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Clear filtersDiwali - the 5-day Hindu festival of lights, lunar date, and how it is observed across India
Diwali (Deepavali) is the 5-day Hindu festival of lights, observed on the new moon (Amavasya) of the Hindu month of Kartik. One of the largest holidays in India and a major celebration across the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain diasporas. Date moves between mid-October and mid-November.
Galungan - the Balinese day of dharma's return, and the 210-day pawukon cycle
Galungan is the Balinese Hindu festival marking the return of dharma after Bhatara Guru's descent into the underworld. It always falls on a Wednesday and recurs on a 210-day pawukon cycle, so Bali sees it roughly twice a Gregorian year.
Ganesh Chaturthi - the Hindu festival of Ganesha, 10-day observance, and how it is celebrated
Ganesh Chaturthi is the Hindu festival of Lord Ganesha, observed over 10 days beginning on the 4th day of Bhadrapada (Hindu month). Public holiday in several Indian states. Best known for public pandals (elaborate temporary shrines), especially in Maharashtra.
Navratri and Durga Puja - the 9-night Hindu festival of the Divine Mother
Navratri is the 9-night Hindu festival of the Divine Mother, observed four times a year with the autumn (Sharad) Navratri being the most prominent. Durga Puja is the eastern Indian observance, especially in West Bengal, with elaborate pandals and idol worship.
Kathina - the robe offering that closes the rains retreat in Theravada Buddhism
Kathina is the Theravada robe-offering festival that marks the end of the Vassa rains retreat, falling in the lunar month after Vassa. Each monastery chooses its own day within that month, so unlike most Buddhist holidays it has no single fixed date.
Mawlid al-Nabi - the Islamic observance of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal
Mawlid al-Nabi on 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal (12 Rabi’ I, 1447 AH ≈ Aug 26-28, 2026) marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Observed by Sunni communities as a public holiday across much of the Muslim world; not widely celebrated in Shia-majority countries. Public holiday in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan.
Pchum Ben - the Cambodian ancestor festival that ends with a fifteen-day pyre and an ox burned for humanity
Pchum Ben is a Cambodian Khmer ancestor festival held over fifteen days around the new moon of the tenth lunar month. Monks build a funeral pyre of sand and rice, and an ox effigy symbolising the primordial flood is burned as a symbolic funeral for humanity.
Reformation Day - October 31 in five German states, the day Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door
Reformation Day on October 31 commemorates Martin Luther's posting of his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg in 1517, the symbolic start of the Protestant Reformation. It is a public holiday in five German Länder (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) and in some Swiss cantons.
Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year on 1 Tishrei, and how it is observed
Rosh Hashanah on 1 Tishrei (Hebrew calendar) is the Jewish New Year, observed with synagogue services, the sounding of the shofar, and apples with honey. Public holiday in Israel. Begins the High Holy Days culminating in Yom Kippur ten days later.
Simchat Torah - the rejoicing of the Torah, the cycle completed, and the hakafot procession
Simchat Torah is the Jewish festival celebrating the completion of the annual cycle of Torah reading and the immediate beginning of the new cycle.
Sukkot - the Feast of Tabernacles, the sukkah, and the Four Species
Sukkot is the week-long Jewish Feast of Tabernacles beginning on 15 Tishrei, observed by dwelling in temporary booths (sukkot) and waving the Four Species (etrog, lulav, hadass, aravah). It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of the Hebrew calendar, alongside Passover and Shavuot.
Tazaungdaing - the Burmese full-moon festival of Tazaungmon, when paper lanterns rise over Bagan
Tazaungdaing is a Burmese Buddhist festival held on the full moon of Tazaungmon in the eighth lunar month. Satipa, the festival of lights, fills the night sky over Bagan and Sagaing with thousands of floating paper lanterns.
Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement on 10 Tishrei, fasting, and Jewish observance
Yom Kippur on 10 Tishrei (Hebrew calendar) is the Day of Atonement, observed with a 25-hour fast, intensive prayer, and synagogue services. Public holiday in Israel. Culminates the High Holy Days that begin with Rosh Hashanah ten days earlier.
Guru Nanak Jayanti - the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder, observed on the full moon of Kartik
Guru Nanak Jayanti (also Gurpurab) is the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. Observed on the full moon (Purnima) of the Hindu month of Kartik (October-November), it is one of the most important Sikh festivals. Major celebrations at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar.