List of Festivals, national days, and international Days observances are a beautiful way to celebrate culture, history, and global unity. They bring people together, foster shared values, and highlight important causes. From vibrant festivals like Holi and Diwali to significant days like Earth Day and International Women’s Day, these events remind us of the diversity and harmony of our world.
JANUARY
- 1 January – English New Year
- 1 January – Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
- 4 January – World Braille Day
- 4 January – National Birds Day
- 6 January – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
- 9 January – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, NRI Day
- 10 January – World Hindi Day
- 10 January – World Laughter Day
- 11 January – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
- 12 January – National youth Day
- 12 January – Swami Vivekanand Jayanti
- 14 January – Makar Sankranri
- 15 January – Pongal
- 23 January – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
- 24 January – National Girl Child Day
- 24 January – International Day of Education
- 25 January – India Tourism Day, National Voters day
- 26 January – International Day of Clean Energy, International Customs Day
- 26 January – Indian Republic Day
- 27 January – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
- 28 January – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
- 30 January – Mahatma Gandhi’s Punyatithi Day
FEBRUARY
- 2 February – World Wetlands Day
- 4 February – National cancer awareness day
- 4 February – World Cancer Day
- 4 February – International Day of Human Fraternity
- 6 February – International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
- 10 February – World Pulses Day
- 11 February – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 13 February – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
- 13 February -World Radio Day
- 14 February – Vasant Panchami
- 14 February – Valentine’s Day
- 19 February – Chhatrapati Shivaji Jayanti
- 20 February – World Day of Social Justice
- 21 February – United Nations International Mother Language Day
- 23 February – Digital Learning Day
- 24 February – Central Exise Day
- 26 February – Irrigation Day
- 27 February – World NGO Day
- 28 February – National Science Day
MARCH
- 1 March – World Seagrass Day
- 1 March – United Nations Zero Discrimination Day
- 3 March – National Defence Day
- 3 March – International Day for Ear and Hearing Loss
- 3 March – World Wildlife Day
- 4 March – Ramakrishna Jayanti
- 4 March – National Security Day
- 4 March – Employee appreciation day
- 5 March – International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
- 8 March – Maha Shivaratri
- 8 March – International Women’s Day
- 9 March – No Smoking Day
- 10 March – CISF Raising Day
- 10 March – International Day of Women Judges
- 12 March – Mauritius Day
- 14 March – World Kidney Day
- 15 March – World Consumer Rights Day
- 15 March – International Day to combat Islamophobia
- 16 March – National Vaccination Day
- 18 March – Ordnance Factories Day (India)
- 20 March – Hindi New Year
- 20 March – International Day of Happiness
- 20 March – French Language Day
- 21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21 March – World Poetry Day, World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day
- 21 March – International Nowruz Day
- 22 March – World Water Day
- 23 March – World Meteorological Day
- 24 March – World Tuberculosis Day
- 24 March – International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights
- 24 March – Holika Dahan
- 25 March – Holi
- 25 March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
- 25 March – International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 30 March – International Day of Zero Waste
APRIL
- 1 April – Orissa Day, April fool day
- 2 April – World Autism Awareness Day
- 4 April – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
- 5 April – Indian Meritime Day
- 5 April – International Day of Conscience
- 6 April – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
- 7 April – World Health Day
- 7 April – International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
- 9 April – Gudi Parwa
- 10 April – Eid-Ul-Fitar
- 11 April – National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
- 12 April – International Day of Human Space Flight
- 13 April – Baisakhi, Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
- 14 April – B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
- 14 April – World Chagas Disease Day
- 15 April – Bihu
- 15 April – World Art Day
- 17 April – Ram Navami
- 17 April – World Haemophilia Day
- 18 April – World Heritage Day
- 20 April – Chinese Language Day
- 21 April – Mahavir Jayanti, National Civil Service Day
- 21 April – World Creativity and Innovation Day
- 22 April – International Mother Earth Day
- 23 April – Hanuman Jayanti
- 23 April – World Book and Copyright Day
- 23 April – Spanish Language Day
- 23 April – English Language Day
- 24 April – Panchayat Raj Day
- 24 April – International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
- 25 April – International Delegates Day
- 25 April – World Malaria Day
- 25 April – International Girls in ICT Day
- 26 April – Word Intellectual Property Day
- 26 April – International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
- 25 April – International Girls in ICT Day
- 28 April – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- 30 April – International Jazz Day
MAY
- 1 May – International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
- 2 May – World Tuna Day
- 3 May – World Press Freedom Day
- 4 May – Coal Miners Day
- 7 May – Worlds AIDS Orphans day
- 8-9 May – Time of Remembrance for those Who Lost Their Lives during the WWII
- 9 May – Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
- 10 May – Akshaya Tritiya
- 10 May – International Day of Argania
- 11 May – National Technology Day
- 11 May – World Migratory Bird Day
- 12 May – Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May), International Nurses Day
- 12 May – International Day of Plant Health
- 15 May – International Day of Families
- 16 May – International Day of Living Together in Peace
- 16 May – International Day of Light
- 17 May – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, World Hypertension Day
- 18 May – International Museums Day
- 20 May – World Bee Day
- 21 May – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 21 May – International Tea Day
- 22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity
- 23 May – International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
- 23 May – Buddha purnima
- 23 May – International Day of Vesak, World Turtle Day
- 24 May – International Day of the Markhor
- 24 May – Brother’s Day, Commonwealth Day
- 25 May – Africa Day
- 25 May – World Football Day, Worlds Thyroid Day
- 29 May – International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
- 30 May – Hindi Journalism Day
- 30 May – International Day of Potato
- 31 May – World No-Tobacco Day
JUNE
- 1 June – Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day (FAO)
- 3 June – World Bicycle Day
- 4 June – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- 5 June – International Day against Illegal, Unreported &Unregulated fishing
- 5 June – World Environment Day
- 6 June – Russian Language Day
- 7 June – World Food Safety Day
- 8 June – World Oceans Day
- 12 June – World Day Against Child Labour
- 13 June – International Albinism Awareness Day
- 14 June – World Blood Donor Day
- 15 June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 16 June – International Day of Family Remittances
- 17 June – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- 18 June – Sustainable Gastronomy Day
- 18 June – International Day for Countering Hate Speech
- 19 June – International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
- 20 June – World Refugee Day
- 21 June – International Day of Yoga, Father’s Day
- 21 June – World Music Day
- 21 June – International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
- 23 June – United Nations Public Service Day
- 23 June – International Widows” Day, International Olympic Day
- 24 June – International Day of Women in Diplomacy
- 25 June – International Day of the Seafarer
- 26 June – International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking
- 26 June – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- 27 June – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
- 29 June – National Statistics Day
- 29 June – International Day of the Tropics
- 30 June – International Day of Parliamentarism
- 30 June – International Asteroid Day
- 30 June – Social Media Day
JULY
- 01 July – National Doctor’s Day, CA Day
- 02 July – World UFO Day
- 06 July – International Day of Cooperatives, World Zoonoses Day
- 07 July – World Chocolate Day
- 07 July – Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra
- 07 July – Muharrum
- 11 July – World Population Day
- 11 July – International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica
- 12 July – International Day of combating Sand and Dust Stoms, World Malala Day, French Fry Day
- 15 July – World Youth Skills Day
- 17 July – International Criminal Justice Day, Emoji Day, World Day for International Justice
- 18 July – Nelson Mandela International Day
- 20 July – World Chess Day
- 21 July – Ice Cream Day
- 21 July – Guru Purnima
- 22 July – National Mango Day
- 24 July – National Parent’s Day
- 26 July – Kargil Vijay Diwas
- 27 July – Central Reserve Police Force Foundation Day
- 28 July – World Hepatitis Day, Parents Day in India, World Nature Conservation Day
- 29 July – International Tiger Day
- 30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
- 30 July – International Day of Friendship
AUGUST
- 2 August – International Beer Day
- 6 August – Hiroshima Day, International Friendship Day
- 7 August – National Handloom Day
- 8 August – Quit India Movement Day
- 9 August – Nag Panchami
- 9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- 12 August – International Youth Day, World Elephant Day
- 13 August – World Organ Donation Day
- 15 August – India’s Independence Day
- 19 August – Raksha Bandhan
- 19 August – World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
- 20 August Indian Akshay Urja Day
- 20 August – Sadbhavana Diwas, World Mosquito Day
- 21 August – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- 22 August – kajri teej
- 22 August – Int’l Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion
- 23 August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- 24 August – Bhagwan Balram ki jayanti
- 26 August – Krishna Janmashtami
- 26 August – Women’s Equality Day, International Dog Day
- 29 August – National Sports Day of India (Dhyanchand’s Birth Day)
- 29 August – International Day against Nuclear Tests
- 30 August – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
- 31 August – International Day for People of African Descent
SEPTEMBER
- 1 September – National Nutrition Week
- 2 September – Coconut Day
- 5 September – Teacher’s Day / Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishna
- 5 September – International Day of Charity
- 6 September – Hartalika Teej
- 7 September – Ganesh Chaturthi
- 7 September – International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
- 8 September – International Literacy Day, Grandparents’ Day
- 9 September – International Day to Protect Education from Attack, World First Aid Day
- 10 September – Suicide Prevention Awareness Day
- 11 September – Neem Karoli Baba Punyatithi
- 12 September – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- 14 September – Hindi Diwas
- 14 September – World First Aid Day
- 15 September – International Day of Democracy
- , Engineers’ Day, Onam
- 16 September – Vishwakarma Puja
- 16 September – International Day of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the South
- 16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 17 September – Anand Chaudas, Ganesh Chaturthi / Visarjan
- 17 September – World Patient Safety Day
- 18 September – International Equal Pay Day
- 20 September – World CleanUp Day
- 21 September – International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day
- 23 September – International Day of Sign Language
- 24 September – World Rivers Day, Day of the Deaf
- 25 September – Pandit deendayal Upadhya Jayanti, Antyodaya Diwas
- 25 September – World Pharmacists Day
- 26 September – World Maritime Day, World Environmental Health Day
- 26 September – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- 27 September – Guru Nanak Dev jayanti
- 27 September – World Tourism Day
- 28 September – International Day for Universal Access to Information, World Rabies Day
- 29 September – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, World Heart Day
- 30 September – International Translation Day
OCTOBER
- 1 October – International Day of Older Persons, World Vegetarian Day
- 2 October – Gandhi Jayanti, Lal Bahadur Shastri jayanti
- 2 October – International Day of Non-Violence, Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya
- 3 October – Navratri Day 1
- 4 October – World Animal Welfare Day, World Smile Day
- 5 October – World Teachers’ Day
- 7 October – World Habitat Day
- 8 October – Indian Air-force Day
- 9 October – World Post Day
- 10 October – World Mental Health Day
- 11 October – Maha Ashtami
- 11 October – International Day of the Girl Child
- 12 October – Dussehra
- 12 October – World Sight day
- 13 October – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, World Calamity Control Day(UN)
- 14 October – World Migratory Bird Day, World Standard Day
- 15 October – Global Handwashing Day, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
- 15 October – International Day of Rural Women, World Students’ Day, World White cane day(guiding the blind)
- 16 October – World Food Day
- 17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- 20 October – Karva Chauth
- 20 October – World Statistics Day, National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
- 24 October – Ahoi Ashtami
- 24 October – United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
- 27 October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
- 29 October – Dhanteras
- 29 October– International Day of Care and Support
- 30 October – World Thrift Day
- 31 October – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Birthday / Rashtriya Ekta Divas
- 31 October – World Cities Day
NOVEMBER
- 1 November – Diwali
- 1 November – World Ecology Day, World Vegan Day
- 2 November – Goverdhan Puja
- 2 November – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
- 3 November – Bhai Dooj
- 5 November – Guru Nanak Jayanti
- 5 November – World Tsunami Awareness Day
- 6 November – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
- 7 November – National Cancer Awareness Day, Infant Protection Day
- 9 November – Legal Service Day
- 10 November – World Immunization Day
- 10 November – World Science Day for Peace and Development
- 11 November – National Education Day
- 13 November – World Kindness Day
- 14 November – Children’s Day, World Diabetes Day
- 15 November – International Day for the Prevention of and Fight Against all Forms of Transnational Organized Crime
- 16 November – International Day for Tolerance
- 19 November – World Toilet Day, World Men’s Day, National Integration Day
- 19 November – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- 20 November – Africa Industrialization Day
- 20 November – World Children’s Day
- 21 November – World Philosophy Day, World Fisheries Day, World Television Day
- 25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 26 November – National Law Day
- 26 November – World Sustainable Transport Day,
- 29 November – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- 30 November – Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare, Flag Day
DECEMBER
- 1 December – World Aids Day
- 2 December – National Pollution Control Day
- 2 December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3 December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 4 December – Indian Navy Day
- 4 December – International Day of Banks
- 5 December – World Soil Day, International Volunteer Day
- 7 December – International Civil Aviation Day, Armed Force Flag Day
- 9 December – Balika Diwas
- 9 December – International Anti-Corruption Day
- 9 December – International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
- 10 December – Human Rights Day
- 11 December – International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
- 12 December – Universal Health Coverage Day
- 12 December – International Day of Neutrality
- 14 December – National Energy Conservation Day
- 16 December – Vijay Diwas
- 18 December – International Migrants Day, Arabic Language Day
- 19 December – Goa’s Liberation Day
- 20 December – International Human Solidarity Day
- 21 December – World Meditation Day
- 22 December – National Mathematics Day
- 23 December – Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 27 December – International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
- 29 December – International Biodiversity Day
