gregorian Calendar
Solar · 365/366 days
The calendar behind this page. May 2027 is its fifth month and runs from day 121 to day 151 of a 365-day year. It is the shared civil calendar for most governments, airlines and schools, even where a second calendar governs religious dates.
Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
Lunar · 354/355 days
Most of May 2027 falls in Dhu al-Hijjah 1448, the month of the Hajj pilgrimage. Eid al-Adha is its tenth day, expected on May 16 or 17. Because a lunar year is about eleven days shorter, the festival moves earlier each Gregorian year and reaches early May in 2028.
Hebrew Calendar
Lunisolar · 353–385 days
The Omer, a 49-day count from Passover to Shavuot, runs through May. Its 33rd day, Lag BaOmer, is on Tuesday, May 25, 2027 (starting at sundown the evening before), and Shavuot follows in June. Leap months are added so these dates stay in their season.
Chinese Calendar
Lunisolar · 353–385 days
The fourth lunar month of the Year of the Goat begins with the May 6 new moon, and the eighth day of that month, May 13, is Buddha’s Birthday in Hong Kong and South Korea. Each lunar month starts at a new moon, which is why the same phase dates matter on both calendars.
Hindu Calendar
Lunisolar · varies by system
May sits mostly inside Vaishakha, a month prized for auspicious starts. Akshaya Tritiya, a day for new beginnings and gold purchases, falls around May 9, and the Vaishakha full moon on May 20 is Buddha Purnima. Local panchangs can differ by a day.
Ethiopian Calendar
Solar · 365/366 days
Twelve 30-day months plus a short thirteenth. In May 2027 the Ethiopian year is 2019, and Ginbot, the ninth month, starts on May 9. Ethiopian Orthodox Easter (Fasika) is on May 2, the same day as Orthodox Easter in Greece, Russia and Serbia.
Does a Leap Year Change May?
May is fixed at 31 days whatever the year, so a leap year never adds or removes a May date. What it does change is the weekday each May date lands on, which is why a calendar has to be reprinted every year.
📅 Common Year (2027)
May 1 is day 121 and May 31 is day 151. Compared with 2026, when May 1 was a Friday, every date shifted forward one weekday, so May 1, 2027 is a Saturday.
🐸 Leap Year (2028)
February 29 pushes May 1 to day 122 and May 31 to day 152. Since a leap year is 366 days, or 52 weeks plus two days, May 1, 2028 lands on a Monday, two weekdays after 2027’s Saturday.
Three quick checks for any year
Without the century exceptions, the calendar would run about three days ahead of the seasons every 400 years. With them, the average year is 365.2425 days, close enough to the sun’s true cycle that May will keep arriving in Northern Hemisphere spring for thousands of years.
Printing May 2027 So It Comes Out Sharp
A few choices decide whether the page looks crisp on the wall or a little squashed. Here are the ones that matter most for a six-row month.
🖨️ Five steps to a good printout
- Set paper and orientation first in the builder (A4, US Letter or A3), since the layout is drawn to fit them.
- Save the PDF and open it in a PDF viewer rather than straight from the download bar.
- Open the print dialog with Ctrl + P on Windows or ⌘ + P on a Mac.
- Choose Fit to page and keep the same orientation you selected on this page.
- Look at the preview before you print. If it shows shrunken margins, change scaling away from Actual size.
💡 Tips specific to May
- May 2027 uses six rows, so each day box is shorter than in a five-row month. Portrait or A3 gives you more room to write.
- Planning a garden bed or a school timetable? Try notes lines on and weekend shading off to keep the page light and readable.
- Use 120 to 160 gsm paper if the page will stay pinned up all month or take marker pens.
- Save a PNG for a phone wallpaper or a family chat, and the PDF for anything that goes to a printer.
- Need only the grid? Tick Blank Calendar and print the plain May layout with almost no ink.
Who Reaches for a Printed May Calendar?
A single page on the wall is still the quickest way to see a busy month at a glance.
Families
Track Mother’s Day on May 9, school concerts, sports days, end-of-term events and the late-May long weekend all in one place.
Students & Teachers
Map out exam season, coursework deadlines, revision blocks and graduation dates before the school year wraps up.
Teams & Managers
Balance mid-quarter targets against bank holidays and staff leave, especially in countries with two Monday holidays.
Gardeners & Event Planners
Schedule planting days and last-frost checks, or line up weddings, fetes and outdoor bookings while the weather turns kinder.
May Trivia Worth Knowing
Nine short facts about the month, checked against the calendar and the history books.
May is the only month of 2027 that opens on a Saturday. The other eleven begin on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
May 2027 has five Saturdays, five Sundays and five Mondays, but only four of every other weekday. That gives it an unusually generous ten weekend days.
Memorial Day and the UK Spring Bank Holiday both land on May 31, 2027. The last Monday of May can fall anywhere from the 25th to the 31st, so this is the latest it can possibly be.
May’s birthstone is the emerald, long linked with renewal and good fortune, and its birth flowers are the lily of the valley and the hawthorn.
The Sun crosses from Taurus into Gemini around May 20 or 21, so people born in May can belong to either sign depending on the day.
Halley’s Comet leaves a trail of dust that Earth passes through each spring, producing the Eta Aquariids meteor shower around May 5–6. In 2027 the new moon on May 6 means no moonlight to wash it out.
Tromsø in northern Norway enters its midnight-sun season around May 20, and the Sun does not set there again until late July.
Eid al-Adha moves about eleven days earlier each Gregorian year. It was around May 27 in 2026, is expected around May 16–17 in 2027, and reaches early May in 2028.
May 20 and 21, 2027 mark 100 years since Charles Lindbergh flew solo from New York to Paris, a flight of about 33 and a half hours.
May and Calendar Myths, Sorted Out
A few popular beliefs about May and its holidays do not hold up when you look at them.
May Day has always been about workers and unions.
Its roots are much older: spring festivals such as the Roman Floralia and the Celtic Beltane, with maypoles and flower garlands, marked the start of summer long before the labour movement adopted May 1 in 1890.
Every country celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.
Many do, including the US, Canada and Australia, but plenty do not. The UK and Ireland use Mothering Sunday in March, the Arab world uses March 21, Spain marks the first Sunday of May (May 2, 2027) and France the last (May 30, 2027).
Memorial Day is always on May 30.
It was fixed on May 30 as Decoration Day for over a century, but since 1971 the US federal holiday falls on the last Monday of May. That can be any date from the 25th to the 31st, and in 2027 it is the 31st.
The superstition against May weddings is a Victorian invention.
Ovid recorded it in ancient Rome, linking it to the ghost-appeasing Lemuria rites on May 9, 11 and 13. The idea survived in English proverbs, even though many modern couples happily choose May for its mild weather.
Eid al-Adha and other Islamic holidays have fixed dates like Christmas.
They follow the lunar Hijri calendar, which is about eleven days shorter than a solar year. The festival keeps drifting earlier on Gregorian calendars, and each year’s exact day is confirmed by a moon sighting or an official announcement.
The longest days of the year fall in May.
Days are long and growing in the Northern Hemisphere, but the longest arrive at the June solstice, around June 21. Meanwhile in the Southern Hemisphere, May days are shortening toward their winter minimum.
Four Ways to Experience May
May is a hinge month: spring peaks in one hemisphere, autumn deepens in the other, and much of South Asia waits for the rains. Here is how the month feels depending on where you are.
Late Spring
Northern Hemisphere, temperateAcross the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and most of Europe, May is the last month of meteorological spring. Trees are in full leaf, daylight stretches past 14 hours in many places, and the risk of frost fades, so gardens, patios and weddings get busy.
Late Autumn
Southern HemisphereIn Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and southern South America, May brings cooler mornings, shorter afternoons and turning leaves. It sits just before meteorological winter begins on June 1, and it is often a comfortable, settled month for travel.
Pre-Monsoon Heat
South Asia & the GulfNorthern and central India, Pakistan and the Gulf are among the hottest places on Earth in May, with temperatures regularly above 40°C. The southwest monsoon typically reaches Kerala around the start of June, so the month is one of anticipation for rain.
Almost No Night
Far Northern LatitudesScandinavia, Iceland and northern Russia see nights shrink rapidly through May. Around May 20 Tromsø in Norway enters its midnight-sun season, and even farther south the sky barely darkens by the end of the month.
May 2027 Festivals and Events
Six happenings worth marking on your May page, with 2027 dates where they are set by the calendar or by the sky.
Kentucky Derby
Held on the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs, so Saturday, May 1, 2027. It will be the 153rd running of the race, famous for its garlands of roses, elaborate hats and the mint julep.
Orthodox Easter
Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Easter Sunday on May 2, 2027, five weeks after the Western date. Expect midnight services, candlelit processions and red-dyed eggs cracked together as a greeting.
Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower
Debris from Halley’s Comet peaks around May 5–6. With the new moon on May 6, 2027 the sky is dark, so the pre-dawn hours before sunrise offer excellent viewing conditions.
Eid al-Adha
The Feast of Sacrifice ends the Hajj season and is expected on May 16 or 17, 2027, depending on moon sighting. Families gather for prayers, share meals and give to those in need. Arafat Day comes the day before.
Buddha Purnima (Vesak)
The full moon of Vaishakha, on Thursday, May 20, 2027 in India, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha. Temples are decorated with lamps and flowers, and many people spend the day in prayer and charity.
Memorial Day Weekend Racing
The Indianapolis 500 traditionally runs on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, which is May 30, 2027, one day before the holiday itself. It is one of the world’s best-known motor races and a highlight of the start of the American summer.
Milestones That Happened in May
Five dated moments from aviation, war, exploration, spaceflight and politics, in order.
Lindbergh flies solo from New York to Paris
Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island in the Spirit of St. Louis and landed at Le Bourget outside Paris roughly 33 and a half hours later, completing the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. May 2027 is its 100th anniversary.
Victory in Europe Day
Germany’s unconditional surrender took effect, ending the Second World War in Europe. Crowds filled the streets of London, Paris and New York, and the date is still marked annually.
First confirmed ascent of Mount Everest
New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the world’s highest peak as part of a British expedition, and the news reached London on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
Aboard the Freedom 7 capsule, Shepard made a brief suborbital flight lasting about 15 minutes. It came just weeks after Yuri Gagarin’s orbit and helped set the stage for the Apollo programme.
Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s president
Following the country’s first multiracial elections, Mandela took the oath of office in Pretoria, becoming the first Black head of state in South African history and closing the apartheid era.
Famous People Born in May
Eight well-known figures with May birthdays, from filmmaking to physics to nursing.
Satyajit Ray
Indian film director and writer
Audrey Hepburn
Actress and UNICEF humanitarian
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet and the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing and pioneer of statistical graphics
Stevie Wonder
American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Pierre Curie
French physicist and Nobel laureate
Queen Victoria
British monarch whose birthday is still marked as Victoria Day in Canada
Major Disasters That Struck in May
A sober look back at five events that shaped safety rules, disaster response and public memory.
Hindenburg Disaster
The German passenger airship caught fire while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people. Newsreel footage of the blaze ended the era of commercial hydrogen airships.
Ancash Earthquake, Peru
A magnitude 7.9 offshore earthquake triggered a huge avalanche that buried the town of Yungay. The disaster killed roughly 70,000 people and remains one of the deadliest in the Americas.
Mount St. Helens Eruption
A massive landslide and lateral blast in Washington State killed 57 people and flattened forests across hundreds of square kilometres. It is the deadliest volcanic event in US history.
Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar
The storm surge swept across the Irrawaddy Delta, leaving well over 130,000 people dead or missing and devastating rice-growing communities.
Sichuan Earthquake, China
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Wenchuan County, leaving nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and prompting one of the largest relief operations in modern Chinese history.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers about the May 2027 calendar: dates, holidays, long weekends, moon phases, printing and how the builder works.
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