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the days méxico keeps, on the ring of your year.

méxico's national and family days in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in a few plain paragraphs.

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méxico is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the days méxico keeps, from the national days to the great family feasts, and on a phone set to méxico it starts lit.

each day is kept by its date or by its weekday, so it comes round every year. tap a holiday and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.

méxico flaggregorian · fixed dates and weekday rules, every year

a few of its days

día de muertos

2 november; the celebration is kept on 1 and 2 november

what it is

the days when the dead return to visit their families, and are welcomed home with altars, flowers and their favourite foods: the 1st for the children who died, the 2nd for the adults.

how it is kept

families raise an ofrenda with photographs, candles, cempasúchil flowers, pan de muerto and the dishes the departed loved, scatter marigold petals to mark the way home, and clean and decorate the graves. customs differ from region to region.

virgen de guadalupe

our lady of guadalupe

12 december

what it is

the feast of our lady of guadalupe, mother of méxico and patroness of the americas. the church keeps it as a solemnity and a holy day of obligation in méxico.

how it is kept

millions of pilgrims travel to the basílica at tepeyac, many on foot. on the night of the 11th the faithful sing las mañanitas to the virgin, and across the country people bring flowers to her image.

día de reyes

the kings' day

6 january

what it is

the day the three kings, melchor, gaspar and baltasar, bring gifts to the children: one of the great family days of the christmas season.

how it is kept

on the night of the 5th children leave their shoes out and find their gifts in the morning. the family shares a rosca de reyes, and whoever finds a small niño dios in a slice offers tamales to everyone on 2 february.

grito de independencia

the night of 15 september

what it is

the night the president, governors and mayors across the country repeat the call that began méxico's war of independence, and the people answer "viva méxico". the next day is independence day itself.

how it is kept

at eleven the president rings the bell of dolores from the balcony of the palacio nacional and calls out the names of the heroes of independence. every town square answers with fireworks, music and food, dressed in green, white and red.

in the app

the film

the méxico almanac in zenith calendar
méxico on zenith calendar: national and family days on the ring of the year, each one opening to its story.

✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it

and the sky those days live in is worth staying for.

méxico is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.

your year, an orbit

the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.

run a finger round the year

drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.

a week under its moon

tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.

the sun and the moon are doors

tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.

it keeps to itself

zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.

méxico is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.

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méxico (country) · méxico flag

how to get it

  1. on a new install, the first page is "your starting sky": which almanacs start lit.
  2. "countries" is shown open. on a phone whose language setting is set to méxico, "méxico" is already switched on; anywhere else, switch it on (its mark is 🇲🇽).
  3. tap "· begin ·". méxico is lit from the start.
  4. already past the first page? méxico waits, whole, in the archive. on the sky, hold the "almanacs" book in the bottom-right corner to open the binder.
  5. tap "▣" in the binder's bottom-left corner to turn to the archive, and tap "méxico" once to choose it.
  6. tap "unlock" (the padlock) at the foot, then "▥ put back".
  7. it comes back eclipsed: tap the "almanacs" book on the sky and tap the "méxico" chip, or choose it in the binder and tap "● shine". you can lock it again whenever you like.

sibling almanacs

  • usathe united states' holidays
  • catholicthe roman calendar's solemnities, whole on its own

questions

When is Día de Muertos 2026?

Día de Muertos is kept on 1 and 2 November: the 1st for the children who died, the 2nd for the adults. Zenith Calendar's méxico almanac marks 2 November, a Monday in 2026.

When is the feast of the Virgen de Guadalupe?

The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is 12 December every year; in 2026 it falls on a Saturday. On the night of the 11th the faithful sing las mañanitas to the Virgin.

When is Día de Reyes 2027?

Día de Reyes is 6 January, a Wednesday in 2027. Children leave their shoes out the night before, and families share a rosca de reyes.

When is the Grito de Independencia?

The Grito is the night of 15 September, and 16 September is Independence Day itself, the national day off. In 2027 the 15th falls on a Wednesday.

Is there a calendar app that shows Mexican holidays?

Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called méxico: the days México keeps, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. On a phone set to México it starts lit, and turning it on costs nothing.

How does Zenith Calendar date the méxico almanac's holidays?

Each holiday is kept by its date, like 12 December, or by its weekday, like the third Monday of November for the Día de la Revolución, so it comes round every year on its own.