Juneteenth 2024
United States · Wednesday, June 19, 2024 · FM9, Q3 of FY2024
- Country
- United States
- Calendar date 2024
- 2024-06-19 (Wednesday)
- Fiscal year
- FY2024 (open year)
- Fiscal month / quarter
- FM9 of 12 · Quarter Q3 · printable monthly template
- Source
- OPM federal holidays
About Juneteenth
Federal holiday since 2021 commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed on June 19.
This page is the 2024-specific edition: it shows the actual weekday, the observed date if a weekend rule applies, and the placement of the holiday inside the United States fiscal year that contains it. For the canonical, year-agnostic overview see the main Juneteenth page.
2024 weekday and observance
In 2024, Juneteenth falls on Wednesday, June 19. Mid-week holidays reset the work-week rhythm cleanly: two productive days before, two after. Payroll cutoffs that fall in the same week typically slip to Thursday close-of-business.
No weekend-shift rule applies in 2024 because the holiday falls on a regular weekday. Both the calendar date and the observed date are Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Treat it as a non-working day in payroll, vendor payment scheduling, and any business-day calculation that drives accruals or settlement.
Where it lands in FY2024
For organisations on the United States fiscal calendar, Juneteenth 2024 sits in fiscal month 9 (FM9), inside quarter Q3 of FY2024. From this date, you have approximately 103 days remaining until fiscal year-end on September 30, 2024. That distance matters because year-end close planning typically begins 60 to 90 days out — meaning if FYE is within that window, this holiday already sits inside the close-planning runway and any client-facing or vendor-facing deadlines that touch it should be pre-cleared rather than rescheduled later.
For the same holiday in adjacent fiscal years see: Juneteenth 2023 · Juneteenth 2025 · Juneteenth 2026
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Juneteenth 2024 reduces the working-day count for FM9 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a fiscal month-end, expect downstream impact on accrual timing (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments typically settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when both origin and destination observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of folding observance dates into the close calendar.
If your business operates payroll on a biweekly cadence aligned to the OPM federal schedule, check the 2024 pay period schedule for the pay period containing this date — the payday for that period may shift to the preceding business day.
Cross-references
- Printable June template (FM9) — see this holiday highlighted in the calendar grid.
- Q3 quarterly template — context inside the three-month fiscal quarter.
- FY2024 overview for United States — full year-at-a-glance.
- Main Juneteenth page — year-agnostic background.