January
01-Jan – English New Year, Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, Global family day, World Peace Day
04 Jan – World Braille Day
06-Jan – World War Orphans Day
08-Jan – African National Congress Foundation Day
09-Jan – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas NRI Day
10-Jan – World Laughter Day, World Hindi Day
11 Jan – Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12Jan – National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
13 Jan – Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
14 Jan – Lohri
15 Jan – Army Day (Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa took over the command of Army on this day in 1949 from the British), Pongal, Makar Sankranti
23 Jan – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary
25 Jan – International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26 Jan – Republic Day
27 Jan – International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945.), International Day of Commemoration
28 Jan – Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 Jan – Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day (Martyr’s day)
Jan (last Sunday) – World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
1st February – Surajkund Crafts Mela
1st February – Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd February – World Wetlands Day
2nd February- Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
4th February – World Cancer Day
4th February – National Day of Sri Lanka
7th February – International Development Week
12th February – Darwin Day
12th February – Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
13th February – Sarojini Naidu’s Birth Anniversary
14th February – Saint Valentine’s Day
18th February – Taj Mahotsav
20th February – World Day of Social Justice
21st February – International Mother Language Day
22nd February – World Scout Day
24th February – Central Excise Day
27 February – World Sustainable Energy Day
28 February – National Science Day
March
1st March – Zero Discrimination Day
1st March – World Civil Defence Day
3rd March – World Wildlife Day
3rd March – World Hearing Day
4th March – National Safety Day
8 March – International Women’s Day
8 March – Ramakrishna Jayanti
10 March – CISF Raising Day
12 March – Mauritius Day
13 March – No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
14 March – Pi Day
14 March – International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March – World Consumer Rights Day
16 March – National Vaccination Day
18 March – Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20 March – International Day of Happiness
20 March – World Sparrow Day
21 March – World Forestry Day
21 March – World Down syndrome Day
21 March – World Poetry Day
22 March – World Water Day
23rd March – World Meteorological Day
24 March – World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
27 March – World Theatre Day
April
1 April – Orissa Day, Prevention of Blindness week
2 April- World Autism Awareness Day
4 April- International Day for Mine Awareness
5 April- National Maritime Day
7 April- World Health Day
10 April- World Homeopathy Day
11 April- National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
13 April- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
14 April- B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
17 April- World Haemophilia Day
18 April- World Heritage Day
21 April- National Civil Service Day, Secretaries’ Day
22 April- World Earth Day
23 April- World Book and Copyright Day
24 April- National Panchayati Day
25 April- World Malaria Day
26 April- World Intellectual Property Day
28 April- World Day for Safety and Health at Work, World Veterinary Day
30 April- Ayushman Bharat Diwas
May
1 May: International Labour Day or May Day
1 May: Maharashtra Day
3 May: Press Freedom Day
4 May: Coal Miners Day
4 May: International Firefighter’s Day
5 May: World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May)
7 May: World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
7 May: World Athletics Day
7 May: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
8 May: World Red Cross Day
8 May: World Thalassaemia Day
11 May: National Technology Day
12 May: Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May)
12 May: International Nurses Day
15 May: International Day of Families
17 May: World Telecommunication Day
17 May: World Hypertension Day
17 May: National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May)
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day
18 May: International Museum Day
18 May: Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May)
21 May: National Anti-Terrorism Day
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
27 May: National Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
31 May: Anti-Tobacco Day
June
1 June: World Milk Day
1 June: Global Day of Parents
2 June: International Sex Workers Day
2 June: Telangana Formation Day
3 June: World Bicycle Day
4 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June: World Environment Day
7 June: World Food Safety Day
8 June: World Brain Tumour Day
8 June: World Oceans Day
12 June: World Day Against Child Labour
14 June: World Blood Donor Day
15 June: World Wind Day
15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
3rd Sunday of June: World Father’s Day
16 June: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (International)
18 June: Autistic Pride Day
18 June: International Picnic Day
19 June: World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
19 June: World Sauntering Day
20 June: World Refugee Day (International)
21 June: World Music Day
21 June: World Hydrography Day
21 June: International Yoga Day
23 June: International Olympic Day
23 June: United Nations Public Service Day
23 June: International Widow’s Day
26 June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
30 June: Asteroid Day
July
1 July – Doctor’s Day
1 July – National Postal Worker Day
1 July – Canada Day
1 July – Chartered Accountant’s Day(India)
1 July – National U.S. Postage Stamp Day
1 July – National Gingersnap Day
2 July – World UFO Day
2 July – National Anisette Day
3 July – National Fried Clam Day
4 July – Independence Day USA
6 July – World Zoonoses Day
11 July – World Population Day
11 July – National 7-Eleven Day
12 July – National Simplicity Day
12 July – Paper Bag Day
14 July- Bastille Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
18 July – International Nelson Mandela Day
22 July – Pi Approximation Day
24 July – National Thermal Engineer Day
25 July – National Refreshment Day (Fourth Thursday in July)
26 July – Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day)
26 July (Last Friday in July) – System Administrator Appreciation Day.
28 July – National Parent’s Day
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
28 July – World Hepatitis Day
29 July – International Tiger Day
August
1 August – Yorkshire Day
6 August – Hiroshima Day
9 August – Quit India Movement Day
9 August – Nagasaki Day
9 August – Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 August – International Youth Day
13 August – International Lefthanders Day
14 August- Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
15 August- National Day of mourning (Bangladesh)
15 August – Independence Day (India)
15 August (UK) – Victory over Japan Day
15 August – Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
16 August- Bennington Battle Day
17 August – Indonesian Independence Day
19 August – World Photography Day
19 August – World Humanitarian Day
20 August – World Mosquito Day
20 August- Sadbhavna Divas
20 August – Indian Akshay Urja Day
23 August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
23 August – European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
26 August – Women’s Equality Day
29 August – National Sports Day
30 August – Small Industry Day
31 August – Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)
September
2 September(USA) – Victory over Japan Day
2 September – Coconut Day
3 September – Skyscraper Day
5 September – International Day of Charity
5 September – Teachers’ Day (India)
7 September – Brazilian Independence Day
7 September – Forgiveness Day
8 September – International Literacy Day
10 September- World Suicide Prevention Day
11 September – Patriot Day
14 September – Onam (Kerala, India)
14 September – Hindi Diwas
14 September – World First Aid Day
15 September – Engineer’s Day (India)
15 September – International Day of Democracy
16 September – Malaysia Day
16 September – World Ozone Day
16 September – International Day of Preservation
19 September – International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21 September – International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (UN)
21 September – World Alzheimer’s Day
22 September – Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
23 September – International Day of Sign Languages
26 September – European Day of Languages
26 September – World Contraception Day
26 September – World Maritime Day
27 September – World Tourism Day
28 September – World Rabies Day
29 September – World Heart Day
30 September – International Translation Day
Fourth Sunday of September – World Rivers Day
Last week of September – World Day of Deaf
October
1 October – International Coffee Day
1 October – World Vegetarian Day
2 October – Gandhi Jayanti
2 October – International Day of Non-Violence
3 October – German Unity Day
4 October – World Animal Welfare Day
5 October – World Teachers’ Day
6 October – German-American Day
8 October – Indian Air Force Day
9 October – World Postal Day or World Post Office Day
10 October – World Mental Health Day
11 October – International Girl Child Day
13 October – World Calamity Control Day (UN) or UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 October – World Standards Day
15 October – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
15 October – Global Handwashing Day
15 October – World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
15 October – World Students Day
16 October – World Food Day
17 October – International Poverty Eradication Day
20 October – National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that Day)
23 October – Mole Day
24 October – United Nations Day
24 October – World Development Information Day
30 October – World Thrift Day
31 October – Halloween
31 October – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
November
1st Tuesday in November : Melbourne Cup Day
1 November – World Vegan Day
1 November – All Saints’ Day
2 November – All Souls’ Day
5 November – World Tsunami Day
7 November – Infant Protection Day
7 November – World Cancer Awareness Day
9 November – Iqbal Day
9 November – National Legal Services Day
10 November – Transport Day
11 November – Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day )
11 November – Veterans Day (United States)
12 November – World Pneumonia Day
12 November – Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
13 November – World Kindness Day
14 November – World Diabetes Day
14 November – Children’s Day
17 November – National Epilepsy Day
19 November – International Men’s Day
19 November – World Toilet Day
20 November – Universal Children’s Day
20 November – Africa Industrialisation Day
21 November – World Television Day
25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 November – Law Day (India)
29 November – International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30 November (Scotland) – Saint Andrew’s Day
Fourth Thursday of November – Thanksgiving Day (United States)
December
1 December – World AIDS Day
2 December – National Pollution Control
3 December – World Day of the Handicapped
4 December – Indian Navy Day
5 December – International Volunteer Day
5 December – World Soil Day
7 December – Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
7 December – International Civil Aviation Day
9 December – International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December – Human Rights Day
11 December – UNICEF Day
11 December – International Mountain Day
14 December – World Energy Conservation Day
15 December – International Tea Day
16 December – Victory Day of Bangladesh
18 December – Minorities Rights Day (India)
18 December – International Migrants Day
19 December – Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December – International Human Solidarity Day
22 December – National Mathematics Day
23 December – Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day in India)
24 December – National Consumer Rights Day
25 December – Christmas Day
25 December – Good Governance Day (India)
31 December – New Year’s Eve
