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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.
Hanukkah - the 8-day Jewish festival of lights on 25 Kislev, and how it is observed
Hanukkah is the 8-day Jewish festival of lights on 25 Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE and the miracle of the oil. Public holiday in Israel; widely observed across US Jewish communities.
All Saints Day - November 1, the Christian feast of all saints, and the start of Allhallowtide
All Saints Day on November 1 is a Christian feast day honoring all saints, known and unknown. A Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church, a festival in the Lutheran and Anglican traditions, and a public holiday in several Catholic-majority countries.
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.
Loy Krathong - the Thai festival of lights on the full moon of November
Loy Krathong is a Thai festival held on the full moon of the 12th lunar month, falling in November. Participants float decorated krathong (small lotus-shaped vessels) on rivers, canals, and ponds to honor the goddess of water and to symbolically release misfortune.
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.
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.