Holidays in October 2026

October 12th, 2026

Indigenous Peoples Day
Columbus Day
Moment of Frustration Day
Holidays on October 12th, 2026 »

October 14th, 2026

Be Bald and Be Free Day
National Dessert Day
Day of the Cathedral of the Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church)
Second Revolution Day (Yemen)
World Standards Day (International)
Holidays on October 14th, 2026 »

October 13th, 2026

Train Your Brain Day
National Transfer Money to Your Son Day
Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)
Holidays on October 13th, 2026 »

October 1st, 2026

Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
International Day of Coffee
International Day of Older Persons
Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)
Holidays on October 1st, 2026 »

October 2nd, 2026

Batik Day (Indonesia)
Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Gandhi's birthday-related observances: International Day of Non-Violence
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958
Holidays on October 2nd, 2026 »

October 3rd, 2026

3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
German Unity Day (Germany)
Mean Girls Day
National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea)
Holidays on October 3rd, 2026 »

October 4th, 2026

World Animal Day
Holidays on October 4th, 2026 »

October 5th, 2026

Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
International Day of No Prostitution
World Teachers' Day
Holidays on October 5th, 2026 »

October 6th, 2026

Yom Kippur War commemorations: Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria)
Holidays on October 6th, 2026 »

October 8th, 2026

World Space Week (October 4–10)
Air Force Day (India)
Navy Day (Peru)
International Lesbian Day
National Fluffernutter Day
Holidays on October 8th, 2026 »

October 9th, 2026

Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda)
Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
National Nanotechnology Day (United States)
World Post Day
Indian Foreign Service Day
Holidays on October 9th, 2026 »

October 10th, 2026

Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)
Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy
Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970
Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
World Day Against the Death Penalty
World Mental Health Day
World Porridge Day
Holidays on October 10th, 2026 »

October 11th, 2026

General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
International Day of the Girl Child
National Coming Out Day
Revolution Day (North Macedonia)
Holidays on October 11th, 2026 »

October 15th, 2026

Breast Health Day (Europe)
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
Shwmae Su'mae Day (Wales)
Holidays on October 15th, 2026 »

October 16th, 2026

Air Force Day (Bulgaria)
Boss's Day (United States)
Pope John Paul II Day (Poland)
World Food Day (International)
Bu-Ma Democratic Protests Commemoration Day (South Korea)
Holidays on October 16th, 2026 »

October 17th, 2026

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Loyalty Day (Argentina)
National Heroes Day (Somaliland)
Holidays on October 17th, 2026 »

October 18th, 2026

Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)
Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Necktie Day (Croatia)
Persons Day (Canada)
World Menopause Day
Holidays on October 18th, 2026 »

October 19th, 2026

Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)
Oxfordshire Day
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
Holidays on October 19th, 2026 »

October 20th, 2026

World Osteoporosis Day
World Statistics Day
Holidays on October 20th, 2026 »

October 21st, 2026

Ndadaye Day (Burundi)
Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
Birth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼí Faith)
Holidays on October 21st, 2026 »

October 22nd, 2026

Fechner Day (International observance)
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan)
Wombat Day (Australia)
Holidays on October 22nd, 2026 »

October 23rd, 2026

Mole Day (International observance)
Holidays on October 23rd, 2026 »

October 24th, 2026

Food Day (United States)
International Day of Diplomats
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
World Development Information Day
World Polio Day
Holidays on October 24th, 2026 »

October 25th, 2026

Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)
Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)
Holidays on October 25th, 2026 »

October 26th, 2026

Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Angam Day (Nauru)
National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
Intersex Awareness Day
Holidays on October 26th, 2026 »

October 27th, 2026

Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
Flag Day (Greece)
Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979.
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Holidays on October 27th, 2026 »

October 28th, 2026

International Animation Day (ASIFA)
Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine
Holidays on October 28th, 2026 »

October 29th, 2026

Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı
Holidays on October 29th, 2026 »

October 30th, 2026

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Holidays on October 30th, 2026 »

October 31st, 2026

Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)
Halloween and related celebrations: Allantide (Cornwall)
Halloween and related celebrations: Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Halloween and related celebrations: Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)
National Unity Day (India)
Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)
Saci Day (Brazil)
Holidays on October 31st, 2026 »

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