Days of the Year:
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JANUARY
1st January – Army Medical Corps Establishment Day, English New Year, Global Family Day, World Peace Day
4th January- World Braille Day
6th January -World War Orphans Day
8th January – African National Youth Congress Foundation Day
9th January – NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas)
10th January – World Hindi Day
11th January – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12th January – National Youth Day (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
15th January – Indian Army Day
17th January – World Religion Day
23th January – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birth Anniversary
24th January – National Girl Child Day
25th January – Indian Tourism Day, National Voters Day
26th January – Republic Day, International Customs Day
27th January – International Holocaust Day, International Day of Commemoration
28th January – Data Protection Day, Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30th January – National Martyr’s Day or Sarvodaya Day
Last Sunday of January: World Leprosy Eradication Day
FEBRUARY
1st February – Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd February- World Wetlands Day
4th February – World Cancer Day, National Day of Srilanka, Facebook day
6th February – International Day of Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation
7th February – International Development Week
10th February – National De-worming Day
11th February – World Day of the Sick, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
12th February – Darwin’s Day, National Productivity Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
13th February – World Radio Day, National Women’s Day or Sarojini Nayudu’s Birthday
14th February – St. Valentine’s Day
20th February – World Day of Social Justice
21st February – International Mother Language Day
22nd February – World Scout Day, World Thinking day
23rd February – World Peace and Understanding Day
24th February – Central Excise Day
27th February – World Sustainable Energy Day
28th February – National Science Day
2nd Sunday of February – World Marriage Day
2nd Day of 2nd week – Safer Internet Day
MARCH
1st March – Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defense Day
3rd March – World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day,
4th March – National Security Day, World Day of the fight against sexual exploitation
8th March – International Women’s Day, World Kidney Day
10th March – CISF Raising Day
12th March – Mauritius Day
14th March – Pi Day, International Day of action for rivers
15th March – World Disabled Day, World Consumer Rights Day
16th March – National Vaccination Day, World Sleep Day
18th March – Global Recycling Day, Ordinance Factories Day (India)
20th March – International Day of Happiness, World Sparrow Day
21st March – World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome, World Poetry Day, World Puppetry Day, International Day for the elimination of Racial Discrimination
22nd March – World Water Day, Bihar Day
23rd March – World Meteorological Day, Pakistan Day
24th March – World Tuberculosis Day
25th March – International Day of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade
26th March – World Purple Day (Epilepsy Awareness) Day
27th March – World Theatre Day
Second Wednesday of March – No Smoking Day
Second Thursday of March – World Kidney Day
APRIL
1st April – April Fools’ Day, Prevention of Blindness Week, Odisha Day, Utkal Diwas
2nd April – World Autism Awareness Day
4th April – International Day for Mine awareness and assistance in Mine action
5th April – National Maritime Day
7th April – World Health Day, World Handloom Day
8th April – World Tradition Day
10th April – World Homeopathy Day
11th April – National Safe Motherhood Day, National Pet Day
12th April – International Day of Human Space Flight
13th April – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day
14th April – B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day, Cultural Unity Day (Recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal)
17th April – World Hemophilia Day
18th April –World Heritage Day
19th April – World Liver Day
21st April – Secretaries Day, Civil Services Day (National Administrative Professionals Day)
22nd April – Earth Day
23rd April – World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
24th April – National Panchayati Day, World Lab Animals Day
25th April – World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
26th April – World Intellectual Property Day
28th April – World Day for safety and health at work, World Veterinary Day, International Workers’ Memorial Day
29th April – International Dance Day
30th April – Ayushmann Bharat Diwas
MAY
1st May – International Labor Day, Maharashtra Day, May Day, Gujarat Day
3rd May – Press Freedom Day
4th May – Coal Miners Day, International Fire Fighters Day
6th May – International Diet Day
7th May – World Athletics Day, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
8th May – International Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia Day
9th May – Surdas Jayanti, Ramanuj Acharya Jayanti, Shankaracharya Jayanti, Victory Day
11th May – National Technology Day
12th May – International Nurses Day
13th May – International Criminal Court Day
14th May – World Migration Day
15th May – International Day of the Family
17th May – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, World Hypertension Day, International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
18th May – World AIDS Vaccines Day, International Museum Day, World Meteorology Day
21st May – National Anti-Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
22nd May – International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May – Commonwealth Day
29th May – International Day of Peacekeepers
31st May – Anti Tobacco Day
1st Sunday – World Laughter Day
1st Tuesday – World Asthma Day
2nd Sunday – Mother’s Day
3rd Friday – National Endangered Species Day
3rd Saturday – Armed Forces Day
Last Sunday – National Memorial Day
JUNE
1st June – Global Day of Parents, World Milk Day
2nd June – International Sex Workers Day, Telangana Formation Day
3rd June – World Bicycle Day
4th June – World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression Day
7th June –International Level Crossing Day, World Oceans Day
12th June – World Day against Child Labor
13th June –International Albinism Awareness Day
14th June – World Blood Donor Day
15th June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, World Wind Day
16th June – International Integration Day, Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
17th June – World Day to combat desertification and drought
18th June – World Autistic Pride Day
19th June – World Sickle Cell Day, World Sauntering Day
20th June – World Refugee Day
21st June –World Music Day, International Day of Yoga, World Hydrograph Day
23rd June – International Olympic Day, UN Public Service Day, International Day of Widows
26th June – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of victims of torture
27th June – World Diabetes Day
30th June – World Asteroid Day
3rd Sunday – World Father’s Day
JULY
1st July – National Doctor’s Day (Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy’s Birthday), Nationa Postal Workers Day, Canada Day, Chartered Accountants Day
2nd July – UFO Day, Anisette Day, World Sports Journalists Day
4th July – USA Independence Day, International Cooperative Day
6th July – World Zoonoses Day
11th July – World Population Day, National 7-eleven day
12th July – Malala Day (Malala Yousafzai’s Birthday), National Simplicity Day, Paper Bag Day
14th July – Bastille Day
17th July – World Day for International Justice
18th July – Nelson Mandela Day
22nd July – Pi Approximation Day
24th July – National Thermal Energy Day
26th July – Kargil Vijay Diwas
28th July – World Hepatitis Day, World Nature Conservation Day
29th July – International Tiger Day
4th Thursday – National Refreshment Day
4th Sunday – National Parents Day
AUGUST
1st August – Yorkshire Day
6th August – Hiroshima Day
8th August – World Senior Citizen Day
9th August – Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
11th August – National Daughters Day
12th August – International Youth Day
13th August – International Left Hander’s Day, Organ Donation Day
14th August – Independence Day of Pakistan
15th August – Independence Day of India, UK’s Victory over Japan Day,
19th August – World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
20th August – National Harmony Day or Sadbhavna Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Rajeev Gandhi), Indian Akshay Urja Diwas
21st August – National Senior Citizens Day
23rd August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Tradition
26th August – International Women’s Equality Day
29th August – National Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s Birthday)
30th August – International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Small Industry Day
1st Sunday – International Day of Friendship
1st week – World Breastfeeding Week
SEPTEMBER
1st -7th September- National Nutrition Week
5th September– National Teachers’ Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday), Sanskrit Day, International Day of Charity
7th September – World Forgiveness Day, Independence Day of Brazil
8thSeptember– World Literacy Day
10th September- World Anti-Suicide Day
11th September – Patriot Day
14th September– Hindi Diwas, World First Aid Day
15th September – Engineers Day, International Day of Democracy
16th September – World Ozone Day, International Day for preservation
20th September – RPF Foundation Day
21st September – Alzheimer’s Day, Biosphere Day, World Day for Peace and Non-Violence (UN), World Rivers Day
22nd September – Welfare of Cancer Patients Day
23rd September – International Day of Sign Languages, International Day of the Deaf
25th September – Social Justice Day
26th September – World Contraception Day
27th September – World Tourism day, World Maritime Day
28th September – World Rabies Day, Right to Know Day
29th September – World Heart Day
30th September – International Translation day, International Blasphemy Rights Day
OCTOBER
1st October – International Day of Elderly, World Vegetarian Day
2nd October – International Non-Violence Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday)
3rd October – German Unity Day
4th October – World Animal Welfare Day
5th October – World Teachers Day
6th October – German American Day
8th October – Indian Armed Forces Day
9th October – World Post Office Day
10th October – World Mental Health Day
11th October – International Day of the Girl Child
12th October – World Arthritis Day
13th October – UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14th October – World Standards Day
15th October – World Students Day (Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam), World White Cane Day (Guiding the blind), Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, International Day of Rural Women
16th October – World Food Day
17th October – International Poverty Eradication Day
20th October – National Solidarity Day, International Day of Air Traffic Controller, World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day
24th October – United Nations Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
27th October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
30th October – World Thrift Day,
31st October – Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s Birthday)
1st Monday – World Habitat Day
2nd Thursday – World Sight Day
NOVEMBER
1st November – World Vegan Day
5th November – National Tsunami Day, National Ayurveda Day
6th November – International Day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict
7th November – Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day
8th November – World Radiography Day
9th November- World Legal Services Day, Uttarakhand Foundation Day
10th November – World Science Day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day, World Immunization Day
11th November – National Education Day, Veterans Day (US)
12th November – World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
13th November – World Kindness Day
14th November – National Children’s Day(Birthday of Jawahar Lal Nehru Jayanti) , World Diabetes Day
16th November – International Day for Tolerance
17th November – International Students Day, National Epilepsy Day, National Journalism Day, Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
18th November – World Adults Day, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
19th November – World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day (Birthday of Smt. Indira Gandhi), World Citizen Day, Rani Laxmibai’s Birth Anniversary
20th November – World’s Children Day, Africa Industrialization Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance
21st November – World Fisheries Day, World Television Day
25th November – International Day for the elimination of violence against women
26th November – National Law Day or National Constitution Day, National Milk Day
29th November – International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30th November – National Flag Day
3rd Thursday – World Philosophy Day
3rd Sunday – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
DECEMBER
1st December – World AIDS Day
2nd December – National Pollution Control Day, International Day for the abolition of Slavery, World Computer Literacy Day
3rd December – UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities/ National Advocate’s Day
4th December – Indian Navy Day
5th December – International Volunteers Day for Economic and Social Development, World Soil Day
7th December – Armed Forces Flag Day, Civil Aviation Day
9th December – International Day against Corruption
10th December – Human Rights Day, International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
14th December – World Energy Conservation Day
15th December – International Tea Day
16th December – Vijay Diwas
18th December – National Minorities Rights Day, International Migrants Day
20th December- International Human Solidarity Day
22th December- National Mathematics Day
23rd December- Kisan Diwas (Farmers Day)
24th December- National Consumers Day
25th December – National Good Governance Day (Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee)
29th December – International Biodiversity Day