What is on the monthly calendar
- One month per page
- Twelve landscape pages in one PDF, January to December. Each page has the month and year in the title, the weekday names across the top and five or six week rows depending on how the month falls.
- Large day boxes
- About 38 mm wide on Letter, big enough for three or four short entries a day. In the PDF every box is a multi-line form field.
- Federal holidays
- Printed in red on the observed date. In 2027: Jan 1, Jan 18, Feb 15, May 31, Jun 18 (Juneteenth observed), Jul 5 (Independence Day observed), Sep 6, Oct 11, Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 24 (Christmas observed) and Dec 31 (New Year's Day 2028 observed).
- Shaded weekends
- A light tint on Saturday and Sunday so weekdays stand out when you scan for open slots.
- Notes line
- One line under each month for priorities, deadlines or reminders that belong to the month rather than to a day.
A monthly calendar for the office
The monthly view is where most work schedules live: staff meetings, client visits, payroll cutoffs, month-end close, deadlines that are fixed weeks in advance. A printed month on the wall or the desk shows the whole team the shape of the month at once which a shared online calendar never quite does because everyone sees their own view. Print the twelve pages at the start of the year, fill in the recurring items (pay days, tax dates, standing meetings) once, and keep the current month on top.
The PDF is fillable, so you can type the recurring entries into each month before printing, or keep the file on a shared drive and update it. The Word and Excel versions are fully editable: change colors, add company holidays, or paste a schedule straight into the cells.
Sunday start or Monday start
US calendars traditionally start the week on Sunday, and that's what most people expect on a wall calendar at home. Offices increasingly prefer a Monday start because the working week then reads as one block from left to right and the weekend sits together at the end. ISO 8601, the international standard, also starts on Monday, and so do Outlook and Google Calendar for many users outside the US. Both versions are here with the same holidays and layout; pick the one that matches the calendar app your team uses so dates line up when you copy them across.
What to put on a work calendar
- Payroll: pay days, the processing cutoff two business days before, and the payroll tax deposit dates. The payroll calendar lists all of them for 2027.
- Tax deadlines: quarterly estimated taxes on Apr 15, Jun 15, Sep 15 and Jan 15, and the quarterly Form 941 dates. See the tax filing deadlines calendar.
- Month-end: invoicing, the close, board or management reports.
- People: approved vacations, training days, new starters' first days, reviews.
- Renewals: insurance, licenses, software subscriptions, leases. The compliance and renewal calendar keeps the full register.
Printing the twelve pages
Each PDF has twelve landscape pages. Print all of them, or choose a page range in the print dialog for a single month (page 3 is March). For a desk calendar, print double-sided on 120 gsm card, punch the top edge and bind with two rings. For a wall calendar, enlarge to Tabloid or A3. The A4 file has the same layout with slightly taller boxes. If you only need one month at a time with no dates printed, the blank calendar template is undated and reusable.
Editing in Word, Excel and Google Sheets
The Word file has one table per month with a page break between months; type into any day cell. The Excel file stacks the twelve months on one sheet with a page break before each, so it prints one month per page; each day is a merged block of cells you can type into or color. Upload either file to Google Drive and open it in Google Docs or Sheets if your team works there. The ODT and ODS versions open directly in LibreOffice.
Questions
Does the 2027 monthly calendar include holidays?
Yes, the eleven US federal holidays on their observed dates, plus December 31, 2027, when New Year's Day 2028 (a Saturday) is observed. State and religious holidays are not printed; add them in the fillable boxes.
Can I print just one month?
Yes. Each PDF has twelve pages in month order, so choose that page number in the print dialog: page 1 is January, page 12 is December.
Can I type into the calendar before printing?
Yes. Every day box in the PDF is a multi-line form field. Open it in Acrobat Reader, Edge, Chrome or Preview, type, save and print.
Which months of 2027 need six rows?
With a Sunday start, January, May and October 2027 run to six week rows; the rest fit in five. With a Monday start, May and August need six. The layout adjusts the box height automatically.
Is there a 2028 version?
Yes, the third design is the 2028 set, with February 29 and the 2028 holiday dates.
