Holiday Calendar October 2008
September holidays are here, but we still need to plan ahead! Here is a detailed list of the coming holidays for October 2008. Is there a holiday we are missing? A note about a holiday you think is worth mentioning? Feel free to comment.
Notes:
- This calendar is a North American holiday calendar. Dates might be different from other calendars
- Christian holidays are usually celebrated on the date
- In the Jewish and Muslim calendars a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day
| Date | Day | Holiday | Faith | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday | Eid-Ul-Fitr | Muslim | The end of Ramadan when Muslims celebrate the end of fasting and thank Allah for His help with their month-long act of self-control. Year of the Hegira A.H. 1429 |
| 9 | Thursday | Yom Kippur | Jewish | Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year. Tishrei 10, 5769 |
| 9 | Thursday | Dusser | Hindu | Celebrates Lord Rama's victory over the evil demon Ravana |
| 9 | Thursday | Birthday of Guru Ram Das | Sikh | Guru Ram Das (1534-1581) was the fourth of the Sikh Gurus (Nanakshahi calendar) |
| 13 | Monday | Columbus Day | Secular | Columbus Day is a holiday celebrating the anniversary of the October 12 1492 arrival of Europeans to the Americas. Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage. |
| 13 | Monday | St Edwards Day | Christian | Edward the Confessor was King of England 1042 - 1066. He built Westminster Abbey where there is a shrine to him - and where the saint is also celebrated on January 5 each year - the anniversary of his death |
| 14 | Tuesday | Sukkot | Jewish | Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions. Tishrei 15, 5769 |
| 20 | Monday | Birth of the Bab | Bahai | Celebrates the birth of the precursor of the founder of the Baha'i faith |
| 21 | Tuesday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish | Shemini Atzeret can be translated as 'the assembly of the eighth (day)' In Israel the festival is combined with Simchat Torah. Tishrei 22, 5769 |
| 22 | Wednesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish | Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings. Tishrei 23, 5769 |
| 28 | Tuesday | Diwali | Hindu | Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most popular of all the festivals from South Asia. It is an occasion for celebrations by Hindus as well as Jains and Sikhs. |
| 28 | Tuesday | Diwali | Jain | Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most popular of all the festivals from South Asia. It is an occasion for celebrations by Hindus as well as Jains and Sikhs. |
| 28 | Tuesday | Diwali | Sikh | For Sikhs, Diwali is particularly important because it celebrates the release from prison of the sixth guru, Hargobind Singh, and 52 other princes with him, in 1619. |
| 31 | Friday | Samhain (Hallowe'en) | Pagan | Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc). |
| 31 | Friday | Hallowe'en (All Hallows' Eve) | Christian | The night before All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day). Its origins date back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. It was celebrated as a Christian festival by the 8th Century. |
For more details you can refer to the When-Is holiday calendar, BBC online holiday calendar or Holidays on the Net
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